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