Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - Test
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • 1. Who was the Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated in 1914, triggering the start of World War I?
A) Tsar Nicholas II
B) King George V
C) Franz Ferdinand
D) Kaiser Wilhelm II
  • 2. Which organization was behind the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Red Cross
B) Black Hand
C) Yellow Ribbon
D) Green Thumb
  • 3. Who fired the fatal shot that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Gavrilo Princip
B) Otto von Bismarck
C) Franz Joseph
D) Vladimir Lenin
  • 4. Which city was the capital of Austria-Hungary during the time of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination?
A) Prague
B) Vienna
C) Budapest
D) Sarajevo
  • 5. Who was the leader of Austria-Hungary at the time of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination?
A) Gavrilo Princip
B) Vladimir Lenin
C) Archduke Franz Ferdinand
D) Franz Joseph
  • 6. Which country was an ally of Austria-Hungary and declared war on Serbia, helping spark World War I?
A) France
B) Germany
C) United Kingdom
D) Russia
  • 7. Which country was the first to declare war on Austria-Hungary in response to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Russia
B) Germany
C) France
D) Serbia
  • 8. Which country mobilized its troops in support of Serbia after Austria-Hungary declared war?
A) Italy
B) Japan
C) United States
D) Russia
  • 9. Which country did Archduke Franz Ferdinand belong to?
A) Austria-Hungary
B) Germany
C) Serbia
D) Russia
  • 10. What was the political objective of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) To start a war between Austria-Hungary and Russia
B) To free Bosnia and Herzegovina of Austro-Hungarian rule and establish a common South Slav state
C) To overthrow Emperor Franz Joseph
D) To annex Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia
  • 11. Who was the chief of the military intelligence section of the Serbian general staff that supported the assassination?
A) Dragutin Dimitrijević
B) Danilo Ilić
C) Rade Malobabić
D) Vojislav Tankosić
  • 12. What was the fate of Gavrilo Princip after his trial?
A) He was sentenced to 20 years in jail
B) He was sentenced to life imprisonment
C) He was executed
D) He was acquitted
  • 13. What was the name of the Serbian king installed after the 1903 coup?
A) Alexander I Obrenović
B) Peter I of the House of Karađorđević
C) Milan I of Serbia
D) Dragutin Dimitrijević
  • 14. What was the name of the Serbian nationalist society formed in 1908?
A) Committee of Union and Progress
B) Narodna Odbrana
C) Young Bosnia
D) The Black Hand
  • 15. What was the name of the Bosnian Serb student who attempted to assassinate the Austrian governor of Bosnia in 1910?
A) Muhamed Mehmedbašić
B) Bogdan Žerajić
C) Vaso Čubrilović
D) Cvjetko Popović
  • 16. What was the name of the battle commemorated on the day of the assassination?
A) The Battle of Belgrade
B) The Battle of Vukovar
C) The Battle of Kosovo
D) The Battle of Sarajevo
  • 17. What was the condition set by Emperor Franz Joseph for Archduke Franz Ferdinand's marriage?
A) They would have no children
B) Franz Ferdinand would renounce his claim to the throne
C) Their descendants would never ascend the throne
D) Sophie would renounce her title
  • 18. What was the name of the literary work that inspired Princip and other members of Young Bosnia?
A) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
B) The Mountain Wreath by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
C) The Iliad by Homer
D) The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
  • 19. What was the age range of the assassins at the time of the assassination?
A) All assassins were between 18 and 22 years old
B) Five of the six assassins were under 20 years old
C) All assassins were over 25 years old
D) All assassins were teenagers
  • 20. What was the role of Major Vojislav Tankosić in the assassination plot?
A) He was a bystander who witnessed the assassination
B) He provided bombs and pistols to the assassins and trained them
C) He was the mastermind behind the assassination
D) He was the driver of the car carrying the assassins
  • 21. What was the fate of the Black Hand members after their trial in 1917?
A) They were all sentenced to life imprisonment
B) Three of its leaders were executed
C) They were all acquitted
D) They were all executed
  • 22. What was the name of the Bosnian Croat student involved in a plot to assassinate the Governor of Croatia in 1912?
A) Luka Jukić
B) Vaso Čubrilović
C) Cvjetko Popović
D) Muhamed Mehmedbašić
  • 23. What was the name of the movement that included Bosnian Croats and Muslims along with Bosnian Serbs?
A) The Committee of Union and Progress
B) The Black Hand
C) Young Bosnia
D) Narodna Odbrana
  • 24. What was the name of the Austro-Hungarian governor of Bosnia who was targeted for assassination in 1910?
A) General Marijan Varešanin
B) Count Slavko Cuvaj
C) Emperor Franz Joseph
D) Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • 25. Where did Major Vojislav Tankosić call a Serbian irredentist planning meeting?
A) Toulouse, France.
B) Belgrade, Serbia.
C) Sarajevo, Bosnia.
D) Užice, Serbia.
  • 26. Who informed Mehmedbašić that an attack on Franz Ferdinand would be more important?
A) Danilo Ilić.
B) Major Vojislav Tankosić.
C) Vladimir Gacinović.
D) Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević.
  • 27. Who showed Gavrilo Princip a newspaper cutting about Archduke Franz Ferdinand's visit to Bosnia?
A) Vaso Čubrilović
B) Nedeljko Čabrinović
C) Cvjetko Popović
D) Trifko Grabež
  • 28. Which of the following was not recruited by Ilić for the assassination?
A) Mehmed Mehmedbašić
B) Cvjetko Popović
C) Trifko Grabež
D) Vaso Čubrilović
  • 29. When did the recruitment of assassins occur, according to the Sarajevo trial?
A) At the beginning of spring
B) During the summer
C) Shortly after Orthodox Easter
D) In early autumn
  • 30. Who was the fellow Bosnian Serb and former guerrilla fighter approached for arms?
A) Nedeljko Čabrinović
B) Major Tankosić
C) Milan Ciganović
D) Ilić
  • 31. What type of pistol did the assassins practice shooting with?
A) Mauser Model 1910
B) Browning Model 1910
C) FN Model 1910
D) Walther Model 1910
  • 32. What caliber was the ammunition for the pistols provided to the assassins?
A) .9mm
B) .45 ACP
C) .22 LR
D) .380 ACP
  • 33. On what date did Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović leave Belgrade by boat?
A) 29 May
B) 31 May
C) 28 May
D) 30 May
  • 34. Who provided Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović with a letter to Captain Prvanović?
A) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
B) Captain Ilić
C) Detective Ivan Vila
D) Captain Popović
  • 35. Where did Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović reach on 29 May?
A) Šabac
B) Zvornik
C) Tuzla
D) Loznica
  • 36. On which island did Princip and Grabež reach with their weapons?
A) Sava Island
B) Drina Island
C) Loznica Island
D) Isaković's Island
  • 37. Who led Princip and Grabež to Isaković's Island?
A) Captain Popović
B) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
C) Detective Ivan Vila
D) Captain Prvanović
  • 38. Who was the Narodna Odbrana President that received the report?
A) Božidar Janković
B) Nikola Pašić
C) Captain Prvanović
D) Major Kosta Todorović
  • 39. Who was the new military conspirator added to the report?
A) Major Kosta Todorović
B) Captain Prvanović
C) Captain Popović
D) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
  • 40. Who was Čabrinović's father?
A) A revenue sergeant
B) A Narodna Odbrana agent
C) A Sarajevo police official
D) A Serbian Border Guard
  • 41. Who did Čabrinović meet in Tuzla?
A) Captain Popović
B) Sarajevo Police Detective Ivan Vila
C) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
D) Captain Prvanović
  • 42. Who was dispatched from Serbia to Sarajevo to reauthorize the assassination?
A) Major Kosta Todorović
B) Captain Prvanović
C) Rade Malobabić
D) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
  • 43. On what date did Ilić begin distributing weapons to the assassins?
A) 27 June
B) 30 June
C) 29 June
D) 28 June
  • 44. What did the assassins send to Vladimir Gaćinović?
A) A telegram
B) A postcard
C) A package
D) A letter
  • 45. Where did Franz Ferdinand and his party travel from to Sarajevo?
A) Belgrade
B) Vienna
C) Zagreb
D) Ilidža Spa
  • 46. Who met Franz Ferdinand and his party at Sarajevo station?
A) Governor Oskar Potiorek
B) Vladimir Gaćinović
C) General Michael von Appel
D) Mehmedbašić
  • 47. How many police officers were on duty in Sarajevo on the day of the visit?
A) About 60
B) About 100
C) About 30
D) About 80
  • 48. Where did Franz Ferdinand and his party arrive for a scheduled reception?
A) Town Hall
B) Sarajevo Hospital
C) Latin Bridge
D) Appel Quay
  • 49. What did Duchess Sophie do during Franz Ferdinand's interruption?
A) She left the room
B) She gave a speech
C) She shouted at the mayor
D) She whispered into his ear
  • 50. Who proposed that the couple remain at the Town Hall until troops could be brought in?
A) Baron Rumerskirch
B) Count Harrach
C) Duchess Sophie
D) Governor-General Oskar Potiorek
  • 51. What did Franz Ferdinand and Sophie decide to do instead of their planned program?
A) Hold a press conference
B) Return to the Town Hall
C) Meet with local officials
D) Visit the wounded at the hospital
  • 52. Who took a position on the left-hand running board of Franz Ferdinand's car?
A) Governor-General Oskar Potiorek
B) Count Harrach
C) Baron Rumerskirch
D) Duchess Sophie
  • 53. Who was unable to give the driver the information about the change in plans?
A) Count Harrach
B) Erik von Merizzi
C) Baron Rumerskirch
D) Duchess Sophie
  • 54. What happened when the driver of the Archduke's car attempted to reverse?
A) The brakes failed
B) The engine stalled
C) The car veered off the road
D) The car accelerated forward
  • 55. What were Franz Ferdinand's last words according to Count Harrach?
A) "Long live the Empire!"
B) "Sophie, Sophie! Don't die! Live for our children!"
C) "I am dying."
D) "I am sorry."
  • 56. At what time did the imperial couple die on 28 June 1914?
A) 10:00 a.m.
B) 12:00 p.m.
C) 11:30 a.m.
D) 1:00 p.m.
  • 57. Which novel introduced the myth about Princip eating a sandwich?
A) Twelve Fingers
B) The Sarajevo Diary
C) The Fall of an Empire
D) The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • 58. Which battleship transported the bodies of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife to Trieste?
A) HMS Dreadnought
B) SMS Viribus Unitis
C) Battleship Potemkin
D) USS Maine
  • 59. What was the relationship between Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo, and Franz Ferdinand?
A) Close friend
B) Military ally
C) Lifelong enemy
D) Cousin
  • 60. Why did Kaiser Wilhelm II decline the invitation to the funeral?
A) Security concerns
B) Travel restrictions
C) Illness
D) Political disagreements
  • 61. Where were Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife interred?
A) Imperial Crypt
B) Trieste Cathedral
C) Vienna Central Cemetery
D) Artstetten Castle
  • 62. How was Sophie's coffin positioned relative to her husband's?
A) Slanted down from her husband's
B) Placed higher than her husband's
C) Placed in a separate room
D) Positioned at the same level
  • 63. What was placed on top of Sophie's casket?
A) Gloves
B) A bouquet of flowers
C) A crown
D) A military medal
  • 64. Who was pointedly disinvited from the funeral?
A) The local clergy
B) Most foreign royalty
C) The immediate imperial family
D) The officer corps
  • 65. What was the maximum sentence for conspiracy to commit high treason?
A) Life imprisonment
B) 10 years imprisonment
C) Death penalty
D) 20 years imprisonment
  • 66. Where did the Salonika trial take place?
A) In Geneva
B) On the French-controlled Salonica front
C) In Vienna
D) In Belgrade
  • 67. How many death sentences were originally handed down to Apis and his associates?
A) Eight
B) Nine
C) Ten
D) Seven
  • 68. How many death sentences were reduced by the Serbian High Court?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three
D) One
  • 69. Who admitted ordering the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
A) Colonel Petar Živković
B) Regent Alexander
C) Stojan Protić
D) Apis
  • 70. Who was not put on trial due to dying in battle in late 1915?
A) Apis
B) Stojan Protić
C) Vojislav Tankosić
D) Colonel Petar Živković
  • 71. Who wrote about Prime Minister Pašić reviewing the assassination plot with his cabinet?
A) Ljubomir Jovanović
B) Miroslav Spalajković
C) Milenko Vesnić
D) Colonel Lešjanin
  • 72. In what year did J. Jovanović go public about his warning?
A) 1914
B) 1918
C) 1920
D) 1924
  • 73. Who was in charge of the Russian Military Attaché's office while Viktor Artamonov was on vacation?
A) Assistant Military Attaché Alexander Werchovsky
B) Sergey Sazonov
C) Apis
D) Milan Ciganović
  • 74. Where did the interview between Emperor Nicholas and King Charles I take place?
A) St. Petersburg
B) Bucharest
C) Constanza
D) Vienna
  • 75. What was Serbia's response to point #8 of the July Ultimatum?
A) Completely accepted
B) Rejected outright
C) Ignored completely
D) Partially accepted
  • 76. What was the initial report of the Danube incident to Emperor Franz-Joseph?
A) Reported as a successful negotiation
B) Accurately reported as a minor incident
C) Not reported at all
D) Erroneously reported as a substantial skirmish
  • 77. Which Great Power did not initially choose sides in the conflict?
A) Russia
B) Italy
C) France
D) Germany
  • 78. How did Serb nationalists and dignitaries respond to the World War I commemorations?
A) They actively participated in the commemorations.
B) They boycotted the commemorations.
C) They ignored the commemorations.
D) They organized the commemorations.
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