AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
After Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses (1517) criticising the Roman Catholic Church, printed copies spread rapidly across Europe, leading to the Protestant Reformation and a permanent split within the Church. Print enabled widespread circulation of ideas challenging Church authority. Common people like Menocchio, a miller, read available books, reinterpreted the Bible, and formed independent views of God and Creation. Such popular questioning of faith enraged the Church. To repress these heretical ideas, it launched the Inquisition and ultimately imposed the Index of Prohibited Books (1558) to control publishers and booksellers.
Source: Print and Dissent / Religious Debates and the Fear of Print, Chapter 5
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Examiners look for a sequence — not just a list. The key chain is: (1) Luther's printed Theses → Reformation/Church split → (2) books reaching common people → individual reinterpretations of faith (e.g., Menocchio) → (3) Church launches Inquisition → Index of 1558. Include the example of Menocchio as it directly appears in the passage. Use terms like "heretical" and "Inquisition" for full marks. Three marks = three clear steps or causes.