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Protestant Reformation Trivia

From nailing theses to dodging indulgences, prove you’re the reformation rockstar every monk secretly aspired to be!

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

Which German monk posted his Ninety-Five Theses on the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg in 1517, sparking the Protestant Reformation?

Martin Luther

What practice, denounced by Martin Luther in his 1517 Ninety-five Theses, involved selling certificates that reduced time in purgatory?

Indulgences

Which mid-15th-century invention by Johannes Gutenberg spread religious texts and fueled calls for worship in the vernacular?

Printing press

What 1648 treaty ended the Thirty Years’ War and laid the foundation for the modern system of sovereign states?

Peace of Westphalia