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John Calvin - Exam
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  • 1. Where was John Calvin born?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Italy
D) England
  • 2. What was John Calvin's profession?
A) Theologian
B) Politician
C) Artist
D) Doctor
  • 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 Canterbury Tales
C) The Prince
D) Summa Theologica
  • 5. John Calvin's theology had a significant influence on the development of which country?
A) Spain
B) Russia
C) Scotland
D) China
  • 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) Salvation by Works
D) Predestination
  • 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) Reason
B) The Pope
C) Tradition
D) Scripture
  • 9. Which city did John Calvin make the center of his theological work?
A) Rome
B) London
C) Geneva
D) Berlin
  • 10. Calvinism is named after John Calvin and is a major branch of which religion?
A) Buddhism
B) Islam
C) Hinduism
D) Christianity
  • 11. What university did John Calvin attend before his conversion to Protestantism?
A) Yale University
B) Heidelberg University
C) University of Paris
D) Oxford University
  • 12. What was John Calvin's original profession before becoming a theologian?
A) Catholic priest
B) University professor
C) Bishop
D) Humanist lawyer
  • 13. In which city did John Calvin first publish the Institutes of the Christian Religion?
A) Basel, Switzerland
B) Paris
C) Orléans
D) Geneva
  • 14. Who recruited John Calvin to join the Reformation in Geneva in 1536?
A) Heinrich Bullinger
B) Martin Bucer
C) William Farel
D) Philipp Melanchthon
  • 15. Which influential family helped John Calvin attend the Collège de la Marche in Paris?
A) The Cordiers
B) The Montmors
C) The Cauvins
D) The Francs
  • 16. What was the main subject of John Calvin's first published book?
A) A commentary on Seneca's De Clementia
B) Confessional documents
C) Commentary on the Book of Psalms
D) Institutes of the Christian Religion
  • 17. Which city did John Calvin move to after being expelled from Geneva?
A) Orléans
B) Strasbourg
C) Basel
D) Paris
  • 18. Who was the Spanish individual denounced by Calvin and executed for heresy in Geneva?
A) Johannes Oecolampadius
B) Nicolas Cop
C) Andreas Alciati
D) Michael Servetus
  • 19. Which theological tradition heavily influenced Calvinist doctrines?
A) Augustinian
B) Gnostic
C) Arian
D) Pelagian
  • 20. In which year did John Calvin return to Geneva to lead the church?
A) 1541
B) 1550
C) 1536
D) 1535
  • 21. What was John Calvin's birth name?
A) Mathurin Cordier
B) Jean Le Franc
C) Jehan Cauvin
D) Gérard Calvin
  • 22. What was the name of John Calvin's mother?
A) Mathurin Cordier
B) Jeanne le Franc
C) Théodore de Bèze
D) Nicolas Colladon
  • 23. What was the main reason Gérard Cauvin enrolled his son in law studies?
A) To follow family tradition
B) To earn more money than as a priest
C) Because of academic interest
D) Due to religious conviction
  • 24. Which city did John Calvin flee to after the Affair of the Placards?
A) Geneva
B) Paris
C) Strasbourg
D) Basel
  • 25. In what year did John Calvin publish the first edition of 'Institutio Christianae Religionis'?
A) 1529
B) 1550
C) 1545
D) 1536
  • 26. What title was Calvin eventually given when he started his work in Geneva?
A) Deacon
B) Pastor
C) Reader
D) Bishop
  • 27. In which city did Calvin participate in a disputation to bring it into the Protestant camp?
A) Strasbourg
B) Basel
C) Lausanne
D) Geneva
  • 28. What role was Calvin selected for in 1537, despite not receiving any pastoral consecration?
A) Reader
B) Deacon
C) Bishop
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) 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) Bern
B) Strasbourg
C) Paris
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) March 1536
B) September 1538
C) January 1537
D) December 1539
  • 33. How many members did John Calvin minister to in Strasbourg?
A) 1000 members
B) 200 members
C) 400–500 members
D) 750 members
  • 34. What was the frequency of communion during Calvin's ministry in Strasbourg?
A) Daily
B) Monthly
C) Annually
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) Two hundred
B) One hundred
C) Fifty
D) Three hundred
  • 37. What did the libertines realize about their power over Calvin?
A) They decided to fully support Calvin instead.
B) They could curb his authority, but not banish him.
C) They had enough power to completely remove him from Geneva.
D) They were powerless against Calvin's influence.
  • 38. What was the council's decision regarding Calvin's request to resign?
A) They granted him immediate resignation.
B) They agreed but required a public statement first.
C) His request was refused.
D) They postponed the decision indefinitely.
  • 39. Where was Calvin buried?
A) In an unmarked grave in the Cimetière des Rois.
B) At St. Pierre Church with a grand ceremony.
C) In his hometown with full honors.
D) In Geneva's main cathedral.
  • 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) Henri Aulbert
B) Philibert Berthelier
C) Perrin
D) John Calvin
  • 42. How many chapters did the second edition of the Institutes have?
A) Six chapters
B) Twenty-five chapters
C) Seventeen chapters
D) Ten chapters
  • 43. What did John Calvin actively participate in between the Lutheran and Reformed branches?
A) Peace negotiations
B) Military alliances
C) Financial support
D) Polemics
  • 44. Who was initially consulted by the Geneva council before asking Calvin to respond to Cardinal Sadoleto?
A) Ulrich Zwingli
B) Pierre Viret
C) Martin Luther
D) John Knox
  • 45. Who attacked Calvin's doctrine of predestination in 1551?
A) Justus Velsius
B) Joachim Westphal
C) Pierre Caroli
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) Perrin immediately resigned from his position.
C) Calvin's influence increased significantly.
D) The council disbanded due to internal conflicts.
  • 47. Who broke with Calvin after the execution of Servetus?
A) Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
B) Sebastian Castellio
C) Joachim Westphal
D) Justus Velsius
  • 48. Who confessed to writing a threatening letter found at St. Pierre Cathedral?
A) Jacques Gruet
B) François Favre
C) Ami Perrin
D) Pierre Ameaux
  • 49. How many students were there in the grammar school within five years?
A) 1,200 students
B) 500 students
C) 300 students
D) 800 students
  • 50. Which city did Calvin advise French-speaking refugees to integrate with local Lutheran churches?
A) Geneva, Switzerland
B) Wesel, Germany
C) Leiden, Netherlands
D) Heidelberg, Germany
  • 51. When did the school open in Geneva?
A) December 1557
B) 25 March 1558
C) 5 June 1559
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 learn French
C) She would move to Strasbourg
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) 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) Germany
B) England
C) Hungary
D) France
  • 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) The Institutes of the Christian Religion
B) Two Books of Dialogues on the Trinity
C) Christianismi Restitutio
D) Dialogorum de Trinitate libri duo
  • 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) Heidelberg
B) Wesel
C) Geneva
D) Debrecen
  • 60. Who became the rector of the institute in Geneva?
A) Theodore Beza
B) Mathurin Cordier
C) Emmanuel Tremellius
D) John Knox
  • 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) The doctrines that should be upheld, including justification by faith.
D) An open letter to Pope Paul III
  • 62. On which date do Lutheran churches commemorate John Calvin?
A) 25 December
B) 5 November
C) 31 October
D) 26 May
  • 63. In what year did Joachim Westphal condemn Calvin and Zwingli as heretics?
A) 1554
B) 1555
C) 1536
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) Scotland
B) Germany
C) Netherlands
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) 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) Clothing
B) Books
C) Musical instruments
D) Food
  • 68. How many books are in the final edition of 'Institutes of the Christian Religion'?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Three
  • 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) Heavily challenged
B) Limited to Geneva
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) Heidelberg Catechism
B) Belgic Confession
C) Augsburg Confession
D) Westminster Confession
  • 73. In which year was the second edition of the Institutes published?
A) 1538
B) 1540
C) 1541
D) 1539
  • 74. What was the most famous hymn composed by Louis Bourgeois in Geneva?
A) The Old Hundredth
B) Jerusalem
C) Amazing Grace
D) A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
  • 75. Who held a public disputation with Calvin in Frankfurt in 1556?
A) Joachim Westphal
B) Justus Velsius
C) Pierre Caroli
D) Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
  • 76. When did Idelette, Calvin's wife, die?
A) 19 March 1543
B) 28 July 1542
C) 29 March 1549
D) October 1542
  • 77. What did Ami Perrin do after receiving a letter from Calvin?
A) He fled Geneva to avoid confrontation.
B) He wrote a public apology.
C) He appeared before the Consistory.
D) He organized a counter-protest.
  • 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) John Calvin
B) Martin Luther
C) Clément Marot
D) Louis Bourgeois
  • 80. What does Calvin describe scripture as in terms of its authority?
A) Subject to human interpretation
B) Dependent on church tradition
C) A historical document
D) Autopiston or self-authenticating
  • 81. Which confession was formulated in the Electorate of the Palatinate?
A) Belgic Confession
B) Heidelberg Catechism
C) Augsburg Confession
D) Second Helvetic Confession
  • 82. What event marked the beginning of the libertines' downfall?
A) The trial of Servetus
B) The intervention by Henri Aulbert
C) The burning of a house in May 1555
D) The February 1555 elections
  • 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) Belgic Confession
B) Second Helvetic Confession
C) Westminster Confession
D) Augsburg Confession
  • 85. Who owned John Calvin's house and furniture during his time in Geneva?
A) John Calvin himself
B) The council
C) Idelette
D) Antoine's family
  • 86. Which psalmist became a refugee in Geneva and contributed nineteen more psalms?
A) Louis Bourgeois
B) Martin Bucer
C) Clément Marot
D) John Calvin
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