John Calvin - Exam
John Calvin
  • 1. Where was John Calvin born?
A) France
B) England
C) Italy
D) Germany
  • 2. What was John Calvin's profession?
A) Theologian
B) Artist
C) Doctor
D) Politician
  • 3. In what century did John Calvin live?
A) 14th
B) 16th
C) 20th
D) 18th
  • 4. What major work is John Calvin known for?
A) Institutes of the Christian Religion
B) Summa Theologica
C) The Prince
D) The Canterbury Tales
  • 5. John Calvin's theology had a significant influence on the development of which country?
A) Scotland
B) China
C) Russia
D) Spain
  • 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) Reason
B) The Pope
C) Tradition
D) Scripture
  • 9. Which city did John Calvin make the center of his theological work?
A) Berlin
B) London
C) Geneva
D) Rome
  • 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) Oxford University
B) Heidelberg University
C) University of Paris
D) Yale University
  • 12. What was John Calvin's original profession before becoming a theologian?
A) Humanist lawyer
B) Bishop
C) University professor
D) Catholic priest
  • 13. In which city did John Calvin first publish the Institutes of the Christian Religion?
A) Basel, Switzerland
B) Geneva
C) Orléans
D) Paris
  • 14. Who recruited John Calvin to join the Reformation in Geneva in 1536?
A) Philipp Melanchthon
B) Heinrich Bullinger
C) William Farel
D) Martin Bucer
  • 15. Which influential family helped John Calvin attend the Collège de la Marche in Paris?
A) The Francs
B) The Montmors
C) The Cordiers
D) The Cauvins
  • 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) Paris
B) Basel
C) Strasbourg
D) Orléans
  • 18. Who was the Spanish individual denounced by Calvin and executed for heresy in Geneva?
A) Andreas Alciati
B) Nicolas Cop
C) Johannes Oecolampadius
D) Michael Servetus
  • 19. Which theological tradition heavily influenced Calvinist doctrines?
A) Augustinian
B) Arian
C) Gnostic
D) Pelagian
  • 20. In which year did John Calvin return to Geneva to lead the church?
A) 1550
B) 1536
C) 1535
D) 1541
  • 21. What was John Calvin's birth name?
A) Jehan Cauvin
B) Mathurin Cordier
C) Jean Le Franc
D) Gérard Calvin
  • 22. What was the name of John Calvin's mother?
A) Mathurin Cordier
B) Théodore de Bèze
C) Jeanne le Franc
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) Due to religious conviction
C) To follow family tradition
D) Because of academic interest
  • 24. Which city did John Calvin flee to after the Affair of the Placards?
A) Strasbourg
B) Paris
C) Basel
D) Geneva
  • 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) Pastor
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) Pastor
B) Bishop
C) Deacon
D) Reader
  • 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) 25 December 1535
D) 26 November 1536
  • 30. Which city proposed introducing uniformity in church ceremonies, leading to a quarrel with Calvin and Farel?
A) Zurich
B) Paris
C) Strasbourg
D) Bern
  • 31. Who invited Calvin to lead a church of French refugees in Strasbourg?
A) Martin Bucer and Wolfgang Capito
B) Princess Renée of France
C) William Farel
D) The Geneva city council
  • 32. By what month and year did Calvin take up his new position in Strasbourg?
A) January 1537
B) December 1539
C) March 1536
D) September 1538
  • 33. How many members did John Calvin minister to in Strasbourg?
A) 400–500 members
B) 200 members
C) 1000 members
D) 750 members
  • 34. What was the frequency of communion during Calvin's ministry in Strasbourg?
A) Daily
B) Weekly
C) Monthly
D) Annually
  • 35. What doctrine did Justus Velsius defend against Calvin during their disputation?
A) Free will
B) Eucharistic union
C) Arianism
D) Predestination
  • 36. How many sermons did Calvin deliver on Deuteronomy between March 1555 and July 1556?
A) Two hundred
B) Three hundred
C) One hundred
D) Fifty
  • 37. What did the libertines realize about their power over Calvin?
A) They had enough power to completely remove him from Geneva.
B) They could curb his authority, but not banish him.
C) They were powerless against Calvin's influence.
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) They agreed but required a public statement first.
C) They granted him immediate resignation.
D) His request was refused.
  • 39. Where was Calvin buried?
A) In Geneva's main cathedral.
B) In an unmarked grave in the Cimetière des Rois.
C) In his hometown with full honors.
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) Denis Raguenier
C) T. H. L. Parker
D) Clément Marot
  • 41. Who asked the council for permission to take communion after being excommunicated?
A) Philibert Berthelier
B) Henri Aulbert
C) Perrin
D) John Calvin
  • 42. How many chapters did the second edition of the Institutes have?
A) Ten chapters
B) Six chapters
C) Seventeen chapters
D) Twenty-five chapters
  • 43. What did John Calvin actively participate in between the Lutheran and Reformed branches?
A) Polemics
B) Military alliances
C) Peace negotiations
D) Financial support
  • 44. Who was initially consulted by the Geneva council before asking Calvin to respond to Cardinal Sadoleto?
A) Ulrich Zwingli
B) John Knox
C) Pierre Viret
D) Martin Luther
  • 45. Who attacked Calvin's doctrine of predestination in 1551?
A) Justus Velsius
B) Pierre Caroli
C) Joachim Westphal
D) Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
  • 46. What was the council's response when Perrin was elected first syndic in February 1552?
A) Calvin's authority appeared at its lowest point.
B) The council disbanded due to internal conflicts.
C) Calvin's influence increased significantly.
D) Perrin immediately resigned from his position.
  • 47. Who broke with Calvin after the execution of Servetus?
A) Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
B) Justus Velsius
C) Sebastian Castellio
D) Joachim Westphal
  • 48. Who confessed to writing a threatening letter found at St. Pierre Cathedral?
A) François Favre
B) Pierre Ameaux
C) Ami Perrin
D) Jacques Gruet
  • 49. How many students were there in the grammar school within five years?
A) 500 students
B) 1,200 students
C) 800 students
D) 300 students
  • 50. Which city did Calvin advise French-speaking refugees to integrate with local Lutheran churches?
A) Heidelberg, Germany
B) Geneva, Switzerland
C) Wesel, Germany
D) Leiden, Netherlands
  • 51. When did the school open in Geneva?
A) 5 June 1559
B) 25 March 1558
C) December 1557
D) January 1560
  • 52. What was the condition Calvin set for marrying a young woman from a noble family?
A) She would give up her noble title
B) She would learn French
C) She would move to Strasbourg
D) She would convert to his faith
  • 53. Which camp did John Calvin's opinion on the eucharist place him in?
A) An independent stance
B) Luther's camp
C) Zwingli's camp
D) Catholic camp
  • 54. Who developed a theory about the rise of capitalism influenced by Calvinism?
A) Max Weber.
B) John Knox.
C) Martin Luther.
D) Ulrich Zwingli.
  • 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) "Papist"
B) "Lutheran"
C) "Picard"
D) "Huguenot"
  • 57. What was the title of Michael Servetus's book published in 1553?
A) The Institutes of the Christian Religion
B) Two Books of Dialogues on the Trinity
C) Dialogorum de Trinitate libri duo
D) Christianismi Restitutio
  • 58. Which confession was adopted as the official confession of Hungarian Calvinists?
A) Heidelberg Catechism
B) Augsburg Confession
C) Belgic Confession
D) Second Helvetic Confession
  • 59. In which city did the Reformed Constitutional Synod take place in 1567?
A) Heidelberg
B) Geneva
C) Wesel
D) Debrecen
  • 60. Who became the rector of the institute in Geneva?
A) John Knox
B) Mathurin Cordier
C) Theodore Beza
D) Emmanuel Tremellius
  • 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) An open letter to Pope Paul III
C) The doctrines that should be upheld, including justification by faith.
D) A defense of soul sleep
  • 62. On which date do Lutheran churches commemorate John Calvin?
A) 25 December
B) 31 October
C) 26 May
D) 5 November
  • 63. In what year did Joachim Westphal condemn Calvin and Zwingli as heretics?
A) 1536
B) 1554
C) 1552
D) 1555
  • 64. What pseudonym did John Calvin use when corresponding with Servetus?
A) Charles d'Espeville
B) Michael de Villeneuve
C) Guillaume de Trie
D) Jean Frellon
  • 65. In which country did Calvin's ideas reach the French-speaking provinces?
A) Scotland
B) Netherlands
C) Germany
D) England
  • 66. What was the title of Calvin's open letter to Charles V in 1543?
A) Responsio ad Sadoletum
B) Admonitio paterna Pauli III
C) Supplex exhortatio ad Caesarem
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) Books
C) Food
D) Musical instruments
  • 68. How many books are in the final edition of 'Institutes of the Christian Religion'?
A) Six
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
  • 69. What was the most severe penalty that the Consistoire could originally mete out?
A) Excommunication
B) Fines
C) Banishment
D) Imprisonment
  • 70. During his final years, how was John Calvin's authority perceived?
A) Under scrutiny by the Catholic Church
B) Heavily challenged
C) Practically uncontested
D) Limited to Geneva
  • 71. How did Martin Luther initially view John Calvin?
A) As a rival
B) With mutual respect
C) With hostility
D) Indifferently
  • 72. What document became the confessional standard for Presbyterians in the English-speaking world?
A) Westminster Confession
B) Heidelberg Catechism
C) Augsburg Confession
D) Belgic Confession
  • 73. In which year was the second edition of the Institutes published?
A) 1539
B) 1541
C) 1540
D) 1538
  • 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) Joachim Westphal
B) Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
C) Justus Velsius
D) Pierre Caroli
  • 76. When did Idelette, Calvin's wife, die?
A) 29 March 1549
B) 28 July 1542
C) 19 March 1543
D) October 1542
  • 77. What did Ami Perrin do after receiving a letter from Calvin?
A) He wrote a public apology.
B) He appeared before the Consistory.
C) He fled Geneva to avoid confrontation.
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) 29 March 1549
D) 19 March 1543
  • 79. Who published La Forme des Prières et Chants Ecclésiastiques in Geneva?
A) Louis Bourgeois
B) John Calvin
C) Clément Marot
D) Martin Luther
  • 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) Augsburg Confession
C) Belgic Confession
D) Heidelberg Catechism
  • 82. What event marked the beginning of the libertines' downfall?
A) The intervention by Henri Aulbert
B) The burning of a house in May 1555
C) The February 1555 elections
D) The trial of Servetus
  • 83. Who first identified Calvin's ideas as 'Calvinism'?
A) Philip Melanchthon
B) Martin Luther
C) John Knox
D) Joachim Westphal
  • 84. Which confession was adopted as a confessional standard in the first synod of the Dutch Reformed Church?
A) Augsburg Confession
B) Second Helvetic Confession
C) Belgic Confession
D) Westminster Confession
  • 85. Who owned John Calvin's house and furniture during his time in Geneva?
A) Idelette
B) The council
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) Clément Marot
C) Martin Bucer
D) John Calvin
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