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