HCC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
T or F: The English authorities made every attempt to universally impose religious conformity
across their colonies in the New World. ✔️✔️False
The movement which sparked the "rebirth" and recovery of values taken from classical Greek
and Roman civilization expressed in the arts, literature and politics was known as
✔️✔️Renaissance
T or F: The movement of men like Blaise Pascal who looked for faith in the deep link of reason
within the heart and not in a church or a creed is known as Pietism ✔️✔️True
T or F: John Locke thought that Christianity was unreasonable and rejected Jesus as the Messiah.
✔️✔️False
Which scientist proposed that the sun, not the earth, was the center of our universe?
✔️✔️Copernicus
Which French figure personified the spirit of the Enlightenment and was the most relentless
critic of the established churches—both Protestant and Catholic? ✔️✔️Voltaire
The belief system that viewed God as a watchmaker is called___________. ✔️✔️Deism
T or F: Another name for the Age of Reason is the Enlightenment. ✔️✔️True
T or F: Benjamin Franklin did not doubt in the divinity of Jesus. ✔️✔️False
Which pastor gathered little groups of believers in his house in Frankfort that were called
scornfully by others, "gatherings of the pious"? ✔️✔️Philip Spener
, T or F: One of the key differences between the Reformation and the Renaissance lay in how each
viewed Humanity. ✔️✔️True
T or F: Both Wesley and Edwards embraced Arminianism. ✔️✔️False
T or F: Americans later came to hate the Puritans because they attempted to legislate morality.
✔️✔️True
T or F: After the Reformation, the role of Christendom was taken up by individual states which
maintained orthodoxy by suppressing non-orthodoxy and persecuting heresy. ✔️✔️True
The______________ Covenant was the compromise by which Puritans permitted "unawakened"
residents to join in church affiliation for political and social purposes. ✔️✔️Halfway
T or F: As the eighteenth century began, Puritans would come to fall into two camps: spiritual
and worldly. ✔️✔️True
Which revivalist minister preached the famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry
God"? ✔️✔️Jonathan Edwards
Wesley's encounter with __________________ on the ship returning to England greatly
influenced him. ✔️✔️Moravians
The hymns of ___________ are considered by some historians to be the greatest legacy of the
Methodist revival. ✔️✔️Charles Wesley
Arminianism was a modification of Calvin's doctrine of ___________________.
✔️✔️Predestination
T or F: The English authorities made every attempt to universally impose religious conformity
across their colonies in the New World. ✔️✔️False
The movement which sparked the "rebirth" and recovery of values taken from classical Greek
and Roman civilization expressed in the arts, literature and politics was known as
✔️✔️Renaissance
T or F: The movement of men like Blaise Pascal who looked for faith in the deep link of reason
within the heart and not in a church or a creed is known as Pietism ✔️✔️True
T or F: John Locke thought that Christianity was unreasonable and rejected Jesus as the Messiah.
✔️✔️False
Which scientist proposed that the sun, not the earth, was the center of our universe?
✔️✔️Copernicus
Which French figure personified the spirit of the Enlightenment and was the most relentless
critic of the established churches—both Protestant and Catholic? ✔️✔️Voltaire
The belief system that viewed God as a watchmaker is called___________. ✔️✔️Deism
T or F: Another name for the Age of Reason is the Enlightenment. ✔️✔️True
T or F: Benjamin Franklin did not doubt in the divinity of Jesus. ✔️✔️False
Which pastor gathered little groups of believers in his house in Frankfort that were called
scornfully by others, "gatherings of the pious"? ✔️✔️Philip Spener
, T or F: One of the key differences between the Reformation and the Renaissance lay in how each
viewed Humanity. ✔️✔️True
T or F: Both Wesley and Edwards embraced Arminianism. ✔️✔️False
T or F: Americans later came to hate the Puritans because they attempted to legislate morality.
✔️✔️True
T or F: After the Reformation, the role of Christendom was taken up by individual states which
maintained orthodoxy by suppressing non-orthodoxy and persecuting heresy. ✔️✔️True
The______________ Covenant was the compromise by which Puritans permitted "unawakened"
residents to join in church affiliation for political and social purposes. ✔️✔️Halfway
T or F: As the eighteenth century began, Puritans would come to fall into two camps: spiritual
and worldly. ✔️✔️True
Which revivalist minister preached the famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry
God"? ✔️✔️Jonathan Edwards
Wesley's encounter with __________________ on the ship returning to England greatly
influenced him. ✔️✔️Moravians
The hymns of ___________ are considered by some historians to be the greatest legacy of the
Methodist revival. ✔️✔️Charles Wesley
Arminianism was a modification of Calvin's doctrine of ___________________.
✔️✔️Predestination
