Context: During the Republic, any person who wished to hold public office had to conform to the Reformed Church and take an oath to this effect. The extent to which different religions or denominations were persecuted depended much on the time period and regional or city leaders. In the beginning, this was especially focused on Roman Catholics, being the religion of the enemy. In 17th-century Leiden, for instance, people opening their homes to services could be fined 200 guilders (a year's wage for a skilled tradesman) and banned from the city. Throughout this, however, personal freedom of religion existed and was one factor – along with economic reasons – in causing large immigration of religious refugees from other parts of Europe.

Question: What did any person who wanted to hold public office need to conform to during the Republic?
Answer: the Reformed Church

Question: The degree to which different religions were persecuted depended on what?
Answer: the time period and regional or city leaders

Question: What was the punishment for people who opened their homes to Catholic services during 17th-century Leiden?
Answer: fined 200 guilders (a year's wage for a skilled tradesman) and banned from the city

Question: What was one reason for the large amounts of immigration of religious refugees from other parts of Europe?
Answer: personal freedom of religion

Question: What did religious refugees have to conform to when holding public office?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What were Reformed Church members considered as in the 17th century?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What could religious refugees be fined when opening their homes to services?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What factors led to immigration of religious refugees from Leiden?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who did most services put the focus on in the beginning?
Answer: Unanswerable