Vlad the Impaler - Test
Vlad the Impaler
  • 1. What was Vlad the Impaler's preferred method of execution?
A) Hanging
B) Burning at the stake
C) Impalement
D) Beheading
  • 2. Vlad the Impaler was a member of which royal family?
A) House of Habsburg
B) House of Tudor
C) House of Drăculești
D) House of Bourbon
  • 3. Which fictional character is often associated with Vlad the Impaler?
A) Dracula
B) Sherlock Holmes
C) Tarzan
D) Frankenstein
  • 4. During what century did Vlad the Impaler live?
A) 15th century
B) 12th century
C) 20th century
D) 18th century
  • 5. Where is Vlad the Impaler believed to be buried?
A) St. Michael's Church
B) Bran Castle
C) Snagov Monastery
D) Westminster Abbey
  • 6. Which Ottoman Sultan did Vlad the Impaler initially support before their conflict?
A) Murad II
B) Suleiman the Magnificent
C) Mehmed IV
D) Osman I
  • 7. What military order was Vlad the Impaler inducted into?
A) Order of the Dragon
B) Teutonic Order
C) Knights Templar
D) Order of the Garter
  • 8. Vlad the Impaler ruled predominantly over which region?
A) Transylvania
B) Wallachia
C) Hungary
D) Moldova
  • 9. In what year did Vlad the Impaler's father, Vlad II Dracul, become a member of the Order of the Dragon?
A) 1428
B) 1431
C) 1456
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 Builder, for constructing many fortresses.
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) Due to accusations of treason against Wallachia.
B) As a punishment for supporting John Hunyadi.
C) Because they attempted to overthrow their father.
D) To secure their father's loyalty to the Ottoman Empire.
  • 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 had them captured and impaled.
C) He imprisoned them in Hungary.
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 Constantinople.
B) In Moldavia.
C) In Târgoviște.
D) In Visegrád.
  • 15. What religious conversion was Vlad reputedly forced to make for his release?
A) From Eastern Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism.
B) From Islam to Eastern Orthodoxy.
C) He remained an Eastern Orthodox Christian.
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) Transylvanian Saxons helped him.
C) The Ottoman Empire provided support.
D) Hungarian and Moldavian troops assisted him.
  • 17. What is the primary modern association with the name 'Dracula'?
A) A Wallachian prince
B) A vampire
C) A member of the Order of the Dragon
D) An Ottoman ruler
  • 18. What does the name 'Dracul' mean in medieval Romanian?
A) 'The Dragon Slayer'
B) 'The devil'
C) 'Vlad the Dragon'
D) 'The Impaler'
  • 19. In what language is Dracula the genitive form of Dracul?
A) Ottoman Turkish
B) Romanian
C) Slavonic
D) Latin
  • 20. What does 'dracul' mean in modern Romanian?
A) 'The ruler'
B) 'The noble'
C) 'The devil'
D) 'The dragon'
  • 21. What sobriquet is associated with Vlad III in Romanian historiography?
A) 'The Dragon Slayer'
B) 'Vlad Țepeș' (or 'Vlad the Impaler')
C) 'The Noble'
D) 'Dracula'
  • 22. On what date did Mircea the Shepherd refer to Vlad III as 'the Impaler'?
A) 25 December 1476
B) 31 October 1485
C) 1 April 1551
D) 1 January 1500
  • 23. How did Vlad III sign his letters in the late 1470s?
A) 'The Impaler'
B) 'Vlad Dracul'
C) 'Kazıklı Voyvoda'
D) 'Dragulya' or 'Drakulya'
  • 24. What fortress did the Ottomans capture on the Danube during Vlad's absence?
A) Sibiu
B) Cluj-Napoca
C) Giurgiu
D) Bucharest
  • 25. Where did Nicholas Vízaknai urge Vlad to meet him?
A) Transylvania
B) Wallachia
C) Ottoman Empire
D) Kosovo
  • 26. Who was elected king of Hungary on 24 January 1458?
A) Matthias Corvinus
B) Ladislaus Hunyadi
C) Dan III
D) John Hunyadi
  • 27. What origin did Stoker attribute to Dracula because he knew about Attila the Hun?
A) Hungarian origin
B) Székely origin
C) Romanian origin
D) Germanic origin
  • 28. Who did Dan III accuse Vlad of siding with?
A) The Ottomans
B) The Moldavians
C) The Hungarian king
D) The Saxons
  • 29. What did Dinu V. Rosetti find during excavations in the Monastery of Snagov?
A) A treasure chest
B) No tomb under the supposed tombstone.
C) A letter from Matthias Corvinus
D) Vlad's intact body
  • 30. What did Emily Gerard's 1885 article focus on that influenced Bram Stoker?
A) German stories about a wicked man
B) The life and times of Vlad the Impaler
C) Transylvanian superstitions, including blood-sucking vampires
D) Political observations about Wallachia and Moldavia
  • 31. Who murdered Bogdan II in October 1451?
A) Peter III Aaron
B) John Hunyadi
C) Vladislav II
D) Michael Szilágyi
  • 32. In which castle is a copy of Vlad's portrait featured?
A) St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
B) Belvedere in Vienna
C) Buda Castle
D) Ambras Castle at Innsbruck
  • 33. Where did the Ottoman fleet land in May 1462?
A) Târgoviște
B) Brăila
C) Nikopol
D) Giurgiu
  • 34. Which Romanian poet dedicated a historic ballad to Vlad?
A) Mihai Eminescu
B) Ion Budai-Deleanu
C) Dimitrie Bolintineanu
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 short torso
B) A long chin
C) A bull's neck
D) A slender neck
  • 37. Who recorded that Vlad refused to pay homage to the sultan in an unspecified year?
A) Thomas Katabolinos
B) Tursun Beg
C) Giovanni Maria degli Angiolelli
D) Konstantin Mihailović
  • 38. How many Russian manuscripts preserved the text of 'The Tale about Voivode Dracula'?
A) Less than 5
B) More than 20
C) Exactly 10
D) Over 50
  • 39. By what date was Vlad forced to flee to the Ottoman Empire?
A) 18 October 1448
B) 17 October 1448
C) 7 December 1448
D) September 1448
  • 40. Who was Vlad the Impaler's eldest son?
A) An unnamed second son
B) A third son who claimed Wallachia
C) Vlad Drakwlya
D) Mihnea
  • 41. Where did Vlad withdraw after being deserted by more Wallachians?
A) Moldavia
B) The Carpathian Mountains
C) Bucharest
D) Constantinople
  • 42. Who was sent by Mehmed II as an envoy to Wallachia to order Vlad to come to Constantinople?
A) Isaac
B) Mahmud Pasha
C) Hamza
D) Thomas Katabolinos (Yunus bey)
  • 43. In what year did Vlad turn against the Ottoman Empire according to Tursun Beg?
A) 1459
B) 1461
C) 1458
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) 20–21 August 1462
D) 15–16 May 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) Tales of Dracula
D) The Cruelty of Vlad
  • 46. What strategy did Vlad adopt when outnumbered by the Ottoman army?
A) Guerrilla warfare
B) Scorched earth policy
C) Negotiated surrender
D) Direct confrontation
  • 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) Gabriele Rangoni
C) Sebastian Münster
D) Antonio Bonfini
  • 49. How long was Vlad held at Visegrád?
A) 10 years
B) 7 years
C) 20 years
D) 14 years
  • 50. What discrepancy exists in the depiction of Vlad's hair color?
A) His hair was depicted as blonde in all accounts.
B) The portrait and Modrussa both agree on black hair.
C) Modrussa mentioned black hair, but the portrait shows fair hair.
D) Both sources describe his hair as red.
  • 51. Who admitted that the reason for Vlad's imprisonment was never clarified?
A) Antonio Bonfini
B) Matthias Corvinus
C) Pope Pius II
D) Florescu
  • 52. What physical feature of Vlad is noted as making his eyes appear threatening?
A) A thin and reddish face
B) Bushy black eyebrows
C) A large lower lip
D) Swollen nostrils
  • 53. Who supported Bogdan II's ascension to the throne of Moldavia?
A) Peter III Aaron
B) John Hunyadi
C) Elizabeth Szilágyi
D) Matthias Corvinus
  • 54. Who allowed Wallachian boyars to settle in Transylvania?
A) Michael Szilágyi
B) Ladislaus Hunyadi
C) John Hunyadi
D) Matthias Corvinus
  • 55. Who accused Vlad of being unfaithful to the king of Hungary?
A) Elizabeth Szilágyi
B) Matthias Corvinus
C) John Hunyadi
D) Ladislaus Hunyadi
  • 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) Vladislav II
D) John Hunyadi
  • 57. In which city did Vlad buy a house known as Drakula háza?
A) Pécs
B) Sibiu
C) Brașov
D) Buda
  • 58. Who is commonly attributed with writing 'The Tale about Voivode Dracula'?
A) Ivan III of Moscow
B) Fyodor Kuritsyn
C) Caligula
D) Mehmed II
  • 59. Who dethroned Peter Aaron in Moldavia after Vlad's return?
A) Michael Szilágyi
B) Stephen
C) John Hunyadi
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) The Skazanie anecdotes are longer than the German stories
D) They are shorter than the German stories
  • 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) Gabriele Rangoni
B) Michael Beheim
C) Sebastian Münster
D) Niccolo Modrussiense
  • 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) Latin
B) Old Church Slavonic
C) Hungarian
D) Low German
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