Quiz 24

Question 1

What were French Calvinist Protestants called?

Answer 1

Huguenots

Question 2

What name was given to the day that several thousand of French Calvinist Protestants were massacred by French Catholics?

Answer 2

St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre

Question 3

What country did John Calvin flee to after being forced out of France?

Answer 3

Switzerland

Question 4

What prominent family led the Catholic forces in France?

Answer 4

Guise

Question 5

What is the name of the French version of parliament?

Answer 5

Estates-General

Question 6

What allowed French Calvinist Protestants to worship in public outside town limits?

Answer 6

Edict of January

Question 7

What allowed French Calvinist Protestants to worship only in specifically designated towns?

Answer 7

Edict of Nantes

Question 8

Which French king denounced Protestantism and claimed Catholicism?

Answer 8

Henry IV

Question 9

Who ruled for Marie de Medicis and Louis XIII?

Answer 9

Cardinal Richelieu

Question 10

Which of the following best states why the king of France opposed the Protestant Reformation?

Answer 10

The king felt that his authority over the church and state was threatened by it.