Unification of Moldova and Romania - Quiz
Unification of Moldova and Romania
  • 1. According to Petrișor Peiu, what did Romanian leaders focus on instead of reunification?
A) European integration
B) Economic prosperity
C) NATO expansion
D) Cultural exchange
  • 2. What reason did Romanian politicians give Petrișor Peiu for not supporting unification?
A) Germany doesn't want it
B) Russia prohibits it
C) It is financially unfeasible
D) The EU opposes it
  • 3. Which newspaper's financing was cut by Oana Ursache?
A) Bucureștiul liber
B) Mesager bucovinean
C) Chișinău Express
D) Gazeta Moldovei
  • 4. What did Nicolae Ciucă state regarding Romania's position on Moldova in 2021?
A) Romania supports immediate unification
B) Romania plans to annex Moldova
C) Romania remains neutral
D) Romania supports Moldova's European integration
  • 5. According to Nicu Popescu in November 2021, how did most Moldovan citizens feel about unification?
A) They do not support it
B) They are indifferent
C) They support it only if it includes NATO
D) They strongly support it
  • 6. What did Marius Oprea argue about the potential effect of unification on NATO?
A) It would trigger a world war
B) It would weaken NATO's influence
C) It would alienate European allies
D) It would strengthen NATO's eastern flank
  • 7. What was Iurie Leancă's stance on how Moldova could be protected from Russia?
A) Unite with Romania
B) Join the European Union immediately
C) Maintain strict neutrality
D) Strengthen ties with China
  • 8. What is Maia Sandu's condition for the union with Romania to be achieved?
A) The Moldovan population must want it
B) The United Nations must authorize it
C) The Russian government must approve it
D) NATO must guarantee military protection
  • 9. What did Natalia Gavrilița say about Moldova joining NATO?
A) Moldova is applying for NATO membership
B) Moldova does not want to join NATO
C) Moldova is undecided about NATO
D) Moldova is already a NATO member
  • 10. How did Russian deputies Leonid Kalashnikov and Svetlana Zhurova characterize Moldova's potential union with Romania?
A) It may lead to its destruction
B) It will improve regional security
C) It is an internal matter
D) It is inevitable
  • 11. What did Sergey Lavrov suggest might happen if Maia Sandu pursued unification and NATO membership?
A) Moldova would be expelled from the UN
B) Moldova might have Ukraine's fate
C) Moldova would lose its independence
D) Moldova would be sanctioned
  • 12. Who suggested that Russian threats might actually accelerate the unification of Moldova and Romania?
A) Natalia Gavrilița
B) Belkovsky
C) Maia Sandu
D) Nicu Popescu
  • 13. Why did some suggest Maia Sandu could run for the Romanian presidency?
A) Her popularity among the Romanian population
B) She is a member of a Romanian party
C) The Romanian constitution mandates it
D) She requested to run
  • 14. What was Maia Sandu's response regarding running for office in Romania?
A) She is considering it
B) She is ineligible
C) She will run if elected
D) She has no intention to run
  • 15. What did Nicușor Dan say during his 2025 visit to Germany?
A) He demands immediate unification
B) He rejects unification
C) He personally supports unification but respects the citizens' will
D) He remains silent on the topic
  • 16. What was the core message of Lukas Sieper in September 2025?
A) Moldova is already part of Romania
B) Moldova belongs to Russia
C) Romania and Moldova are one nation
D) Moldova is not Romania
  • 17. In 2026, how did Maia Sandu and Alexandru Munteanu say they would vote in a unification referendum?
A) They would vote 'YES'
B) They would vote 'NO'
C) They would abstain
D) They would not participate
  • 18. What was Hunor Kelemen's position on the reunification referendum in 2026?
A) He would vote in favor of it
B) He would not vote because he opposes political revisionism
C) He would vote against it due to European policy
D) He would support it for economic reasons
  • 19. What happened to the S.O.S. România unification bill in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies?
A) It was tacitly adopted
B) It was immediately rejected
C) It was debated and dismissed
D) It was passed into law
  • 20. What was the Romanian government's opinion on the S.O.S. România unification initiative?
A) Neutral opinion
B) Negative opinion
C) Enthusiastic support
D) Positive opinion
  • 21. What was the original anthem of independent Moldova in 1991?
A) Limba noastră
B) Deșteaptă-te, române!
C) Trei culori
D) Hora Unirii
  • 22. Who was appointed prime minister by president Snegur after moving closer to the Agrarians?
A) Vladimir Voronin
B) Mircea Snegur
C) Andrei Sangheli
D) Ion Iliescu
  • 23. Which political group won the 1994 elections in Moldova?
A) Party of Action and Solidarity
B) Popular Front
C) Christian-Democratic People's Party
D) Agrarians
  • 24. What anthem replaced 'Deșteaptă-te, române!' in Moldova?
A) Imnul Victoriei
B) Eroii
C) Limba noastră
D) Unirea
  • 25. Who was the former Romanian president criticized for failing to unify Romania with Moldova?
A) Traian Băsescu
B) Emil Constantinescu
C) Ion Iliescu
D) Nicolae Ceaușescu
  • 26. Which party actively supported unification before 2005?
A) Communist Party
B) Christian-Democratic People's Party
C) Agrarian Party
D) Socialist Party
  • 27. What was the combined vote percentage for the pro-union alliance in April 2009?
A) Around 15%
B) Around 25%
C) Around 5%
D) Around 1%
  • 28. When did the Moldovan parliament vote to change the state language to Romanian?
A) 1 January 2003
B) 27 August 1991
C) 2 March 2023
D) 10 April 2009
  • 29. Who strongly opposed the 2023 change of the state language to Romanian?
A) The Bloc of Communists and Socialists
B) The Popular Front
C) The European Action Movement
D) The Party of Action and Solidarity
  • 30. What linguistic concept did the Moldovan SSR parliament assert in 1989?
A) Distinct Moldovan linguistic identity
B) Slavic-Romanian linguistic identity
C) Independent Moldovan language
D) Moldovan-Romanian linguistic identity
  • 31. Which river marked the common border between Romania and the Moldovan SSR?
A) Siret River
B) Dniester River
C) Danube River
D) Prut River
  • 32. Who was the first President of Moldova?
A) Ion Iliescu
B) Mircea Snegur
C) Larry Pressler
D) Petru Lucinschi
  • 33. In what year did Mircea Snegur address the Romanian parliament?
A) 1990
B) 1991
C) 1992
D) 1989
  • 34. According to a 1992 poll, what percentage of Moldovans opposed the union with Romania?
A) More than 70%
B) About 50%
C) Less than 20%
D) Exactly 30%
  • 35. Which region used the fear of unification as a pretext to remain with Russia?
A) Northern Bukovina
B) Bessarabia
C) Transnistria
D) Gagauzia
  • 36. Who requested the U.S. Senate resolution supporting the unification of Moldova and Northern Bukovina with Romania?
A) Mircea Snegur
B) Larry Pressler
C) George H.W. Bush
D) Mikhail Gorbachev
  • 37. What was the date of the U.S. Senate resolution regarding the unification of Moldova and Northern Bukovina?
A) 26 June 1991
B) February 1991
C) 6 May 1990
D) September 1989
  • 38. Which event served as a major factor hindering the unification of Moldova and Romania?
A) The annexation of Northern Bukovina
B) The war in Transnistria
C) The collapse of the United Nations
D) The closure of the Prut River
  • 39. What percentage of Romania's population supported an immediate union in March 2022?
A) 44%
B) 42%
C) 11%
D) 20%
  • 40. What term is used to describe individuals who advocate for unification?
A) Statalists
B) Moldovenists
C) Nationalists
D) Unionists
  • 41. Who was the first independent ruler of the Principality of Moldavia in 1359?
A) Basarab
B) Michael the Brave
C) Stephen the Great
D) Bogdan I
  • 42. In what year did the Russian Empire annex the territories between the Prut and Dniestr?
A) 1812
B) 1918
C) 1917
D) 1940
  • 43. What name did the Russian Empire give to the region annexed in 1812?
A) Bessarabia
B) Wallachia
C) Bukovina
D) Transnistria
  • 44. What did the Soviet Union organize the territory of Bessarabia into in 1940?
A) The Republic of Moldova
B) The Bessarabian Autonomous Province
C) The Moldavian SSR
D) The Moldovan Republic
  • 45. What is the name used by opponents of unification to refer to themselves?
A) Bessarabians
B) Unionists
C) Statalists
D) Romanians
  • 46. By 2022, support for unification in Moldova had risen to what level?
A) 42%
B) 11%
C) 20%
D) 44%
  • 47. The name Bessarabia derives from which dynasty?
A) Romanov dynasty
B) Ottoman dynasty
C) Bogdan dynasty
D) Basarab dynasty
  • 48. What was the estimated cost of a union between Romania and Moldova according to the newspaper Cotidianul in 2006?
A) €10–15 billion
B) €5–10 billion
C) €50–60 billion
D) €30–35 billion
  • 49. What did Traian Băsescu call Moldova during his state visit?
A) A future NATO member
B) An economic burden
C) His soul project
D) A lost province
  • 50. Which border crossing opened on 15 February 2010?
A) Lipcani–Rădăuți-Prut
B) Cahul-Oancea
C) Leușeni-Albița
D) Sculeni-Iași
  • 51. Which Moldovan official described Traian Băsescu's 2013 union statement as 'creating crucial problems' for Moldova?
A) Mihai Ghimpu
B) Dorin Chirtoacă
C) Iurie Leancă
D) Vladimir Voronin
  • 52. Which American ambassador stated in 2016 that Moldova is not Romania?
A) William Moser
B) John A. Heffern
C) Dereck J. Hogan
D) James Pettit
  • 53. In what year did Traian Băsescu suggest that Moldova join the EU together with Romania?
A) 2007
B) 2006
C) 2009
D) 2010
  • 54. What was the main reason given for the criticism of the Cotidianul estimate regarding the cost of union?
A) Falsifying the currency exchange
B) Underestimating the costs
C) Ignoring the role of the EU
D) Exaggerating the costs
  • 55. What piece of infrastructure was removed from the Moldovan side of the border with Romania in 2010?
A) Landmines
B) Watchtowers
C) Concrete blast walls
D) Soviet barbed wire fence
  • 56. Which Romanian politician declared in 2019 that Moldova would not give up its independence to become counties in eastern Romania?
A) Victor Ponta
B) Sorin Ovidiu Vântu
C) Kelemen Hunor
D) Traian Băsescu
  • 57. Who was the owner of the Romanian group Realitatea-Cațavencu that took over the Moldovan news portal Unimedia?
A) Traian Băsescu
B) Sorin Ovidiu Vântu
C) Dorin Chirtoacă
D) Vladimir Voronin
  • 58. What percentage of the Moldovan population was interested in Romanian citizenship according to a November 2007 poll?
A) 33.6%
B) 31.9%
C) 58.8%
D) 17.2%
  • 59. How many Moldovan citizens obtained Romanian citizenship between 1991 and 2009?
A) 226,507
B) 320,000
C) 1,000,000
D) 140,000
  • 60. According to a 2012 study, how many Moldovans reacquired Romanian citizenship by 15 August 2011?
A) 140,000
B) 90,000
C) 226,507
D) 320,000
  • 61. How many additional people reacquired Romanian citizenship between 15 August 2011 and 15 October 2012?
A) 100,845
B) 96,542
C) 90,000
D) 87,015
  • 62. According to the Soros Foundation study, how many successful citizenship applications were there from 1991 to the end of 2012?
A) 449,783
B) 400,000
C) 1,027,091
D) 323,049
  • 63. How many citizenship applications were pending finalization as of the end of 2012?
A) 96,542
B) 125,000
C) 280,396
D) 150,000
  • 64. Of the total citizenships granted between 2010 and 2021, how many were minors?
A) 280,396
B) 150,000
C) 125,000
D) 746,695
  • 65. When was the civic platform Action 2012 created?
A) July 2018
B) May 2015
C) March 2012
D) April 2011
  • 66. What year was chosen by Action 2012 as a reference to the 1812 division of historical Moldavia?
A) 2012
B) 2011
C) 2018
D) 2015
  • 67. When was the Union Council created?
A) February 2012
B) March 2016
C) May 2015
D) April 2011
  • 68. Which of these individuals participated in Sfatul Țării 2?
A) Eugen Doga
B) Vlad Filat
C) Dan Diaconescu
D) Marian Lupu
  • 69. Who condemned the March of Stephen the Great?
A) Ion Leascenco
B) Vladimir Voronin
C) Klaus Iohannis
D) Constantin Codreanu
  • 70. Where was the bilateral reunion held on 22 September 2015?
A) Alba Iulia
B) Cahul
C) Chișinău
D) Neptun, Constanța county
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