John Calvin - Quiz
John Calvin
  • 1. Where was John Calvin born?
A) France
B) Germany
C) England
D) Italy
  • 2. What was John Calvin's profession?
A) Theologian
B) Doctor
C) Politician
D) Artist
  • 3. In what century did John Calvin live?
A) 16th
B) 20th
C) 14th
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) Spain
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) Salvation by Works
C) Predestination
D) Free Will
  • 7. Which of the following is NOT one of Calvin's famous doctrines?
A) Irresistible Grace
B) Total Depravity
C) Transubstantiation
D) Predestination
  • 8. Calvin's teachings emphasized the authority of _____ above all.
A) Tradition
B) The Pope
C) Reason
D) Scripture
  • 9. Which city did John Calvin make the center of his theological work?
A) Rome
B) London
C) Berlin
D) Geneva
  • 10. Calvinism is named after John Calvin and is a major branch of which religion?
A) Hinduism
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Christianity
  • 11. What university did John Calvin attend before his conversion to Protestantism?
A) Yale University
B) University of Paris
C) Oxford University
D) Heidelberg 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) 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) Martin Bucer
D) Heinrich Bullinger
  • 15. Which influential family helped John Calvin attend the Collège de la Marche in Paris?
A) The Cauvins
B) The Cordiers
C) The Francs
D) The Montmors
  • 16. What was the main subject of John Calvin's first published book?
A) Institutes of the Christian Religion
B) A commentary on Seneca's De Clementia
C) Confessional documents
D) Commentary on the Book of Psalms
  • 17. Which city did John Calvin move to after being expelled from Geneva?
A) Paris
B) Basel
C) Orléans
D) Strasbourg
  • 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) Augustinian
B) Pelagian
C) Gnostic
D) Arian
  • 20. In which year did John Calvin return to Geneva to lead the church?
A) 1536
B) 1535
C) 1541
D) 1550
  • 21. What was John Calvin's birth name?
A) Gérard Calvin
B) Jean Le Franc
C) Jehan Cauvin
D) Mathurin Cordier
  • 22. What was the name of John Calvin's mother?
A) Théodore de Bèze
B) Nicolas Colladon
C) Mathurin Cordier
D) Jeanne le Franc
  • 23. What was the main reason Gérard Cauvin enrolled his son in law studies?
A) To follow family tradition
B) Because of academic interest
C) Due to religious conviction
D) To earn more money than as a priest
  • 24. Which city did John Calvin flee to after the Affair of the Placards?
A) Geneva
B) Basel
C) Paris
D) Strasbourg
  • 25. In what year did John Calvin publish the first edition of 'Institutio Christianae Religionis'?
A) 1529
B) 1536
C) 1550
D) 1545
  • 26. What title was Calvin eventually given when he started his work in Geneva?
A) Pastor
B) Bishop
C) Reader
D) Deacon
  • 27. In which city did Calvin participate in a disputation to bring it into the Protestant camp?
A) Geneva
B) Strasbourg
C) Lausanne
D) Basel
  • 28. What role was Calvin selected for in 1537, despite not receiving any pastoral consecration?
A) Reader
B) Pastor
C) Bishop
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) 16 January 1537
B) 1 March 1538
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) 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) 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) December 1539
D) January 1537
  • 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) Daily
B) Weekly
C) Annually
D) Monthly
  • 35. What doctrine did Justus Velsius defend against Calvin during their disputation?
A) Eucharistic union
B) Free will
C) Predestination
D) Arianism
  • 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 were powerless against Calvin's influence.
B) They had enough power to completely remove him from Geneva.
C) They could curb his authority, but not banish him.
D) They decided to fully support Calvin instead.
  • 38. What was the council's decision regarding Calvin's request to resign?
A) They granted him immediate resignation.
B) His request was refused.
C) They postponed the decision indefinitely.
D) They agreed but required a public statement first.
  • 39. Where was Calvin buried?
A) At St. Pierre Church with a grand ceremony.
B) In Geneva's main cathedral.
C) In an unmarked grave in the Cimetière des Rois.
D) In his hometown with full honors.
  • 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) John Calvin
B) Perrin
C) Henri Aulbert
D) Philibert Berthelier
  • 42. How many chapters did the second edition of the Institutes have?
A) Seventeen chapters
B) Six chapters
C) Ten chapters
D) Twenty-five chapters
  • 43. What did John Calvin actively participate in between the Lutheran and Reformed branches?
A) Polemics
B) Financial support
C) Military alliances
D) Peace negotiations
  • 44. Who was initially consulted by the Geneva council before asking Calvin to respond to Cardinal Sadoleto?
A) Martin Luther
B) John Knox
C) Pierre Viret
D) Ulrich Zwingli
  • 45. Who attacked Calvin's doctrine of predestination in 1551?
A) Joachim Westphal
B) Pierre Caroli
C) Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
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) Justus Velsius
B) Jérôme-Hermès Bolsec
C) Sebastian Castellio
D) Joachim Westphal
  • 48. Who confessed to writing a threatening letter found at St. Pierre Cathedral?
A) Jacques Gruet
B) François Favre
C) Pierre Ameaux
D) Ami Perrin
  • 49. How many students were there in the grammar school within five years?
A) 300 students
B) 1,200 students
C) 800 students
D) 500 students
  • 50. Which city did Calvin advise French-speaking refugees to integrate with local Lutheran churches?
A) Wesel, Germany
B) Geneva, Switzerland
C) Heidelberg, Germany
D) Leiden, Netherlands
  • 51. When did the school open in Geneva?
A) 5 June 1559
B) December 1557
C) January 1560
D) 25 March 1558
  • 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) Catholic camp
B) An independent stance
C) Luther's camp
D) Zwingli's camp
  • 54. Who developed a theory about the rise of capitalism influenced by Calvinism?
A) John Knox.
B) Ulrich Zwingli.
C) Max Weber.
D) Martin Luther.
  • 55. In which territory did reformed ideas spread without forced conversion by the Ottoman Empire?
A) England
B) Germany
C) France
D) Hungary
  • 56. What derogatory term did Pierre Ameaux use against John Calvin?
A) "Papist"
B) "Huguenot"
C) "Lutheran"
D) "Picard"
  • 57. What was the title of Michael Servetus's book published in 1553?
A) Christianismi Restitutio
B) Dialogorum de Trinitate libri duo
C) The Institutes of the Christian Religion
D) Two Books of Dialogues on the Trinity
  • 58. Which confession was adopted as the official confession of Hungarian Calvinists?
A) Belgic Confession
B) Heidelberg Catechism
C) Augsburg Confession
D) Second Helvetic Confession
  • 59. In which city did the Reformed Constitutional Synod take place in 1567?
A) Debrecen
B) Heidelberg
C) Geneva
D) Wesel
  • 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) The doctrines that should be upheld, including justification by faith.
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) 25 December
B) 5 November
C) 26 May
D) 31 October
  • 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) Charles d'Espeville
B) Jean Frellon
C) Michael de Villeneuve
D) Guillaume de Trie
  • 65. In which country did Calvin's ideas reach the French-speaking provinces?
A) England
B) Netherlands
C) Scotland
D) Germany
  • 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) Food
B) Books
C) Musical instruments
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) Imprisonment
B) Banishment
C) Fines
D) Excommunication
  • 70. During his final years, how was John Calvin's authority perceived?
A) Under scrutiny by the Catholic Church
B) Limited to Geneva
C) Heavily challenged
D) Practically uncontested
  • 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) Augsburg Confession
B) Heidelberg Catechism
C) Westminster Confession
D) Belgic 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) Amazing Grace
B) A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
C) The Old Hundredth
D) Jerusalem
  • 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 organized a counter-protest.
D) He wrote a public apology.
  • 78. What was the date when Calvin's son Jacques was born?
A) 29 March 1549
B) 19 March 1543
C) 28 July 1542
D) October 1542
  • 79. Who published La Forme des Prières et Chants Ecclésiastiques in Geneva?
A) Clément Marot
B) Louis Bourgeois
C) John Calvin
D) Martin Luther
  • 80. What does Calvin describe scripture as in terms of its authority?
A) Subject to human interpretation
B) Autopiston or self-authenticating
C) A historical document
D) Dependent on church tradition
  • 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 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) Philip Melanchthon
C) John Knox
D) Martin Luther
  • 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) The council
B) Idelette
C) Antoine's family
D) John Calvin himself
  • 86. Which psalmist became a refugee in Geneva and contributed nineteen more psalms?
A) Clément Marot
B) Martin Bucer
C) Louis Bourgeois
D) John Calvin
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