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Which monarchs established the Spanish Inquisition in 1478?
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Ferdinand II and Isabella I
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Which religious group was the primary initial target of the Spanish Inquisition?
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Conversos
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What was the title of the head official of the Spanish Inquisition?
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Grand Inquisitor
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Who was the first and most infamous Grand Inquisitor?
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Tom谩s de Torquemada
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What was the public ceremony for pronouncing sentences during the Inquisition called?
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Auto-da-f茅
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In what year was the Spanish Inquisition officially abolished?
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1834
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Which Pope issued the bull authorizing the Spanish Inquisition?
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Pope Sixtus IV
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What torture device involving a rack was associated with the Inquisition?
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The Rack
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Which torture method involved water and a cloth?
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Water cure
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What specific heresy involves practicing Judaism in secret?
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Crypto-Judaism
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Who was the Wampanoag chief known as 'King Philip'?
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Metacomet
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In what year did King Philip's War begin?
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1675
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Who was the father of Metacomet?
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Massasoit
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What colonial military officer is famous for hunting down Metacomet?
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Benjamin Church
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Which swamp was the site of the Great Swamp Fight?
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Great Dismal Swamp
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What tribe allied with the colonists against the Wampanoag?
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Mohegan
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Where was Metacomet killed?
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Mount Hope
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What happened to Metacomet's head after his death?
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Displayed on a pike
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In which colony did the Great Swamp Fight occur?
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Rhode Island
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What was the name of the praying Indian who warned Plymouth of the war?
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John Sassamon
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Who was the French artillery officer falsely accused of treason in 1894?
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Alfred Dreyfus
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To which country was Dreyfus accused of passing military secrets?
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Germany
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On which penal island was Alfred Dreyfus imprisoned?
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Devil's Island
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Who wrote the famous open letter 'J'Accuse...!'?
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脡mile Zola
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In which French newspaper was 'J'Accuse...!' published?
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L'Aurore
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What was the religion of Alfred Dreyfus?
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Jewish
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Who was the actual culprit in the Dreyfus Affair?
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Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
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In what year was Alfred Dreyfus fully exonerated?
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1906
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Who was the French President during the Dreyfus pardon?
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脡mile Loubet
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What rank did Dreyfus hold at the time of his conviction?
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Captain
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Who was the central female figure of the Antinomian Controversy?
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Anne Hutchinson
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Which Massachusetts governor presided over Anne Hutchinson's trial?
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John Winthrop
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In what year was Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts?
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1637
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What theological belief did Hutchinson's accusers label as heresy?
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Antinomianism
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Who was Anne Hutchinson's primary clerical ally?
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John Cotton
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To which colony did Anne Hutchinson move immediately after banishment?
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Rhode Island
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Which brother-in-law of Anne Hutchinson was also a prominent dissenting minister?
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John Wheelwright
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What did the term 'Antinomian' literally mean?
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Against the law
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Where was Anne Hutchinson eventually killed?
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New Netherland
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Who killed Anne Hutchinson and her family?
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Siwanoy warriors
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What period of mass executions occurred during the French Revolution?
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The Reign of Terror
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Who was the leading figure of the Committee of Public Safety?
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Maximilien Robespierre
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What execution device is synonymous with the Reign of Terror?
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The Guillotine
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Which French Queen was executed during the Terror?
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Marie Antoinette
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In what year did the Reign of Terror end?
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1794
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What event marked the downfall of Robespierre?
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Thermidorian Reaction
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Which radical political club was Robespierre associated with?
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The Jacobins
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Who was the journalist assassinated in his bath during this era?
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Jean-Paul Marat
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Who assassinated Jean-Paul Marat?
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Charlotte Corday
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Roughly how many official death sentences were issued during the Terror?
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17,000
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