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