(Gregory XV is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.)
Gregory XV Quiz Questions
1. When was Alessandro Ludovisi born?
a) 1 May 1563
b) 9 January 1554
c) 12 June 1552
d) 7 November 1546
2. Where was Alessandro Ludovisi born?
a) Mantua
b) Bologna
c) Avignon
d) Lausanne
3. From which university did Alessandro Ludovisi graduate in civil and canon law?
a) University of Bologna
b) University of Pisa
c) University of Padua
d) St. Thomas University
4. Where was Alessandro Ludovisi nuncio?
a) Bolivia
b) Argentina
c) Savoy
d) Cuba
5. When was Alessandro Ludovisi created cardinal?
a) 3 March 1611
b) 5 May 1612
c) 19 September 1616
d) 14 November 1614
6. When was Gregory XV elected pope?
a) 9 February 1621
b) 4 August 1619
c) 10 April 1620
d) 8 December 1618
7. By which bull did Gregory XV prescribe three modes of papal election?
a) Inscrutabili
b) Mysterium Fidei
c) Aeterni Patris
d) Gaudium et Spes
8. Which constitution issued by Gregory XV on 20 March 1623 was against witchcraft?
a) Omnipotentis Dei
b) Sacrosanctum Concilium
c) Dei Verbum
d) Nostra Aetate
9. Whom did Gregory XV assist to conquer Bohemia?
a) James I
b) Ferdinand II
c) Philip II
d) Louis XIV
10. When did Gregory XV die?
a) 4 January 1625
b) 7 May 1627
c) 8 July 1623
d) 19 October 1629
Gregory XV Quiz Questions with Answers
1. When was Alessandro Ludovisi born?
b) 9 January 1554
2. Where was Alessandro Ludovisi born?
b) Bologna
3. From which university did Alessandro Ludovisi graduate in civil and canon law?
a) University of Bologna
4. Where was Alessandro Ludovisi nuncio?
c) Savoy
5. When was Alessandro Ludovisi created cardinal?
c) 19 September 1616
6. When was Gregory XV elected pope?
a) 9 February 1621
7. By which bull did Gregory XV prescribe three modes of papal election?
c) Aeterni Patris
8. Which constitution issued by Gregory XV on 20 March 1623 was against witchcraft?
a) Omnipotentis Dei
9. Whom did Gregory XV assist to conquer Bohemia?
b) Ferdinand II
10. When did Gregory XV die?
c) 8 July 1623
Please correct the spelling in the Gregory XV quiz to Ludovisi, his family name, not Ludovici. Also note that he was the first pope educated by the Jesuits, in both the German College and Roman College. And probably the best pope of his era, given his judiciousness, piety, reform of the papal conclave, and the understanding he had that converts in India need not become European in name and dress to be true Christians (the de Nobili case).
Many thanks.