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