Chapter Chronology

Quiz for Viewpoints 15.2: Wang Yangming and John Calvin Encourage Proper Behavior

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1. Which of the following was the Community Compact for Southern Ganzhou meant to address?

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Correct: The answer is b. The compact was meant to ensure that community members would live in unity and harmony in the future.
Incorrect: The answer is b. The compact was meant to ensure that community members would live in unity and harmony in the future.
1. Which of the following was the Community Compact for Southern Ganzhou meant to address?

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2. Which of these did Wang Yangming see as particularly important?

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Correct: The answer is b. Like all Confucians, Wang Yangming placed a high value on children paying the proper respect to their parents.
Incorrect: The answer is b. Like all Confucians, Wang Yangming placed a high value on children paying the proper respect to their parents.
2. Which of these did Wang Yangming see as particularly important?

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3. What sort of person did Wang Yangming believe should be elected compact chief?

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Correct: The answer is d. In keeping with Confucian values, Wang Yangming instructed the community members to select an elderly and virtuous person as their leader.
Incorrect: The answer is d. In keeping with Confucian values, Wang Yangming instructed the community members to select an elderly and virtuous person as their leader.
3. What sort of person did Wang Yangming believe should be elected compact chief?

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4. What was the purpose of Geneva’s Consistory?

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Correct: The answer is a. The Consistory’s job was to monitor the behavior of community members and to correct behavior when necessary.
Incorrect: The answer is a. The Consistory’s job was to monitor the behavior of community members and to correct behavior when necessary.
4. What was the purpose of Geneva’s Consistory?

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5. According to Calvin, what was the purpose of the Consistory’s “corrections”?

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Correct: The answer is a. Calvin saw corrections as “medicinal,” that is to say, they were meant to cure sinners, not to punish them.
Incorrect: The answer is a. Calvin saw corrections as “medicinal,” that is to say, they were meant to cure sinners, not to punish them.
5. According to Calvin, what was the purpose of the Consistory’s “corrections”?