Francisco Franco - Quiz
Francisco Franco
  • 1. What event was largely seen as a plebiscite on the monarchy in April 1931?
A) The general parliamentary elections
B) The constitutional assembly
C) The presidential election
D) The municipal elections
  • 2. Which political alliance won a landslide victory in all large cities during the April 1931 elections?
A) The Radical Republican Party
B) The Republican-Socialist alliance
C) CEDA
D) Acción Española
  • 3. What did King Alfonso XIII do after the municipal elections of April 1931?
A) Dissolved the military forces
B) Left the country and went into exile
C) Appointed Franco as Prime Minister
D) Fought the Republican-Socialist alliance in Madrid
  • 4. What was Franco's initial reaction to the end of the monarchy?
A) He immediately organized a military coup
B) He fled the country alongside Alfonso XIII
C) He regretted it but did not challenge the republic
D) He publicly insulted Manuel Azaña
  • 5. Who was the provisional War Minister that closed the military academy in June 1931?
A) Alejandro Lerroux
B) José Sanjurjo
C) Manuel Azaña
D) Gil Robles
  • 6. Why did Manuel Azaña issue an official reprimand and place Franco under surveillance?
A) Franco refused to leave Madrid for the Balearic Islands
B) Franco participated in Sanjurjo's coup
C) Franco supported the Catalan state proclamation
D) He found Franco's farewell speech to the cadets insulting
  • 7. How long was Franco without a post following his clash with Azaña?
A) Six months
B) Two years
C) Three months
D) One year
  • 8. What type of constitution was declared in December 1931?
A) Reformist, liberal, and democratic
B) Conservative and military
C) Monarchist and clerical
D) Fascist and totalitarian
  • 9. What strong provision was included in the December 1931 constitution regarding religion?
A) Mandatory church attendance for all citizens
B) Funding expansion of Catholic schools
C) Making Catholicism the official state religion
D) Broad secularisation of the Catholic country
  • 10. Who was the historian that noted the constituent assembly should have arranged regular parliamentary elections and adjourned?
A) Carlton J. H. Hayes
B) Salvador de Madariaga
C) Alejandro Lerroux
D) Manuel Azaña
  • 11. Why did the Radical and Socialist majority postpone regular parliamentary elections?
A) Due to a foreign military invasion
B) Because the king ordered an extension
C) Fearing increasing popular opposition
D) To allow Franco to finish his military command
  • 12. What journal did Franco subscribe to, which was published by a monarchist organization?
A) Dilectissima Nobis
B) Acción Española
C) Alianza Obrera
D) El Sol
  • 13. What was the name of the supposed conspiracy that Franco firmly believed in?
A) Radical Socialist Alliance
B) Jewish-Masonic-Bolshevik conspiracy
C) Monarchist Restoration Front
D) Catalan Nationalist Plot
  • 14. Where was Franco given a military command on 5 February 1932?
A) Madrid
B) Barcelona
C) A Coruña
D) Oviedo
  • 15. Whose attempted military coup did Franco avoid participating in during 1932?
A) José Sanjurjo
B) Gil Robles
C) Alejandro Lerroux
D) Manuel Azaña
  • 16. How did Franco react to Sanjurjo's attempted coup in 1932?
A) He wrote a hostile letter expressing his anger
B) He remained neutral without commenting
C) He joined the coup as a leader
D) He reported it directly to the Pope
  • 17. As a result of Azaña's military reform in January 1933, what was Franco's new ranking among brigadiers?
A) 24th
B) 1st
C) 10th
D) 50th
  • 18. What military command was Franco given on 17 February 1933?
A) Balearic Islands
B) Madrid garrison
C) Asturias division
D) Army of Africa
  • 19. Why did the prime minister believe it was prudent to send Franco to the Balearic Islands?
A) To put him in charge of naval operations
B) To protect him from leftist assassins
C) To have him away from Madrid
D) To reward him for loyalty
  • 20. What happened to the Jesuits in Spain in 1932?
A) They were appointed to run all state schools
B) They were granted special tax exemptions
C) They were banned and had all their property confiscated
D) They were elected to the Catalan parliament
  • 21. What region was granted home rule with a local parliament and president in 1932?
A) Galicia
B) Asturias
C) Catalonia
D) Andalusia
  • 22. Which Pope issued the encyclical Dilectissima Nobis in June 1933?
A) Pope Pius XI
B) Pope Pius XII
C) Pope Benedict XV
D) Pope Leo XIII
  • 23. What was the subject of the encyclical Dilectissima Nobis issued in June 1933?
A) On Oppression of the Church of Spain
B) On the Necessity of Monarchy
C) On the Suppression of Military Coups
D) On the Modernization of Education
  • 24. Which political party won the most votes in the October 1933 elections?
A) Spanish Socialist Party
B) CEDA
C) Radical Republican Party
D) Acción Española
  • 25. Who was invited by President Alcalá-Zamora to form a government after the October 1933 elections instead of Gil Robles?
A) José Sanjurjo
B) Manuel Azaña
C) Eduardo López Ochoa
D) Alejandro Lerroux
  • 26. How long was CEDA denied cabinet positions despite receiving the most votes?
A) Two years
B) Nearly a year
C) Only a few weeks
D) Five years
  • 27. How many ministries was CEDA eventually successful in forcing into the government?
A) One
B) Three
C) Five
D) Seven
  • 28. What did the Socialists do when CEDA entered the government?
A) Joined the coalition cabinet
B) Celebrated a democratic victory
C) Fled into foreign exile
D) Triggered an insurrection
  • 29. How long had the socialists been preparing the insurrection they triggered in 1934?
A) Five years
B) Three weeks
C) Two years
D) Nine months
  • 30. What did leftist Republican leadership state regarding their relationship with the government during the 1934 socialist insurrection?
A) They were merging with CEDA
B) They were forming a new cabinet
C) They were breaking all relations
D) They fully supported the government troops
  • 31. What group took the lead in forming the new Alianza Obrera in Catalonia?
A) The Spanish Foreign Legion
B) Acción Española
C) Bloc Obrer i Camperol
D) The Jesuits
  • 32. What was the declared goal of the Alianza Obrera when it declared a general strike in Catalonia in 1934?
A) Defeating fascism and advancing the socialist revolution
B) Restoring King Alfonso XIII to the throne
C) Enforcing the secularisation of schools
D) Supporting CEDA's entry into the cabinet
  • 33. Who proclaimed a Catalan state that lasted just ten hours in 1934?
A) Diego Hidalgo
B) Gil Robles
C) Alejandro Lerroux
D) Lluis Companys
  • 34. Which workers were left to fight alone after general strikes failed to endure elsewhere in 1934?
A) Madrid civil guards
B) Asturian miners
C) Catalan industrial workers
D) Galician farmers
  • 35. On what date did the miners' strike in Asturias begin?
A) 12 April
B) 17 February
C) 5 February
D) 4 October
  • 36. How many priests were summarily executed by revolutionaries in Mieres and Sama?
A) Fifty-eight
B) Thirty-four
C) One hundred
D) Ten
  • 37. What was the age range of the young seminarists executed during the Asturian insurgency?
A) 15 and 18
B) 21 and 25
C) 12 and 16
D) 18 and 21
  • 38. How many religious buildings were burned and destroyed in Oviedo during the Asturias uprising?
A) 100
B) 10
C) 58
D) 34
  • 39. Who was the war minister when Franco was put in command of operations to suppress the insurgency in Asturias?
A) Gil Robles
B) Diego Hidalgo
C) Alejandro Lerroux
D) Manuel Azaña
  • 40. What military force carried out the operations to suppress the Asturian insurgency under Franco's command?
A) The local Civil and Assault Guards
B) Catalan regional parliament guard
C) Spanish Army of Africa
D) The Republican-Socialist militia
  • 41. Who served as the commander in the field during the suppression of the Asturias rebellion?
A) General Eduardo López Ochoa
B) General Francisco Franco
C) Gil Robles
D) General José Sanjurjo
  • 42. How long did the heavy fighting last to suppress the rebellion in Asturias?
A) Ten hours
B) Six months
C) Two weeks
D) One year
  • 43. What was the estimated death toll of the Asturias rebellion?
A) Between 100 and 300
B) Between 5,000 and 10,000
C) Less than 50
D) Between 1,200 and 2,000
  • 44. How did Franco describe the rebellion in Asturias to a journalist in Oviedo?
A) A peaceful democratic protest
B) A local tax dispute
C) A frontier war
D) A monarchist uprising
  • 45. Which colonial units were sent to the north at Franco's recommendation?
A) Civil and Assault Guards
B) Catalan volunteer militia
C) The Balearic Island garrison
D) Spanish Foreign Legion and Moroccan Regulares Indigenas
  • 46. How did the right-wing press portray the Asturian rebels?
A) Pioneers of modern democracy
B) Loyal defenders of the Spanish constitution
C) Misguided Catholic monarchists
D) Lackeys of a foreign Jewish-Bolshevik conspiracy
  • 47. Which exiled vocal opponent of Francisco Franco described the 1934 uprising as unforgivable?
A) Carlton J. H. Hayes
B) Manuel Azaña
C) Salvador de Madariaga
D) Alejandro Lerroux
  • 48. What happened to López Ochoa at the start of the Civil War?
A) He was assassinated and his head was severed
B) He was appointed commander-in-chief of the army
C) He fled into permanent exile
D) He was elected president of the republic
  • 49. What was written on the card attached to the pole carrying López Ochoa's severed head?
A) This is the traitor of the army
B) This is the leader of the conspiracy
C) This is the defender of the republic
D) This is the butcher of Asturias
  • 50. When did Franco briefly serve as commander-in-chief of the Army of Africa?
A) From 15 February onwards
B) From 19 May 1935 onwards
C) From 4 October 1934 onwards
D) From 12 April 1931 onwards
  • 51. From what date did Franco serve as Chief of the General Staff?
A) 15 February 1934
B) 17 February 1933
C) 5 February 1932
D) 19 May 1935
  • 52. When did Francisco Franco die?
A) 20 November 1973
B) 4 December 1892
C) 20 November 1975
D) 1 April 1939
  • 53. Until what year was Franco the dictator of Spain?
A) 1973
B) 1939
C) 1967
D) 1975
  • 54. Which forces did Franco lead in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic?
A) Nationalist forces
B) Popular Front
C) Republican Army
D) Axis powers
  • 55. From what type of family did Franco originate?
A) Merchant family
B) Working-class peasant family
C) Political dynasty
D) Upper-class military family
  • 56. Where did Franco serve as a cadet from 1907 to 1910?
A) Asturias Training School
B) Toledo Infantry Academy
C) Canary Islands Military Post
D) General Military Academy in Zaragoza
  • 57. In what year did Franco become a brigadier general?
A) 1933
B) 1926
C) 1931
D) 1936
  • 58. How old was Franco when he became a brigadier general?
A) 40
B) 25
C) 33
D) 50
  • 59. In what year was the Second Republic established and the monarchy abolished?
A) 1931
B) 1936
C) 1933
D) 1926
  • 60. What event did Franco join in July 1936 that sparked the Spanish Civil War?
A) Democratic election
B) Military coup
C) Technocratic reform
D) Monarchist uprising
  • 61. Which powers did Franco support during World War II, damaging Spain's international reputation?
A) Allied powers
B) League of Nations
C) Comintern
D) Axis powers
  • 62. What was the period of accelerated economic growth in Spain known as?
A) The 'Movimiento Nacional'
B) The 'White Terror'
C) The 'Second Republic'
D) The 'Spanish miracle'
  • 63. What movement did Franco become a leader in, garnering Western support?
A) Anti-communist movement
B) Non-Aligned Movement
C) Pan-African movement
D) Fascist International
  • 64. Which Western country particularly provided support to Franco due to his anti-communist stance?
A) United States
B) Nazi Germany
C) Fascist Italy
D) Soviet Union
  • 65. Who became Franco's éminence grise as the government relaxed its hard-line policies?
A) Francisco Franco Bahamonde
B) Manuel Azaña
C) Luis Carrero Blanco
D) King Juan Carlos
  • 66. What disease did Franco begin struggling with in the 1960s?
A) Malaria
B) Cancer
C) Tuberculosis
D) Parkinson's disease
  • 67. In what year did Franco resign as prime minister?
A) 1975
B) 1967
C) 1973
D) 1939
  • 68. In what year was the office of prime minister separated from the office of head of state?
A) 1939
B) 1967
C) 1973
D) 1975
  • 69. At what age did Franco die?
A) 75
B) 82
C) 33
D) 83
  • 70. What form of government did Franco restore in his final years?
A) A communist council
B) The Second Republic
C) A parliamentary democracy
D) The monarchy
  • 71. Who succeeded Franco and led the Spanish transition to democracy?
A) King Juan Carlos
B) Adolfo Suárez
C) Luis Carrero Blanco
D) Manuel Azaña
  • 72. In which region of Spain is Ferrol located?
A) Catalonia
B) Castile
C) Andalusia
D) Galicia
  • 73. What was the name of the street where Franco was born?
A) Calle San Francisco
B) Calle Frutos Saavedra
C) Calle Mayor
D) Calle Alcala
  • 74. How many days after his birth was Franco baptised?
A) Thirteen days
B) Seven days
C) Twenty days
D) Three days
  • 75. What was the name of Franco's father?
A) Teódulo Franco
B) Ramón Franco
C) Nicolás Franco Salgado-Araújo
D) Ladislao Bahamonde
  • 76. What social class did Franco's mother belong to?
A) Aristocracy
B) Working-class
C) Peasantry
D) Upper-middle-class
  • 77. In what year did Franco's parents marry?
A) 1890
B) 1892
C) 1900
D) 1885
  • 78. What was the name of Franco's brother who was a naval officer and diplomat?
A) Ladislao
B) Teódulo
C) Nicolás
D) Ramón
  • 79. What was the profession of Franco's brother Ramón?
A) Naval surgeon
B) Diplomat
C) Priest
D) Aviator
  • 80. Which political leaning was Ramón Franco originally associated with?
A) Fascist
B) Conservative
C) Leftist
D) Monarchist
  • 81. Of what fraternal organization was Ramón Franco a member?
A) Freemason
B) Knights of Columbus
C) Opus Dei
D) Rotary Club
  • 82. In what year did Ramón Franco die?
A) 1934
B) 1942
C) 1938
D) 1892
  • 83. What rank did Franco's father reach in the navy?
A) Admiral of the Fleet
B) Commander
C) Vice admiral
D) Captain
  • 84. What caused Franco's father to move to Madrid?
A) Exile
B) A promotion to General
C) Retirement
D) A reassignment
  • 85. What type of literary work was Raza?
A) A collection of poems
B) An autobiography
C) A brief novel
D) A political manifesto
  • 86. What did Franco's mother always wear after being abandoned by her husband?
A) Grey woolen dresses
B) White mourning robes
C) Traditional Galician colors
D) Widow's black
  • 87. In what year did Franco enter the Infantry Academy in Toledo?
A) 1910
B) 1907
C) 1913
D) 1906
  • 88. How old was Franco when he entered the Infantry Academy?
A) Twelve
B) Sixteen
C) Eighteen
D) Fourteen
  • 89. In what month and year did Franco graduate from the Infantry Academy?
A) June 1912
B) July 1907
C) February 1917
D) July 1910
  • 90. What rank did Franco hold upon graduating from the Infantry Academy?
A) Second lieutenant
B) Major
C) First lieutenant
D) Captain
  • 91. Which campaign began in 1909 as a result of Spanish efforts to occupy the African protectorate?
A) Alhucemas campaign
B) Rif War
C) First Melillan campaign
D) Second Melillan campaign
  • 92. What saying described the choice military officers faced in Morocco regarding promotion and survival?
A) La caja o la faja
B) Victoria o derrota
C) La gloria o la muerte
D) Honor o deshonra
  • 93. Where was Franco shot in 1916 during an assault on Moroccan positions?
A) Abdomen
B) Leg
C) Shoulder
D) Chest
  • 94. Near which city did the assault at El Biutz take place?
A) Madrid
B) Toledo
C) Melilla
D) Ceuta
  • 95. What spiritual quality did Moroccan troops believe Franco possessed after surviving his severe wound?
A) Jihad
B) Karma
C) Fatwa
D) Baraka
  • 96. Which Spanish king reversed the denial of Franco's promotion and gallantry award?
A) Juan Carlos I
B) Felipe VI
C) Alfonso XII
D) Alfonso XIII
  • 97. At what age did Franco become the youngest major in the Spanish army?
A) Twenty-three
B) Twenty-four
C) Twenty-six
D) Nineteen
  • 98. Who led the Republic of the Rif that defeated the Spanish Army at Annual in 1921?
A) Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
B) José Millán Astray
C) Abd el-Krim brothers
D) Miguel Primo de Rivera
  • 99. Where did Franco lead the first wave of troops ashore in 1925?
A) Melilla
B) Ceuta
C) Toledo
D) Al Hoceima
  • 100. At what age did Franco become a brigadier general in February 1926?
A) Twenty-four
B) Twenty-eight
C) Thirty-six
D) Thirty-three
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