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John Calvin - Exam
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  • 1. Where was John Calvin born?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Germany
D) England
  • 2. What was John Calvin's profession?
A) Theologian
B) Politician
C) Doctor
D) Artist
  • 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) Summa Theologica
B) The Prince
C) Institutes of the Christian Religion
D) The Canterbury Tales
  • 5. John Calvin's theology had a significant influence on the development of which country?
A) Spain
B) Scotland
C) China
D) Russia
  • 6. John Calvin believed in the doctrine of ____, which teaches that God has foreordained everything that will happen.
A) Original Sin
B) Free Will
C) Predestination
D) Salvation by Works
  • 7. Which of the following is NOT one of Calvin's famous doctrines?
A) Predestination
B) Total Depravity
C) Irresistible Grace
D) Transubstantiation
  • 8. Calvin's teachings emphasized the authority of _____ above all.
A) Tradition
B) Reason
C) Scripture
D) The Pope
  • 9. Which city did John Calvin make the center of his theological work?
A) Berlin
B) London
C) Rome
D) Geneva
  • 10. Calvinism is named after John Calvin and is a major branch of which religion?
A) Christianity
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Hinduism
  • 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) 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) Philipp Melanchthon
C) Heinrich Bullinger
D) William Farel
  • 15. Which influential family helped John Calvin attend the Collège de la Marche in Paris?
A) The Francs
B) The Cauvins
C) The Montmors
D) The Cordiers
  • 16. What was the main subject of John Calvin's first published book?
A) Commentary on the Book of Psalms
B) Confessional documents
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) Strasbourg
B) Orléans
C) Paris
D) Basel
  • 18. Who was the Spanish individual denounced by Calvin and executed for heresy in Geneva?
A) Michael Servetus
B) Nicolas Cop
C) Andreas Alciati
D) Johannes Oecolampadius
  • 19. Which theological tradition heavily influenced Calvinist doctrines?
A) Gnostic
B) Pelagian
C) Arian
D) Augustinian
  • 20. In which year did John Calvin return to Geneva to lead the church?
A) 1541
B) 1536
C) 1550
D) 1535
  • 21. What was John Calvin's birth name?
A) Jean Le Franc
B) Mathurin Cordier
C) Gérard Calvin
D) Jehan Cauvin
  • 22. What was the name of John Calvin's mother?
A) Nicolas Colladon
B) Jeanne le Franc
C) Mathurin Cordier
D) Théodore de Bèze
  • 23. What was the main reason Gérard Cauvin enrolled his son in law studies?
A) To earn more money than as a priest
B) To follow family tradition
C) Due to religious conviction
D) Because of academic interest
  • 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) 1545
B) 1550
C) 1536
D) 1529
  • 26. What title was Calvin eventually given when he started his work in Geneva?
A) Deacon
B) Pastor
C) Bishop
D) Reader
  • 27. In which city did Calvin participate in a disputation to bring it into the Protestant camp?
A) Geneva
B) Basel
C) Strasbourg
D) Lausanne
  • 28. What role was Calvin selected for in 1537, despite not receiving any pastoral consecration?
A) Pastor
B) Bishop
C) Reader
D) Deacon
  • 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) 26 November 1536
C) 25 December 1535
D) 16 January 1537
  • 30. Which city proposed introducing uniformity in church ceremonies, leading to a quarrel with Calvin and Farel?
A) Strasbourg
B) Bern
C) Paris
D) Zurich
  • 31. Who invited Calvin to lead a church of French refugees in Strasbourg?
A) Martin Bucer and Wolfgang Capito
B) The Geneva city council
C) Princess Renée of France
D) William Farel
  • 32. By what month and year did Calvin take up his new position in Strasbourg?
A) March 1536
B) December 1539
C) September 1538
D) January 1537
  • 33. How many members did John Calvin minister to in Strasbourg?
A) 750 members
B) 1000 members
C) 400–500 members
D) 200 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) Predestination
B) Free will
C) Eucharistic union
D) Arianism
  • 36. How many sermons did Calvin deliver on Deuteronomy between March 1555 and July 1556?
A) Fifty
B) One hundred
C) Two hundred
D) Three hundred
  • 37. What did the libertines realize about their power over Calvin?
A) They decided to fully support Calvin instead.
B) They were powerless against Calvin's influence.
C) They could curb his authority, but not banish him.
D) They had enough power to completely remove him from Geneva.
  • 38. What was the council's decision regarding Calvin's request to resign?
A) They postponed the decision indefinitely.
B) They granted him immediate resignation.
C) They agreed but required a public statement first.
D) His request was refused.
  • 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) Denis Raguenier
B) Louis Bourgeois
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) John Calvin
D) Perrin
  • 42. How many chapters did the second edition of the Institutes have?
A) Ten chapters
B) Seventeen chapters
C) Six 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) Pierre Viret
C) John Knox
D) Martin Luther
  • 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) Calvin's authority appeared at its lowest point.
B) Perrin immediately resigned from his position.
C) The council disbanded due to internal conflicts.
D) Calvin's influence increased significantly.
  • 47. Who broke with Calvin after the execution of Servetus?
A) Justus Velsius
B) Joachim Westphal
C) Sebastian Castellio
D) Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
  • 48. Who confessed to writing a threatening letter found at St. Pierre Cathedral?
A) Pierre Ameaux
B) Ami Perrin
C) Jacques Gruet
D) François Favre
  • 49. How many students were there in the grammar school within five years?
A) 1,200 students
B) 500 students
C) 800 students
D) 300 students
  • 50. Which city did Calvin advise French-speaking refugees to integrate with local Lutheran churches?
A) Wesel, Germany
B) Geneva, Switzerland
C) Leiden, Netherlands
D) Heidelberg, Germany
  • 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 learn French
C) She would convert to his faith
D) She would give up her noble title
  • 53. Which camp did John Calvin's opinion on the eucharist place him in?
A) An independent stance
B) Catholic camp
C) Zwingli's camp
D) Luther's camp
  • 54. Who developed a theory about the rise of capitalism influenced by Calvinism?
A) Ulrich Zwingli.
B) Martin Luther.
C) John Knox.
D) Max Weber.
  • 55. In which territory did reformed ideas spread without forced conversion by the Ottoman Empire?
A) France
B) Germany
C) England
D) Hungary
  • 56. What derogatory term did Pierre Ameaux use against John Calvin?
A) "Huguenot"
B) "Picard"
C) "Papist"
D) "Lutheran"
  • 57. What was the title of Michael Servetus's book published in 1553?
A) Christianismi Restitutio
B) The Institutes of the Christian Religion
C) Dialogorum de Trinitate libri duo
D) Two Books of Dialogues on the Trinity
  • 58. Which confession was adopted as the official confession of Hungarian Calvinists?
A) Augsburg Confession
B) Belgic Confession
C) Heidelberg Catechism
D) Second Helvetic Confession
  • 59. In which city did the Reformed Constitutional Synod take place in 1567?
A) Heidelberg
B) Wesel
C) Debrecen
D) Geneva
  • 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 defense of soul sleep
B) A refutation of the Council of Trent decrees
C) An open letter to Pope Paul III
D) The doctrines that should be upheld, including justification by faith.
  • 62. On which date do Lutheran churches commemorate John Calvin?
A) 5 November
B) 31 October
C) 26 May
D) 25 December
  • 63. In what year did Joachim Westphal condemn Calvin and Zwingli as heretics?
A) 1552
B) 1555
C) 1554
D) 1536
  • 64. What pseudonym did John Calvin use when corresponding with Servetus?
A) Guillaume de Trie
B) Michael de Villeneuve
C) Charles d'Espeville
D) Jean Frellon
  • 65. In which country did Calvin's ideas reach the French-speaking provinces?
A) Netherlands
B) Germany
C) England
D) Scotland
  • 66. What was the title of Calvin's open letter to Charles V in 1543?
A) Admonitio paterna Pauli III
B) Responsio ad Sadoletum
C) Acta synodi Tridentinae cum Antidoto
D) Supplex exhortatio ad Caesarem
  • 67. What did Voltaire claim was forbidden by the religion of Calvin, Luther, and Zwingli in Geneva?
A) Books
B) Musical instruments
C) Food
D) Clothing
  • 68. How many books are in the final edition of 'Institutes of the Christian Religion'?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Three
D) Six
  • 69. What was the most severe penalty that the Consistoire could originally mete out?
A) Banishment
B) Excommunication
C) Fines
D) Imprisonment
  • 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) Indifferently
B) With hostility
C) As a rival
D) With mutual respect
  • 72. What document became the confessional standard for Presbyterians in the English-speaking world?
A) Belgic Confession
B) Westminster Confession
C) Augsburg Confession
D) Heidelberg Catechism
  • 73. In which year was the second edition of the Institutes published?
A) 1540
B) 1539
C) 1538
D) 1541
  • 74. What was the most famous hymn composed by Louis Bourgeois in Geneva?
A) A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
B) Amazing Grace
C) Jerusalem
D) The Old Hundredth
  • 75. Who held a public disputation with Calvin in Frankfurt in 1556?
A) Justus Velsius
B) Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
C) Pierre Caroli
D) Joachim Westphal
  • 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 fled Geneva to avoid confrontation.
B) He appeared before the Consistory.
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) October 1542
B) 28 July 1542
C) 19 March 1543
D) 29 March 1549
  • 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) Subject to human interpretation
B) A historical document
C) Dependent on church tradition
D) Autopiston or self-authenticating
  • 81. Which confession was formulated in the Electorate of the Palatinate?
A) Augsburg Confession
B) Second Helvetic Confession
C) Heidelberg Catechism
D) Belgic Confession
  • 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) Joachim Westphal
D) John Knox
  • 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) Augsburg Confession
D) Second Helvetic Confession
  • 85. Who owned John Calvin's house and furniture during his time in Geneva?
A) John Calvin himself
B) Antoine's family
C) The council
D) Idelette
  • 86. Which psalmist became a refugee in Geneva and contributed nineteen more psalms?
A) Martin Bucer
B) John Calvin
C) Clément Marot
D) Louis Bourgeois
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