John Calvin - Exam
John Calvin
  • 1. Where was John Calvin born?
A) Italy
B) England
C) France
D) Germany
  • 2. What was John Calvin's profession?
A) Artist
B) Politician
C) Doctor
D) Theologian
  • 3. In what century did John Calvin live?
A) 18th
B) 14th
C) 20th
D) 16th
  • 4. What major work is John Calvin known for?
A) Institutes of the Christian Religion
B) The Canterbury Tales
C) Summa Theologica
D) The Prince
  • 5. John Calvin's theology had a significant influence on the development of which country?
A) Russia
B) Scotland
C) Spain
D) China
  • 6. John Calvin believed in the doctrine of ____, which teaches that God has foreordained everything that will happen.
A) Original Sin
B) Salvation by Works
C) Predestination
D) Free Will
  • 7. Which of the following is NOT one of Calvin's famous doctrines?
A) Total Depravity
B) Transubstantiation
C) Irresistible Grace
D) Predestination
  • 8. Calvin's teachings emphasized the authority of _____ above all.
A) Tradition
B) Reason
C) The Pope
D) Scripture
  • 9. Which city did John Calvin make the center of his theological work?
A) Geneva
B) Rome
C) Berlin
D) London
  • 10. Calvinism is named after John Calvin and is a major branch of which religion?
A) Islam
B) Hinduism
C) Buddhism
D) Christianity
  • 11. What university did John Calvin attend before his conversion to Protestantism?
A) University of Paris
B) Yale University
C) Oxford University
D) Heidelberg University
  • 12. What was John Calvin's original profession before becoming a theologian?
A) Bishop
B) Catholic priest
C) Humanist lawyer
D) University professor
  • 13. In which city did John Calvin first publish the Institutes of the Christian Religion?
A) Basel, Switzerland
B) Orléans
C) Paris
D) Geneva
  • 14. Who recruited John Calvin to join the Reformation in Geneva in 1536?
A) Martin Bucer
B) William Farel
C) Philipp Melanchthon
D) Heinrich Bullinger
  • 15. Which influential family helped John Calvin attend the Collège de la Marche in Paris?
A) The Francs
B) The Cauvins
C) The Cordiers
D) The Montmors
  • 16. What was the main subject of John Calvin's first published book?
A) Confessional documents
B) Commentary on the Book of Psalms
C) Institutes of the Christian Religion
D) A commentary on Seneca's De Clementia
  • 17. Which city did John Calvin move to after being expelled from Geneva?
A) Basel
B) Orléans
C) Paris
D) Strasbourg
  • 18. Who was the Spanish individual denounced by Calvin and executed for heresy in Geneva?
A) Nicolas Cop
B) Michael Servetus
C) Andreas Alciati
D) Johannes Oecolampadius
  • 19. Which theological tradition heavily influenced Calvinist doctrines?
A) Arian
B) Pelagian
C) Gnostic
D) Augustinian
  • 20. In which year did John Calvin return to Geneva to lead the church?
A) 1536
B) 1535
C) 1550
D) 1541
  • 21. What was John Calvin's birth name?
A) Jean Le Franc
B) Mathurin Cordier
C) Jehan Cauvin
D) Gérard Calvin
  • 22. What was the name of John Calvin's mother?
A) Jeanne le Franc
B) Mathurin Cordier
C) Théodore de Bèze
D) Nicolas Colladon
  • 23. What was the main reason Gérard Cauvin enrolled his son in law studies?
A) To earn more money than as a priest
B) Because of academic interest
C) To follow family tradition
D) Due to religious conviction
  • 24. Which city did John Calvin flee to after the Affair of the Placards?
A) Basel
B) Strasbourg
C) Geneva
D) Paris
  • 25. In what year did John Calvin publish the first edition of 'Institutio Christianae Religionis'?
A) 1536
B) 1529
C) 1550
D) 1545
  • 26. What title was Calvin eventually given when he started his work in Geneva?
A) Pastor
B) Reader
C) Deacon
D) Bishop
  • 27. In which city did Calvin participate in a disputation to bring it into the Protestant camp?
A) Lausanne
B) Basel
C) Strasbourg
D) Geneva
  • 28. What role was Calvin selected for in 1537, despite not receiving any pastoral consecration?
A) Deacon
B) Bishop
C) Reader
D) Pastor
  • 29. On what date did Farel and Calvin present their Articles on the Organisation of the Church to the Geneva city council?
A) 26 November 1536
B) 16 January 1537
C) 25 December 1535
D) 1 March 1538
  • 30. Which city proposed introducing uniformity in church ceremonies, leading to a quarrel with Calvin and Farel?
A) Bern
B) Paris
C) Zurich
D) Strasbourg
  • 31. Who invited Calvin to lead a church of French refugees in Strasbourg?
A) The Geneva city council
B) William Farel
C) Martin Bucer and Wolfgang Capito
D) Princess Renée of France
  • 32. By what month and year did Calvin take up his new position in Strasbourg?
A) January 1537
B) March 1536
C) September 1538
D) December 1539
  • 33. How many members did John Calvin minister to in Strasbourg?
A) 200 members
B) 750 members
C) 400–500 members
D) 1000 members
  • 34. What was the frequency of communion during Calvin's ministry in Strasbourg?
A) Monthly
B) Daily
C) Weekly
D) Annually
  • 35. What doctrine did Justus Velsius defend against Calvin during their disputation?
A) Arianism
B) Predestination
C) Eucharistic union
D) Free will
  • 36. How many sermons did Calvin deliver on Deuteronomy between March 1555 and July 1556?
A) Fifty
B) One hundred
C) Three hundred
D) Two hundred
  • 37. What did the libertines realize about their power over Calvin?
A) They decided to fully support Calvin instead.
B) They had enough power to completely remove him from Geneva.
C) They were powerless against Calvin's influence.
D) They could curb his authority, but not banish him.
  • 38. What was the council's decision regarding Calvin's request to resign?
A) They agreed but required a public statement first.
B) They granted him immediate resignation.
C) His request was refused.
D) They postponed the decision indefinitely.
  • 39. Where was Calvin buried?
A) In his hometown with full honors.
B) At St. Pierre Church with a grand ceremony.
C) In an unmarked grave in the Cimetière des Rois.
D) In Geneva's main cathedral.
  • 40. Who was assigned to record all of Calvin's sermons starting in 1549?
A) T. H. L. Parker
B) Denis Raguenier
C) Louis Bourgeois
D) Clément Marot
  • 41. Who asked the council for permission to take communion after being excommunicated?
A) Henri Aulbert
B) Perrin
C) Philibert Berthelier
D) John Calvin
  • 42. How many chapters did the second edition of the Institutes have?
A) Ten chapters
B) Twenty-five chapters
C) Six chapters
D) Seventeen chapters
  • 43. What did John Calvin actively participate in between the Lutheran and Reformed branches?
A) Peace negotiations
B) Military alliances
C) Polemics
D) Financial support
  • 44. Who was initially consulted by the Geneva council before asking Calvin to respond to Cardinal Sadoleto?
A) John Knox
B) Martin Luther
C) Ulrich Zwingli
D) Pierre Viret
  • 45. Who attacked Calvin's doctrine of predestination in 1551?
A) Joachim Westphal
B) Pierre Caroli
C) Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
D) Justus Velsius
  • 46. What was the council's response when Perrin was elected first syndic in February 1552?
A) Calvin's influence increased significantly.
B) The council disbanded due to internal conflicts.
C) Calvin's authority appeared at its lowest point.
D) Perrin immediately resigned from his position.
  • 47. Who broke with Calvin after the execution of Servetus?
A) Joachim Westphal
B) Sebastian Castellio
C) Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
D) Justus Velsius
  • 48. Who confessed to writing a threatening letter found at St. Pierre Cathedral?
A) Jacques Gruet
B) Ami Perrin
C) François Favre
D) Pierre Ameaux
  • 49. How many students were there in the grammar school within five years?
A) 500 students
B) 800 students
C) 1,200 students
D) 300 students
  • 50. Which city did Calvin advise French-speaking refugees to integrate with local Lutheran churches?
A) Wesel, Germany
B) Heidelberg, Germany
C) Geneva, Switzerland
D) Leiden, Netherlands
  • 51. When did the school open in Geneva?
A) December 1557
B) 5 June 1559
C) 25 March 1558
D) January 1560
  • 52. What was the condition Calvin set for marrying a young woman from a noble family?
A) She would convert to his faith
B) She would move to Strasbourg
C) She would learn French
D) She would give up her noble title
  • 53. Which camp did John Calvin's opinion on the eucharist place him in?
A) Zwingli's camp
B) Catholic camp
C) An independent stance
D) Luther's camp
  • 54. Who developed a theory about the rise of capitalism influenced by Calvinism?
A) Ulrich Zwingli.
B) John Knox.
C) Max Weber.
D) Martin Luther.
  • 55. In which territory did reformed ideas spread without forced conversion by the Ottoman Empire?
A) Hungary
B) France
C) England
D) Germany
  • 56. What derogatory term did Pierre Ameaux use against John Calvin?
A) "Lutheran"
B) "Huguenot"
C) "Picard"
D) "Papist"
  • 57. What was the title of Michael Servetus's book published in 1553?
A) Christianismi Restitutio
B) Dialogorum de Trinitate libri duo
C) Two Books of Dialogues on the Trinity
D) The Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • 58. Which confession was adopted as the official confession of Hungarian Calvinists?
A) Belgic Confession
B) Augsburg Confession
C) Heidelberg Catechism
D) Second Helvetic Confession
  • 59. In which city did the Reformed Constitutional Synod take place in 1567?
A) Wesel
B) Debrecen
C) Heidelberg
D) Geneva
  • 60. Who became the rector of the institute in Geneva?
A) Mathurin Cordier
B) John Knox
C) Emmanuel Tremellius
D) Theodore Beza
  • 61. What did Calvin's treatise, Vera Christianae pacificationis et Ecclesiae reformandae ratio (1549), describe?
A) The doctrines that should be upheld, including justification by faith.
B) An open letter to Pope Paul III
C) A defense of soul sleep
D) A refutation of the Council of Trent decrees
  • 62. On which date do Lutheran churches commemorate John Calvin?
A) 5 November
B) 26 May
C) 25 December
D) 31 October
  • 63. In what year did Joachim Westphal condemn Calvin and Zwingli as heretics?
A) 1536
B) 1555
C) 1554
D) 1552
  • 64. What pseudonym did John Calvin use when corresponding with Servetus?
A) Charles d'Espeville
B) Michael de Villeneuve
C) Jean Frellon
D) Guillaume de Trie
  • 65. In which country did Calvin's ideas reach the French-speaking provinces?
A) Netherlands
B) Germany
C) Scotland
D) England
  • 66. What was the title of Calvin's open letter to Charles V in 1543?
A) Supplex exhortatio ad Caesarem
B) Responsio ad Sadoletum
C) Admonitio paterna Pauli III
D) Acta synodi Tridentinae cum Antidoto
  • 67. What did Voltaire claim was forbidden by the religion of Calvin, Luther, and Zwingli in Geneva?
A) Clothing
B) Food
C) Musical instruments
D) Books
  • 68. How many books are in the final edition of 'Institutes of the Christian Religion'?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Three
D) Five
  • 69. What was the most severe penalty that the Consistoire could originally mete out?
A) Excommunication
B) Fines
C) Imprisonment
D) Banishment
  • 70. During his final years, how was John Calvin's authority perceived?
A) Practically uncontested
B) Heavily challenged
C) Limited to Geneva
D) Under scrutiny by the Catholic Church
  • 71. How did Martin Luther initially view John Calvin?
A) As a rival
B) Indifferently
C) With hostility
D) With mutual respect
  • 72. What document became the confessional standard for Presbyterians in the English-speaking world?
A) Westminster Confession
B) Augsburg Confession
C) Belgic Confession
D) Heidelberg Catechism
  • 73. In which year was the second edition of the Institutes published?
A) 1541
B) 1540
C) 1538
D) 1539
  • 74. What was the most famous hymn composed by Louis Bourgeois in Geneva?
A) A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
B) The Old Hundredth
C) Amazing Grace
D) Jerusalem
  • 75. Who held a public disputation with Calvin in Frankfurt in 1556?
A) Pierre Caroli
B) Justus Velsius
C) Joachim Westphal
D) Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
  • 76. When did Idelette, Calvin's wife, die?
A) 19 March 1543
B) October 1542
C) 29 March 1549
D) 28 July 1542
  • 77. What did Ami Perrin do after receiving a letter from Calvin?
A) He appeared before the Consistory.
B) He organized a counter-protest.
C) He wrote a public apology.
D) He fled Geneva to avoid confrontation.
  • 78. What was the date when Calvin's son Jacques was born?
A) October 1542
B) 29 March 1549
C) 19 March 1543
D) 28 July 1542
  • 79. Who published La Forme des Prières et Chants Ecclésiastiques in Geneva?
A) Martin Luther
B) John Calvin
C) Clément Marot
D) Louis Bourgeois
  • 80. What does Calvin describe scripture as in terms of its authority?
A) Autopiston or self-authenticating
B) Dependent on church tradition
C) A historical document
D) Subject to human interpretation
  • 81. Which confession was formulated in the Electorate of the Palatinate?
A) Heidelberg Catechism
B) Augsburg Confession
C) Belgic Confession
D) Second Helvetic Confession
  • 82. What event marked the beginning of the libertines' downfall?
A) The trial of Servetus
B) The burning of a house in May 1555
C) The intervention by Henri Aulbert
D) The February 1555 elections
  • 83. Who first identified Calvin's ideas as 'Calvinism'?
A) Philip Melanchthon
B) Joachim Westphal
C) John Knox
D) Martin Luther
  • 84. Which confession was adopted as a confessional standard in the first synod of the Dutch Reformed Church?
A) Belgic Confession
B) Westminster Confession
C) Second Helvetic Confession
D) Augsburg Confession
  • 85. Who owned John Calvin's house and furniture during his time in Geneva?
A) The council
B) Idelette
C) John Calvin himself
D) Antoine's family
  • 86. Which psalmist became a refugee in Geneva and contributed nineteen more psalms?
A) Louis Bourgeois
B) John Calvin
C) Clément Marot
D) Martin Bucer
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