Gregory XVI Quiz

(Gregory XVI is referred by his baptismal name and the name he took for the times before he became pope.)

Gregory XVI Quiz Questions

1) When was Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari born?
a) 15 August 1769
b) 14 July 1789
c) 8 September 1765
d) 25 March 1762

2) Where was Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari born?
a) Vienna
b) Belluno
c) Trieste
d) Lepanto

3) What name did Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari take when he joined Camaldoese monastery?
a) Benedict
b) John
c) Pius
d) Mauro

4) What did Mauro uphold in his book Il trionfo della Santa Sede?
a) Theory of Evolution
b) Mosaic authorship of Torah
c) Papal Infallibility and pope’s temporal rights
d) Pauline authorship of letter to the Hebrews

5) When was Gregory XVI elected pope?
a) 6 December 1829
b) 15 May 1830
c) 2 February 1831
d) 9 October 1832

6) The day after Gregory XVI was elected pope there was revolt in Papal States. Who helped him crush the revolt?
a) Austria
b) Prussia
c) Russia
d) Ireland

7) Which trade did Gregory XVI condemn in 1839?
a) Opium trade
b) Pepper trade
c) Slave trade
d) Salt trade

8) Which Catholic magazines errors did Gregory XVI condemn in 1832?
a) L’Osservatore Romano
b) L’Avenir
c) Raknno
d) Tablet

9) Which encyclical of Gregory XVI dealt with Biblical Societies?
a) Inter Praecipuas
b) Mirari Vos
c) Cum Primum
d) Quo Gravior

10) When did Gregory XVI die?
a) 1 June 1846
b) 14 March 1849
c) 5 September 1850
d) 17 December 1842

Gregory XVI Quiz Questions with Answers

1) When was Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari born?
c) 8 September 1765

2) Where was Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari born?
b) Belluno

3) What name did Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari take when he joined Camaldoese monastery?
d) Mauro

4) What did Mauro uphold in his book Il trionfo della Santa Sede?
c) Papal Infallibility and pope’s temporal rights

5) When was Gregory XVI elected pope?
c) 2 February 1831

6) The day after Gregory XVI was elected pope there was revolt in Papal States. Who helped him crush the revolt?
a) Austria

7) Which trade did Gregory XVI condemn in 1839?
c) Slave trade

8) Which Catholic magazines errors did Gregory XVI condemn in 1832?
b) L’Avenir

9) Which encyclical of Gregory XVI dealt with Biblical Societies?
a) Inter Praecipuas

10) When did Gregory XVI die?
a) 1 June 1846