Vlad the Impaler - Test
Vlad the Impaler
  • 1. What was Vlad the Impaler's preferred method of execution?
A) Burning at the stake
B) Beheading
C) Hanging
D) Impalement
  • 2. Vlad the Impaler was a member of which royal family?
A) House of Tudor
B) House of Habsburg
C) House of Drăculești
D) House of Bourbon
  • 3. Which fictional character is often associated with Vlad the Impaler?
A) Tarzan
B) Sherlock Holmes
C) Dracula
D) Frankenstein
  • 4. During what century did Vlad the Impaler live?
A) 18th century
B) 20th century
C) 15th century
D) 12th century
  • 5. Where is Vlad the Impaler believed to be buried?
A) Snagov Monastery
B) Bran Castle
C) Westminster Abbey
D) St. Michael's Church
  • 6. Which Ottoman Sultan did Vlad the Impaler initially support before their conflict?
A) Mehmed IV
B) Suleiman the Magnificent
C) Osman I
D) Murad II
  • 7. What military order was Vlad the Impaler inducted into?
A) Knights Templar
B) Order of the Garter
C) Teutonic Order
D) Order of the Dragon
  • 8. Vlad the Impaler ruled predominantly over which region?
A) Transylvania
B) Wallachia
C) Moldova
D) Hungary
  • 9. In what year did Vlad the Impaler's father, Vlad II Dracul, become a member of the Order of the Dragon?
A) 1456
B) 1428
C) 1431
D) 1444
  • 10. What is Vlad III commonly known by due to his method of execution?
A) Vlad the Peacemaker, due to his diplomatic skills.
B) Vlad the Liberator, for freeing Wallachia from Ottomans.
C) Vlad the Impaler, because he impaled his enemies.
D) Vlad the Builder, for constructing many fortresses.
  • 11. Why were Vlad and his younger brother Radu held as hostages?
A) Because they attempted to overthrow their father.
B) As a punishment for supporting John Hunyadi.
C) Due to accusations of treason against Wallachia.
D) To secure their father's loyalty to the Ottoman Empire.
  • 12. What action did Vlad take against the Sultan's envoys?
A) He executed them by hanging.
B) He had them captured and impaled.
C) He imprisoned them in Hungary.
D) He sent them back to Mehmed II with a peace treaty.
  • 13. What was Vlad's relationship with the Transylvanian Saxons?
A) They were his loyal allies throughout his reign.
B) He formed a strong trade alliance with them.
C) They remained neutral during his conflicts.
D) He came into conflict with them as they supported his opponents.
  • 14. Where was Vlad held captive from 1463 to 1475?
A) In Moldavia.
B) In Constantinople.
C) In Târgoviște.
D) In Visegrád.
  • 15. What religious conversion was Vlad reputedly forced to make for his release?
A) He remained an Eastern Orthodox Christian.
B) From Islam to Eastern Orthodoxy.
C) From Eastern Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism.
D) From Judaism to Roman Catholicism.
  • 16. Who helped Vlad force Basarab Laiotă to flee Wallachia in 1476?
A) He managed to do it without any external help.
B) The Ottoman Empire provided support.
C) Transylvanian Saxons helped him.
D) Hungarian and Moldavian troops assisted him.
  • 17. What is the primary modern association with the name 'Dracula'?
A) A Wallachian prince
B) An Ottoman ruler
C) A vampire
D) A member of the Order of the Dragon
  • 18. What does the name 'Dracul' mean in medieval Romanian?
A) 'The Dragon Slayer'
B) 'The Impaler'
C) 'Vlad the Dragon'
D) 'The devil'
  • 19. In what language is Dracula the genitive form of Dracul?
A) Slavonic
B) Romanian
C) Latin
D) Ottoman Turkish
  • 20. What does 'dracul' mean in modern Romanian?
A) 'The ruler'
B) 'The noble'
C) 'The dragon'
D) 'The devil'
  • 21. What sobriquet is associated with Vlad III in Romanian historiography?
A) 'Dracula'
B) 'The Dragon Slayer'
C) 'The Noble'
D) 'Vlad Țepeș' (or 'Vlad the Impaler')
  • 22. On what date did Mircea the Shepherd refer to Vlad III as 'the Impaler'?
A) 1 January 1500
B) 31 October 1485
C) 25 December 1476
D) 1 April 1551
  • 23. How did Vlad III sign his letters in the late 1470s?
A) 'Dragulya' or 'Drakulya'
B) 'Kazıklı Voyvoda'
C) 'The Impaler'
D) 'Vlad Dracul'
  • 24. What fortress did the Ottomans capture on the Danube during Vlad's absence?
A) Cluj-Napoca
B) Giurgiu
C) Sibiu
D) Bucharest
  • 25. Where did Nicholas Vízaknai urge Vlad to meet him?
A) Ottoman Empire
B) Kosovo
C) Transylvania
D) Wallachia
  • 26. Who was elected king of Hungary on 24 January 1458?
A) Ladislaus Hunyadi
B) John Hunyadi
C) Dan III
D) Matthias Corvinus
  • 27. What origin did Stoker attribute to Dracula because he knew about Attila the Hun?
A) Székely origin
B) Romanian origin
C) Germanic origin
D) Hungarian origin
  • 28. Who did Dan III accuse Vlad of siding with?
A) The Hungarian king
B) The Ottomans
C) The Saxons
D) The Moldavians
  • 29. What did Dinu V. Rosetti find during excavations in the Monastery of Snagov?
A) No tomb under the supposed tombstone.
B) A treasure chest
C) Vlad's intact body
D) A letter from Matthias Corvinus
  • 30. What did Emily Gerard's 1885 article focus on that influenced Bram Stoker?
A) The life and times of Vlad the Impaler
B) Political observations about Wallachia and Moldavia
C) Transylvanian superstitions, including blood-sucking vampires
D) German stories about a wicked man
  • 31. Who murdered Bogdan II in October 1451?
A) Peter III Aaron
B) Vladislav II
C) Michael Szilágyi
D) John Hunyadi
  • 32. In which castle is a copy of Vlad's portrait featured?
A) Belvedere in Vienna
B) St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
C) Ambras Castle at Innsbruck
D) Buda Castle
  • 33. Where did the Ottoman fleet land in May 1462?
A) Brăila
B) Giurgiu
C) Târgoviște
D) Nikopol
  • 34. Which Romanian poet dedicated a historic ballad to Vlad?
A) Ion Budai-Deleanu
B) Dimitrie Bolintineanu
C) Theodor Aman
D) Mihai Eminescu
  • 35. What is the name of the first Romanian epic poem focusing on Vlad?
A) Vlad's Triumphs
B) The Chronicles of Impalement
C) The Ballad of Wallachia
D) Țiganiada (Gypsy Epic)
  • 36. What physical trait connected Vlad's head to his body?
A) A bull's neck
B) A short torso
C) A long chin
D) A slender neck
  • 37. Who recorded that Vlad refused to pay homage to the sultan in an unspecified year?
A) Konstantin Mihailović
B) Thomas Katabolinos
C) Giovanni Maria degli Angiolelli
D) Tursun Beg
  • 38. How many Russian manuscripts preserved the text of 'The Tale about Voivode Dracula'?
A) Exactly 10
B) Over 50
C) Less than 5
D) More than 20
  • 39. By what date was Vlad forced to flee to the Ottoman Empire?
A) 7 December 1448
B) 17 October 1448
C) September 1448
D) 18 October 1448
  • 40. Who was Vlad the Impaler's eldest son?
A) An unnamed second son
B) Vlad Drakwlya
C) A third son who claimed Wallachia
D) Mihnea
  • 41. Where did Vlad withdraw after being deserted by more Wallachians?
A) Constantinople
B) Bucharest
C) Moldavia
D) The Carpathian Mountains
  • 42. Who was sent by Mehmed II as an envoy to Wallachia to order Vlad to come to Constantinople?
A) Isaac
B) Thomas Katabolinos (Yunus bey)
C) Hamza
D) Mahmud Pasha
  • 43. In what year did Vlad turn against the Ottoman Empire according to Tursun Beg?
A) 1459
B) 1462
C) 1461
D) 1458
  • 44. During which night did Vlad attempt to capture or kill the sultan?
A) 18–19 July 1462
B) 20–21 August 1462
C) 15–16 May 1462
D) 16–17 June 1462
  • 45. What was the title of Michael Beheim's poem about Vlad?
A) The Cruelty of Vlad
B) Von ainem wutrich der heis Trakle waida von der Walachei
C) The Despot of Wallachia
D) Tales of Dracula
  • 46. What strategy did Vlad adopt when outnumbered by the Ottoman army?
A) Negotiated surrender
B) Guerrilla warfare
C) Direct confrontation
D) Scorched earth policy
  • 47. How many Turks and Bulgarians did Vlad claim to have killed during his campaign?
A) 30,000
B) 23,884
C) 10,000
D) 15,000
  • 48. Who was the papal legate that wrote to Pope Pius II about Vlad's brutal acts?
A) Sebastian Münster
B) Gabriele Rangoni
C) Antonio Bonfini
D) Niccolo Modrussiense
  • 49. How long was Vlad held at Visegrád?
A) 7 years
B) 20 years
C) 14 years
D) 10 years
  • 50. What discrepancy exists in the depiction of Vlad's hair color?
A) His hair was depicted as blonde in all accounts.
B) Both sources describe his hair as red.
C) The portrait and Modrussa both agree on black hair.
D) Modrussa mentioned black hair, but the portrait shows fair hair.
  • 51. Who admitted that the reason for Vlad's imprisonment was never clarified?
A) Florescu
B) Matthias Corvinus
C) Antonio Bonfini
D) Pope Pius II
  • 52. What physical feature of Vlad is noted as making his eyes appear threatening?
A) Swollen nostrils
B) Bushy black eyebrows
C) A thin and reddish face
D) A large lower lip
  • 53. Who supported Bogdan II's ascension to the throne of Moldavia?
A) Peter III Aaron
B) Matthias Corvinus
C) John Hunyadi
D) Elizabeth Szilágyi
  • 54. Who allowed Wallachian boyars to settle in Transylvania?
A) John Hunyadi
B) Ladislaus Hunyadi
C) Michael Szilágyi
D) Matthias Corvinus
  • 55. Who accused Vlad of being unfaithful to the king of Hungary?
A) Ladislaus Hunyadi
B) Matthias Corvinus
C) Elizabeth Szilágyi
D) John Hunyadi
  • 56. Who wrote to Vlad urging him to come to meet them until John Hunyadi returned from the war?
A) Nicholas Vízaknai
B) John Hunyadi
C) Vladislav II
D) Murad II
  • 57. In which city did Vlad buy a house known as Drakula háza?
A) Buda
B) Pécs
C) Sibiu
D) Brașov
  • 58. Who is commonly attributed with writing 'The Tale about Voivode Dracula'?
A) Ivan III of Moscow
B) Caligula
C) Fyodor Kuritsyn
D) Mehmed II
  • 59. Who dethroned Peter Aaron in Moldavia after Vlad's return?
A) Alexăndrel
B) Michael Szilágyi
C) John Hunyadi
D) Stephen
  • 60. How do the Skazanie anecdotes compare to the German stories in terms of length?
A) They are shorter than the German stories
B) The Skazanie anecdotes are longer than the German stories
C) They are of equal length to the German stories
D) There is no comparison made between their lengths
  • 61. Who recorded that hundreds or thousands were executed at Vlad's order?
A) Laonikos Chalkokondyles
B) Elizabeth Szilágyi
C) John Hunyadi
D) Matthias Corvinus
  • 62. Who recorded the rumor about Vlad catching rats and sticking them on wood?
A) Niccolo Modrussiense
B) Sebastian Münster
C) Gabriele Rangoni
D) Michael Beheim
  • 63. Which fortress did Stephen Báthory and Vlad force the sultan to lift the siege of?
A) Srebrenica
B) Bucharest
C) Pécs
D) Târgu Neamț
  • 64. In what language were early works containing stories about Vlad's cruelty published in the Holy Roman Empire?
A) Latin
B) Hungarian
C) Old Church Slavonic
D) Low German
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