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Westminster Shorter Catechism Quizzes

Throughout the Westminster Shorter Catechism found on the home page, quizzes have been inserted after various sections to assist with understanding and learning. An index of all the quizzes is also listed below.

The quiz questions are mainly those based on John Wallis’ 1648 work A Brief and Easy Explanation of The Shorter Catechism, with a few amendments and additions by the editor and host.

Here is a paraphrase of what John Wallis wrote in his introduction

These quiz questions are to aid the comprehension of those unfamiliar with the Christian religion or of a young age who might not observe or understand some of the WSC particulars. Because the quiz questions are short they are aimed not to tax the learner’s memory. Thus, the quizzes are not so much an exercise of the memory, but of judgment, and ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood. Nevertheless, the memory of the WSC is greatly helped, since the learner is reminded of the Catechism questions by these quizzes.

Westminster Shorter Catechism Quiz Index

Sections

Questions 1 to 3: Life’s Purpose and Holy Scripture
Questions 4 to 6: The One and Triune God
Questions 7 to 8: God’s Eternal Plan
Questions 9 to 10: Creation
Questions 11 to 12: Providence
Questions 13 to 20: Sin in the Human Race and God’s covenant of Grace
Questions 21 to 22: The Person and natures of the Mediator
Questions 23 to 26: The three offices of Christ
Questions 27 to 28: Christ’s state of humiliation and exaltation
Questions 29 to 31: God’s Effective Call
Questions 32 to 35: Benefits in this life
Questions 36 to 38: Further Benefits
Questions 39 to 42: The Moral Law and Brief Summary
Questions 43 to 48: Preface and First Commandment
Questions 49 to 52: The Second Commandment
Questions 53 to 56: The Third Commandment
Questions 57 to 62: The Fourth Commandment
Questions 63 to 66: The Fifth Commandment
Questions 67 to 69: The Sixth Commandment
Questions 70 to 72: The Seventh Commandment
Questions 73 to 75: The Eighth Commandment
Questions 76 to 78: The Ninth Commandment
Questions 79 to 81: The Tenth Commandment
Questions 82 to 87: Transgression and Penalty, God’s command in the gospel, Faith, and Repentance Leading to Life
Questions 88 to 90: The Means of Grace and The Word of God
Questions 91 to 93: The Sacraments
Questions 94 to 95: Baptism
Questions 96 to 97: The Lord’s Supper
Questions 98 to 99: Prayer
Questions 100 to 107: Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer

Larger Sections

Questions 1 to 10
Questions 11 to 20: Providence and Sin in the Human Race, and God’s covenant of Grace
Questions 21 to 28: Christ The Mediator
Questions 29 to 35: Application of Redemption
Questions 43 to 81: Exposition of the Ten Commandments
Questions 91 to 97: The Sacraments, Baptism, and The Lord’s Supper

Questions 1 to 52: First half (approx.)
Questions 1 to 107: Every WSC Question (will take a while)

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WSC Q. 49.
Which is the second commandment?


ANSWER
The second commandment is: You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to thousands who love me and keep my commandments.
Go to Q. 49 in the WSC

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(A) INTRODUCTORY

Provision of Redemption

  • Questions 1 to 3: Life's Purpose and Holy Scripture
  • (B) WHAT WE ARE TO BELIEVE ABOUT GOD

  • Questions 4 to 6: The One and Triune God
  • Questions 7 to 8: God's Eternal Plan
  • Questions 9 to 10: Creation
  • Questions 11 to 12: Providence
  • Questions 13 to 19: Sin in the Human Race
  • Question 20: God's covenant of Grace
  • Christ The Mediator

  • Questions 21 to 22: The Person and natures of the Mediator
  • Questions 23 to 26: The three offices of Christ
  • Question 27: Christ's state of humiliation
  • Question 28: Christ's state of exaltation
  • Application of Redemption

  • Questions 29 to 31: God's Effective Call
  • Question 32: Benefits in this life
  • Question 33: Justification
  • Question 34: Adoption
  • Question 35: Sanctification
  • Further Benefits

  • Question 36: In this life
  • Question 37: At death
  • Question 38: At the resurrection
  • (C) THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAN / duty of the redeemed

  • Questions 39 to 40: The Moral Law
  • Questions 41 to 42: Brief Summary
  • Questions 43 to 81: Exposition of the ten commandments
  • Questions 82 to 84: Transgression and Penalty
  • Question 85: God’s command in the gospel
  • Question 86: Faith
  • Question 87: Repentance Leading to Life
  • Question 88: The Means of Grace
  • Questions 89 to 90: The Word of God
  • Questions 91 to 93: The Sacraments
  • Questions 94 to 95: Baptism
  • Questions 96 to 97: The Lord’s Supper
  • Questions 98 to 99: Prayer
  • Questions 100 to 107: Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer