Charles Wesley - Quiz
Charles Wesley
  • 1. In what year did Charles Wesley marry Sarah Gwynne?
A) 1771
B) 1753
C) 1749
D) 1778
  • 2. Who was Sarah Gwynne's father?
A) Howell Harris
B) John Wesley
C) Charles Wesley senior
D) Marmaduke Gwynne
  • 3. Howell Harris converted Sarah Gwynne's father to which movement?
A) Baptism
B) Methodism
C) Presbyterianism
D) Anglicanism
  • 4. Where did the couple move in September 1749?
A) 4 Charles Street, Bristol
B) Wheatley Street, Marylebone
C) 1 Great Chesterfield Street, London
D) The Haymarket, Bristol
  • 5. Until at least what year did Sarah accompany the brothers on their journeys?
A) 1757
B) 1771
C) 1749
D) 1753
  • 6. When did the Wesley family move to the London house at 1 Great Chesterfield Street?
A) 1822
B) 1778
C) 1753
D) 1771
  • 7. What is the modern name of 1 Great Chesterfield Street?
A) Lewis Mead
B) Wheatley Street
C) Charles Street
D) The Haymarket
  • 8. How many of Charles and Sarah Wesley's children survived infancy?
A) Three
B) Eight
C) Five
D) Two
  • 9. Which of the following children survived infancy?
A) Susannah
B) Samuel Wesley
C) Martha Maria
D) John James
  • 10. Where are the children who died between 1753 and 1768 buried?
A) London
B) Bristol
C) Marylebone
D) Wales
  • 11. What profession did Charles Wesley junior hold for the Royal Family?
A) Personal organist
B) Composer
C) Methodist preacher
D) Magistrate
  • 12. Who was Samuel Sebastian Wesley?
A) Charles Wesley junior's son
B) Charles Wesley's father
C) Sarah Gwynne's brother
D) Samuel Wesley's son
  • 13. What happened to the London house on Great Chesterfield Street in the mid 19th century?
A) It was converted into a church
B) It became a monument
C) It was demolished
D) It was restored
  • 14. What is the status of the house at 4 Charles Street in Bristol?
A) It was demolished
B) It is a private ruin
C) It was turned into a museum for Howell Harris
D) It still stands and has been restored
  • 15. In what year did Charles Wesley experience an evangelical conversion?
A) 1739
B) 1743
C) 1738
D) 1780
  • 16. On what date in 1738 did Charles Wesley experience his conversion?
A) May 24th
B) December 25th
C) January 1st
D) May 21st
  • 17. Whose house is reputed to be the site of Charles Wesley's conversion?
A) John Bray
B) George Whitefield
C) St Botolph
D) John Wesley
  • 18. How many stanzas were in the poem Wesley wrote to commemorate his first anniversary of conversion?
A) 17
B) 18
C) 21
D) 7
  • 19. Which hymn verse begins with the words 'O for a thousand tongues to sing'?
A) The eighteenth
B) The fourth
C) The first
D) The seventh
  • 20. In what year was Charles Wesley appointed as curate to St Mary's Church, Islington?
A) 1740
B) 1743
C) 1739
D) 1738
  • 21. Why was Charles Wesley forced to resign from his curacy at St Mary's Church?
A) He moved to Bristol
B) Churchwardens objected to his preaching
C) He retired from ministry
D) He fell ill
  • 22. Who influenced the Wesley brothers to begin open-air preaching?
A) George Whitefield
B) The curate of Islington
C) John Bray
D) The Bishop of London
  • 23. What group of people in Bristol did George Whitefield preach to?
A) Fishermen
B) Colliers
C) Farmers
D) Merchants
  • 24. In what year did Charles and John Wesley become joint leaders of the Methodist Revival?
A) 1756
B) 1738
C) 1747
D) 1740
  • 25. Where did Charles Wesley establish the first Methodist society?
A) London
B) Islington
C) Newcastle upon Tyne
D) Bristol
  • 26. In which city did Charles Wesley face mob violence in 1747?
A) Newcastle
B) Wednesbury
C) Devizes
D) Sheffield
  • 27. After what year did Charles Wesley stop making long journeys?
A) 1747
B) 1780
C) 1738
D) 1756
  • 28. What did Charles Wesley oppose regarding the future of Methodism?
A) Lay preachers
B) Open-air preaching
C) Hymn writing
D) Separation from Anglican roots
  • 29. What action taken by John Wesley in the 1780s dismayed Charles Wesley?
A) His marriage
B) Writing a new creed
C) Ordination of ministers for America
D) Retirement to Bristol
  • 30. What was the total number of hymns Charles Wesley wrote during his lifetime?
A) Over 1,000
B) Over 6,500
C) Over 10,000
D) Exactly 5,000
  • 31. In what year did Charles Wesley form the Holy Club at Oxford?
A) 1738
B) 1729
C) 1725
D) 1735
  • 32. Which carol was written by Charles Wesley?
A) Joy to the World
B) Silent Night
C) Away in a Manger
D) Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  • 33. Where was Charles Wesley born?
A) Bristol
B) Savannah
C) London
D) Epworth, Lincolnshire
  • 34. What was Charles Wesley's relationship to John Wesley?
A) Cousin
B) Younger brother
C) Father
D) Elder brother
  • 35. What was the name of the group Charles Wesley formed at Oxford?
A) The Revivalists
B) The Methodists
C) The Scholars
D) Holy Club
  • 36. Charles Wesley travelled to which American colony in 1735?
A) Pennsylvania
B) Virginia
C) Georgia
D) Massachusetts
  • 37. What was Charles Wesley strongly opposed to regarding the Church of England?
A) A formal breach
B) The study of Greek
C) Hymn singing
D) Preaching in Bristol
  • 38. What was the name of the ship Charles and John Wesley sailed on to America?
A) The Mayflower
B) The Wesley
C) The Savannah
D) The Simmonds
  • 39. At what age did Charles Wesley die?
A) 88
B) 72
C) 80
D) 75
  • 40. On what date did Charles Wesley die?
A) 29 March 1788
B) 29 March 1780
C) 15 April 1790
D) 25 December 1788
  • 41. What is the name of the hymn collection published by Wesley in 1745?
A) Hymns on the Lord's Supper
B) Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity
C) Hymns on God's Everlasting Love
D) Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures
  • 42. According to Jason E. Vickers, which event in 1738 had a clear impact on Wesley's doctrine?
A) Marriage
B) Ordination as a priest
C) Moving to London
D) Conversion experience
  • 43. In which city is the memorial stone to Charles Wesley located?
A) Stockholm
B) Chicago
C) London
D) New York
  • 44. Where was the Swedish Metodist-Episkopal-Kyrkans Psalmbok printed in 1892?
A) New York
B) Stockholm
C) London
D) Chicago
  • 45. Besides hymns, what other type of poetry did Wesley write?
A) Science fiction
B) Legal briefs
C) Cooking recipes
D) Epistles
  • 46. Where are Charles Wesley's manuscript Psalms held?
A) Pitts Theology Library at Emory University
B) British Library
C) The Vatican Library
D) Oxford University Archives
  • 47. In what year was Charles Wesley listed in the Gospel Music Hall of Fame?
A) 1950
B) 1995
C) 2007
D) 2009
  • 48. When was Charles Wesley actually born?
A) May 1708
B) May 1707
C) December 1707
D) December 1708
  • 49. Who played Charles Wesley in the 2009 film 'Wesley'?
A) Kevin McCarthy
B) T. N. Mohan
C) R. Keith Harris
D) Burgess Jenkins
  • 50. What is the significance of the date 24 May to Methodists?
A) Aldersgate Day
B) The release of the commemorative stamp
C) The opening of Epworth by the Sea
D) Charles Wesley's birthday
  • 51. Which organization issued a 78-cent stamp in 2007 to commemorate Wesley?
A) United States Postal Service
B) Georgia Postal Bureau
C) An Post
D) Royal Mail
  • 52. Which church has adopted Charles Wesley's hymns?
A) The Society of Friends
B) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
C) Roman Catholic Church
D) Eastern Orthodox Church
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