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