Urban V Quiz
(Urban V is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.)
1) Where was Guillaume De Grimoard born?
a) Bucharest
b) Gorky
c) Languedoc
d) Tbilisi
2) Which order did Guillaume De Grimoard join?
a) Capuchin
b) Benedictine
c) Franciscan
d) Redemptorist
3) What did Guillaume De Grimoard teach at Avignon?
a) Astronomy
b) Physics
c) Law
d) Medicine
4) Of which monastery was Guillaume De Grimoard elected abbot in 1352?
a) St. Germain, Auxerre
b) St. Agnes, Naples
c) St. Cecilia, Umbria
d) St. Sebastian, Auxerre
5) Of which monastery was Guillaume De Grimoard elected abbot in 1361?
a) St. Albert, Manchester
b) St. Elizabeth, Nantes
c) St. Anna, Nantes
d) St. Victor, Marseilles
6) When was Urban V elected pope?
a) 12 March 1396
b) 11 July 1386
c) 28 September 1362
d) 12 October 1364
7) Which Holy Roman Emperor offered to escort Urban V to Rome?
a) Charles II
b) Charles IV
c) Maximilian II
d) Conrad II
8) Which Byzantine Emperor met Urban V and offered to submit Byzantine Church to Rome?
a) Theodosius II
b) Justin II
c) Tiberius II
d) John V Palaeologus
9) What made Urban V to return to Avignon?
a) Plague in Rome
b) Strife in Rome
c) Hun invasion
d) Vandal invasion
10) When did Urban V die?
a) 5 January 1412
b) 9 June 1401
c) 30 September 1380
d) 19 December 1370
Urban V Quiz Answers
1) Where was Guillaume De Grimoard born?
c) Languedoc
2) Which order did Guillaume De Grimoard join?
b) Benedictine
3) What did Guillaume De Grimoard teach at Avignon?
c) Law
4) Of which monastery was Guillaume De Grimoard elected abbot in 1352?
a) St. Germain, Auxerre
5) Of which monastery was Guillaume De Grimoard elected abbot in 1361?
d) St. Victor, Marseilles
6) When was Urban V elected pope?
c) 28 September 1362
7) Which Holy Roman Emperor offered to escort Urban V to Rome?
b) Charles IV
8) Which Byzantine Emperor met Urban V and offered to submit Byzantine Church to Rome?
d) John V Palaeologus
9) What made Urban V to return to Avignon?
b) Strife in Rome
10) When did Urban V die?
d) 19 December 1370