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