What of the following is not a result of phillip ii's anti-protestant policies?

he became a leader of the counter-reformation.

he married mary tudor, the queen of england.

he believed in his divine right to rule as an absolute monarch.

he instituted the inquisition throughout the empire.

The answer that is NOT accurate:  "He instituted the Inquisition throughout the empire."

The Spanish Inquisition had been instituted by Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille in 1478.   Philip's reign in Spain came a century later, from 1556-1598.  

The answer about "divine right to rule as an absolute monarch" is certainly true of Philip II, but we might want to be careful about assigning that idea as a Catholic idea only.  In Philip's case, he certainly would have used it that way over against Protestant challengers.  But in the course of history, rulers on both the Catholic and Protestant sides would subscribe to the idea of diving right monarchy.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n: