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  • 1. What was Vlad the Impaler's preferred method of execution?
A) Burning at the stake
B) Hanging
C) Impalement
D) Beheading
  • 2. Vlad the Impaler was a member of which royal family?
A) House of Bourbon
B) House of Tudor
C) House of Drăculești
D) House of Habsburg
  • 3. Which fictional character is often associated with Vlad the Impaler?
A) Frankenstein
B) Tarzan
C) Sherlock Holmes
D) Dracula
  • 4. During what century did Vlad the Impaler live?
A) 15th century
B) 12th century
C) 18th century
D) 20th century
  • 5. Where is Vlad the Impaler believed to be buried?
A) Westminster Abbey
B) St. Michael's Church
C) Bran Castle
D) Snagov Monastery
  • 6. Which Ottoman Sultan did Vlad the Impaler initially support before their conflict?
A) Mehmed IV
B) Osman I
C) Suleiman the Magnificent
D) Murad II
  • 7. What military order was Vlad the Impaler inducted into?
A) Order of the Dragon
B) Knights Templar
C) Order of the Garter
D) Teutonic Order
  • 8. Vlad the Impaler ruled predominantly over which region?
A) Hungary
B) Wallachia
C) Transylvania
D) Moldova
  • 9. In what year did Vlad the Impaler's father, Vlad II Dracul, become a member of the Order of the Dragon?
A) 1444
B) 1431
C) 1428
D) 1456
  • 10. What is Vlad III commonly known by due to his method of execution?
A) Vlad the Builder, for constructing many fortresses.
B) Vlad the Impaler, because he impaled his enemies.
C) Vlad the Liberator, for freeing Wallachia from Ottomans.
D) Vlad the Peacemaker, due to his diplomatic skills.
  • 11. Why were Vlad and his younger brother Radu held as hostages?
A) Due to accusations of treason against Wallachia.
B) Because they attempted to overthrow their father.
C) As a punishment for supporting John Hunyadi.
D) To secure their father's loyalty to the Ottoman Empire.
  • 12. What action did Vlad take against the Sultan's envoys?
A) He sent them back to Mehmed II with a peace treaty.
B) He had them captured and impaled.
C) He executed them by hanging.
D) He imprisoned them in Hungary.
  • 13. What was Vlad's relationship with the Transylvanian Saxons?
A) They were his loyal allies throughout his reign.
B) He came into conflict with them as they supported his opponents.
C) He formed a strong trade alliance with them.
D) They remained neutral during his conflicts.
  • 14. Where was Vlad held captive from 1463 to 1475?
A) In Visegrád.
B) In Moldavia.
C) In Constantinople.
D) In Târgoviște.
  • 15. What religious conversion was Vlad reputedly forced to make for his release?
A) From Eastern Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism.
B) From Islam to Eastern Orthodoxy.
C) He remained an Eastern Orthodox Christian.
D) From Judaism to Roman Catholicism.
  • 16. Who helped Vlad force Basarab Laiotă to flee Wallachia in 1476?
A) Transylvanian Saxons helped him.
B) Hungarian and Moldavian troops assisted him.
C) He managed to do it without any external help.
D) The Ottoman Empire provided support.
  • 17. What is the primary modern association with the name 'Dracula'?
A) A member of the Order of the Dragon
B) An Ottoman ruler
C) A Wallachian prince
D) A vampire
  • 18. What does the name 'Dracul' mean in medieval Romanian?
A) 'Vlad the Dragon'
B) 'The Dragon Slayer'
C) 'The Impaler'
D) 'The devil'
  • 19. In what language is Dracula the genitive form of Dracul?
A) Ottoman Turkish
B) Romanian
C) Latin
D) Slavonic
  • 20. What does 'dracul' mean in modern Romanian?
A) 'The dragon'
B) 'The devil'
C) 'The ruler'
D) 'The noble'
  • 21. What sobriquet is associated with Vlad III in Romanian historiography?
A) 'The Noble'
B) 'Vlad Țepeș' (or 'Vlad the Impaler')
C) 'The Dragon Slayer'
D) 'Dracula'
  • 22. On what date did Mircea the Shepherd refer to Vlad III as 'the Impaler'?
A) 25 December 1476
B) 1 April 1551
C) 1 January 1500
D) 31 October 1485
  • 23. How did Vlad III sign his letters in the late 1470s?
A) 'The Impaler'
B) 'Vlad Dracul'
C) 'Dragulya' or 'Drakulya'
D) 'Kazıklı Voyvoda'
  • 24. What fortress did the Ottomans capture on the Danube during Vlad's absence?
A) Sibiu
B) Giurgiu
C) Cluj-Napoca
D) Bucharest
  • 25. Where did Nicholas Vízaknai urge Vlad to meet him?
A) Wallachia
B) Transylvania
C) Ottoman Empire
D) Kosovo
  • 26. Who was elected king of Hungary on 24 January 1458?
A) John Hunyadi
B) Dan III
C) Ladislaus Hunyadi
D) Matthias Corvinus
  • 27. What origin did Stoker attribute to Dracula because he knew about Attila the Hun?
A) Germanic origin
B) Romanian origin
C) Hungarian origin
D) Székely origin
  • 28. Who did Dan III accuse Vlad of siding with?
A) The Ottomans
B) The Moldavians
C) The Saxons
D) The Hungarian king
  • 29. What did Dinu V. Rosetti find during excavations in the Monastery of Snagov?
A) Vlad's intact body
B) A letter from Matthias Corvinus
C) No tomb under the supposed tombstone.
D) A treasure chest
  • 30. What did Emily Gerard's 1885 article focus on that influenced Bram Stoker?
A) Political observations about Wallachia and Moldavia
B) The life and times of Vlad the Impaler
C) German stories about a wicked man
D) Transylvanian superstitions, including blood-sucking vampires
  • 31. Who murdered Bogdan II in October 1451?
A) Vladislav II
B) Michael Szilágyi
C) Peter III Aaron
D) John Hunyadi
  • 32. In which castle is a copy of Vlad's portrait featured?
A) Belvedere in Vienna
B) Buda Castle
C) Ambras Castle at Innsbruck
D) St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
  • 33. Where did the Ottoman fleet land in May 1462?
A) Nikopol
B) Giurgiu
C) Brăila
D) Târgoviște
  • 34. Which Romanian poet dedicated a historic ballad to Vlad?
A) Mihai Eminescu
B) Dimitrie Bolintineanu
C) Ion Budai-Deleanu
D) Theodor Aman
  • 35. What is the name of the first Romanian epic poem focusing on Vlad?
A) The Ballad of Wallachia
B) Vlad's Triumphs
C) The Chronicles of Impalement
D) Țiganiada (Gypsy Epic)
  • 36. What physical trait connected Vlad's head to his body?
A) A bull's neck
B) A long chin
C) A short torso
D) A slender neck
  • 37. Who recorded that Vlad refused to pay homage to the sultan in an unspecified year?
A) Konstantin Mihailović
B) Tursun Beg
C) Giovanni Maria degli Angiolelli
D) Thomas Katabolinos
  • 38. How many Russian manuscripts preserved the text of 'The Tale about Voivode Dracula'?
A) Less than 5
B) Exactly 10
C) Over 50
D) More than 20
  • 39. By what date was Vlad forced to flee to the Ottoman Empire?
A) September 1448
B) 7 December 1448
C) 17 October 1448
D) 18 October 1448
  • 40. Who was Vlad the Impaler's eldest son?
A) An unnamed second son
B) Vlad Drakwlya
C) Mihnea
D) A third son who claimed Wallachia
  • 41. Where did Vlad withdraw after being deserted by more Wallachians?
A) Moldavia
B) Constantinople
C) The Carpathian Mountains
D) Bucharest
  • 42. Who was sent by Mehmed II as an envoy to Wallachia to order Vlad to come to Constantinople?
A) Thomas Katabolinos (Yunus bey)
B) Isaac
C) Hamza
D) Mahmud Pasha
  • 43. In what year did Vlad turn against the Ottoman Empire according to Tursun Beg?
A) 1459
B) 1461
C) 1462
D) 1458
  • 44. During which night did Vlad attempt to capture or kill the sultan?
A) 15–16 May 1462
B) 20–21 August 1462
C) 16–17 June 1462
D) 18–19 July 1462
  • 45. What was the title of Michael Beheim's poem about Vlad?
A) The Despot of Wallachia
B) Von ainem wutrich der heis Trakle waida von der Walachei
C) The Cruelty of Vlad
D) Tales of Dracula
  • 46. What strategy did Vlad adopt when outnumbered by the Ottoman army?
A) Guerrilla warfare
B) Direct confrontation
C) Scorched earth policy
D) Negotiated surrender
  • 47. How many Turks and Bulgarians did Vlad claim to have killed during his campaign?
A) 30,000
B) 10,000
C) 15,000
D) 23,884
  • 48. Who was the papal legate that wrote to Pope Pius II about Vlad's brutal acts?
A) Sebastian Münster
B) Niccolo Modrussiense
C) Antonio Bonfini
D) Gabriele Rangoni
  • 49. How long was Vlad held at Visegrád?
A) 14 years
B) 20 years
C) 7 years
D) 10 years
  • 50. What discrepancy exists in the depiction of Vlad's hair color?
A) Modrussa mentioned black hair, but the portrait shows fair hair.
B) The portrait and Modrussa both agree on black hair.
C) His hair was depicted as blonde in all accounts.
D) Both sources describe his hair as red.
  • 51. Who admitted that the reason for Vlad's imprisonment was never clarified?
A) Pope Pius II
B) Matthias Corvinus
C) Antonio Bonfini
D) Florescu
  • 52. What physical feature of Vlad is noted as making his eyes appear threatening?
A) A large lower lip
B) Bushy black eyebrows
C) Swollen nostrils
D) A thin and reddish face
  • 53. Who supported Bogdan II's ascension to the throne of Moldavia?
A) John Hunyadi
B) Matthias Corvinus
C) Peter III Aaron
D) Elizabeth Szilágyi
  • 54. Who allowed Wallachian boyars to settle in Transylvania?
A) Matthias Corvinus
B) John Hunyadi
C) Michael Szilágyi
D) Ladislaus Hunyadi
  • 55. Who accused Vlad of being unfaithful to the king of Hungary?
A) Matthias Corvinus
B) John Hunyadi
C) Elizabeth Szilágyi
D) Ladislaus Hunyadi
  • 56. Who wrote to Vlad urging him to come to meet them until John Hunyadi returned from the war?
A) John Hunyadi
B) Nicholas Vízaknai
C) Vladislav II
D) Murad II
  • 57. In which city did Vlad buy a house known as Drakula háza?
A) Sibiu
B) Pécs
C) Buda
D) Brașov
  • 58. Who is commonly attributed with writing 'The Tale about Voivode Dracula'?
A) Fyodor Kuritsyn
B) Mehmed II
C) Caligula
D) Ivan III of Moscow
  • 59. Who dethroned Peter Aaron in Moldavia after Vlad's return?
A) Stephen
B) Alexăndrel
C) Michael Szilágyi
D) John Hunyadi
  • 60. How do the Skazanie anecdotes compare to the German stories in terms of length?
A) The Skazanie anecdotes are longer than the German stories
B) There is no comparison made between their lengths
C) They are of equal length to the German stories
D) They are shorter than the German stories
  • 61. Who recorded that hundreds or thousands were executed at Vlad's order?
A) Laonikos Chalkokondyles
B) Elizabeth Szilágyi
C) John Hunyadi
D) Matthias Corvinus
  • 62. Who recorded the rumor about Vlad catching rats and sticking them on wood?
A) Michael Beheim
B) Gabriele Rangoni
C) Niccolo Modrussiense
D) Sebastian Münster
  • 63. Which fortress did Stephen Báthory and Vlad force the sultan to lift the siege of?
A) Pécs
B) Bucharest
C) Târgu Neamț
D) Srebrenica
  • 64. In what language were early works containing stories about Vlad's cruelty published in the Holy Roman Empire?
A) Hungarian
B) Low German
C) Latin
D) Old Church Slavonic
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