(Benedict XV is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.)

1) When was Giacomo Giovanni Battista Della Chiesa born?
a) 4 April 1856
b) 31 May 1857
c) 6 June 1866
d) 21 November 1854

2) Where was Giacomo Giovanni Battista Della Chiesa born?
a) Lausanne
b) Berne
c) Pegli
d) Ostia

3) Which society did Giacomo Giovanni Battista Della Chiesa found in 1901 to spread the Gospels?
a) Bible Believers
b) The Pious Society of St. Jerome
c) Missionary Society of St. Francis Xavier
d) Society of the Divine Word

4) Of which archdiocese did Giacomo Giovanni Battista Della Chiesa become archbishop in 1907?
a) Genoa
b) Milan
c) Paris
d) Bologna

5) When was Benedict XV elected pope?
a) 3 September 1914
b) 7 April 1915
c) 26 August 1918
d) 14 November 1919

6) Which war was going on when Benedict XV was elected pope?
a) Rose War
b) Vietnam War
c) World War I
d) World War II

7) By which encyclical did Benedict XV appeal for peace?
a) In Principio
b) Exsurge Domine
c) Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum
d) Pacem in Terris

8) Who included some points from Benedict XV’s plan to end the war in his 14 Points Peace deal?
a) Wilhem II
b) George V
c) Winston Churchill
d) Woodrow Wilson

9) By which encyclical did Benedict XV declare St. Ephrem the Syrian as a Doctor of the Universal Church?
a) Sacra Propediem
b) Principi Apolstolorum Petro
c) Spiritus Paraclitus
d) Sacrosanctum Concilium

10) When did Benedict XV die?
a) 3 June 1921
b) 7 March 1925
c) 22 January 1922
d) 14 February 1926

Benedict XV Quiz Answers

1) When was Giacomo Giovanni Battista Della Chiesa born?
d) 21 November 1854

2) Where was Giacomo Giovanni Battista Della Chiesa born?
c) Pegli

3) Which society did Giacomo Giovanni Battista Della Chiesa found in 1901 to spread the Gospels?
b) The Pious Society of St. Jerome

4) Of which archdiocese did Giacomo Giovanni Battista Della Chiesa become archbishop in 1907?
d) Bologna

5) When was Benedict XV elected pope?
a) 3 September 1914

6) Which war was going on when Benedict XV was elected pope?
c) World War I

7) By which encyclical did Benedict XV appeal for peace?
c) Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum

8) Who included some points from Benedict XV’s plan to end the war in his 14 Points Peace deal?
d) Woodrow Wilson

9) By which encyclical did Benedict XV declare St. Ephrem the Syrian as a Doctor of the Universal Church?
b) Principi Apolstolorum Petro

10) When did Benedict XV die?
c) 22 January 1922

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