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Josip Broz Tito - Quiz
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  • 1. Which king was assassinated in Marseilles on 9 October 1934?
A) King Peter
B) King Alexander
C) King Milan
D) King Paul
  • 2. Which organization's assassin killed King Alexander?
A) Young Bosnia
B) The Black Hand
C) Red Front
D) Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
  • 3. What type of passport did Tito use to travel to Vienna after the assassination?
A) A forged Czechoslovak passport
B) A forged diplomatic passport
C) An authentic Austrian passport
D) A fake Soviet passport
  • 4. Where did the Politburo travel after deciding Vienna was too hostile to communism?
A) Prague
B) Berlin
C) Brno
D) Budapest
  • 5. When was Tito first elected as a member of the Politburo?
A) May Day 1935
B) Christmas Day 1934
C) October Revolution Day 1934
D) New Year's Eve 1934
  • 6. What was the name of the main Comintern residence in Moscow where Tito lodged?
A) Hotel Lux
B) Hotel Metropol
C) Hotel National
D) Hotel Moskva
  • 7. Which military organization ran the course on military tactics that Tito attended?
A) Red Army
B) Yugoslav Partisans
C) International Brigades
D) White Army
  • 8. At which event did Tito briefly see Joseph Stalin for the first time?
A) Sixth Comintern Plenum
B) Congress of Soviets
C) Seventh World Congress of the Comintern
D) Bolshevik Party Conference
  • 9. What was the name of the Austrian woman Tito fell in love with at the Hotel Lux?
A) Johanna Koenig
B) Clara Zetkin
C) Rosa Luxemburg
D) Anna Frank
  • 10. What communist alias was used by Johanna Koenig?
A) Natasha
B) Polka
C) Lucia Bauer
D) Vera
  • 11. When did Polka divorce Tito?
A) December 1936
B) August 1936
C) October 1936
D) April 1936
  • 12. When did Tito marry Johanna Koenig?
A) 13 October 1936
B) 13 August 1936
C) 13 December 1936
D) 13 April 1936
  • 13. What was the new Comintern line on Yugoslavia that Tito worked to promote?
A) Merge Yugoslavia into the Soviet Union
B) Establish a monarchy in Yugoslavia
C) Defend the integrity of Yugoslavia against Nazism and Fascism
D) Break up the country into smaller republics
  • 14. Where were the shipyards located where Tito helped organize strikes from a distance?
A) Trbovlje
B) Zagreb
C) Kraljevica
D) Split
  • 15. Where were the coal mines located where Tito helped organize strikes from a distance?
A) Kraljevica
B) Samobor
C) Belgrade
D) Trbovlje
  • 16. Where did Gorkić and the Politburo relocate while Tito worked inside Yugoslavia?
A) Paris
B) Prague
C) Vienna
D) Berlin
  • 17. In what year did Tito's father die?
A) 1934
B) 1937
C) 1936
D) 1938
  • 18. Which Soviet secret police arrested and shot Filip Filipović?
A) OGPU
B) Cheka
C) KGB
D) NKVD
  • 19. What was Tito's specific mission when sent back to Yugoslavia in late 1936?
A) To recruit volunteers for the International Brigades
B) To establish a new government
C) To steal state documents
D) To assassinate King Alexander
  • 20. According to historian Ivo Banac, what was the real reason the Comintern sent Tito back to Yugoslavia?
A) To escape the Great Purge
B) To organize a general strike
C) To purge the CPY
D) To hide from the NKVD
  • 21. How many men did Tito send in total to fight in the Spanish Civil War?
A) 500
B) 330
C) 671
D) 1,192
  • 22. How many volunteers sent by Tito to Spain actually came from Yugoslavia?
A) 671
B) 330
C) 1,192
D) 500
  • 23. How many of the volunteers sent by Tito to the Spanish Civil War were killed in fighting?
A) 1,192
B) 330
C) 671
D) 300
  • 24. Did Tito ever admit to fighting in the Spanish Civil War?
A) No, he denied going to Spain
B) Yes, but only under interrogation
C) Yes, he admitted to being wounded
D) Yes, he claimed he was a commander
  • 25. Where was the separate Communist Party of Croatia inaugurated in August 1937?
A) Samobor
B) Zagreb
C) Split
D) Ljubljana
  • 26. What happened to Gorkić after being summoned to Moscow in June 1937?
A) He was arrested and shot
B) He was exiled to Siberia
C) He escaped to Paris
D) He became the head of the Comintern
  • 27. When did Tito become acting General Secretary of the CPY?
A) August 1936
B) December 1937
C) June 1937
D) August 1937
  • 28. Which Slovene was part of Tito's new younger leadership team?
A) Milovan Đilas
B) Aleksandar Ranković
C) Ivo Lola Ribar
D) Edvard Kardelj
  • 29. Which Serb was part of Tito's new leadership team?
A) Miha Marinko
B) Aleksandar Ranković
C) Edvard Kardelj
D) Franc Leskošek
  • 30. Which Montenegrin was part of Tito's new leadership team?
A) Aleksandar Ranković
B) Rade Končar
C) Milovan Đilas
D) Edvard Kardelj
  • 31. Which foreign minister's visit to Belgrade did Tito arrange a 30,000-person demonstration to greet?
A) French foreign minister
B) Italian foreign minister
C) British foreign minister
D) German foreign minister
  • 32. The December 1937 protest march turned into a protest against the neutrality policy of which government?
A) Maček government
B) Simović government
C) Stojadinović government
D) Cvetković government
  • 33. Who did Tito stay with when he returned to Belgrade in March 1938?
A) Milovan Đilas
B) Vladimir Dedijer
C) Edvard Kardelj
D) Aleksandar Ranković
  • 34. What major geopolitical event occurred a few days after Tito arrived in Yugoslavia in March 1938?
A) German invasion of Poland
B) Anschluss between Nazi Germany and Austria
C) Munich Agreement
D) Italian invasion of Albania
  • 35. When did Tito arrive in Moscow after waiting two months in Paris for his Soviet visa?
A) 24 October 1938
B) 24 August 1938
C) 24 June 1938
D) 24 August 1937
  • 36. What fate befell Tito's ex-wife Polka and his wife Koenig/Bauer when they were arrested in Moscow?
A) They were made leaders of the Comintern
B) They were arrested as 'imperialist spies'
C) They were executed immediately
D) They were exiled to Siberia forever
  • 37. How long was Polka imprisoned in Moscow before being released?
A) 14 months
B) 12 months
C) 36 months
D) 27 months
  • 38. What happened to Tito's son Žarko in 1941?
A) He joined the Red Army to fight the invading Germans
B) He moved to Paris
C) He became a leader in the CPY
D) He was arrested by the NKVD
  • 39. What task was Tito given in Moscow alongside Vladimir Ćopić?
A) To write a biography of Joseph Stalin
B) To organize volunteers for the Spanish Civil War
C) To translate the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) into Serbo-Croatian
D) To purge the Central Committee
  • 40. What accusation was made against Tito by a Yugoslav communist of German ethnicity in Moscow?
A) That he produced an inaccurate translation showing he was a Trotskyist
B) That he embezzled Comintern funds
C) That he organized the assassination of King Alexander
D) That he was an imperialist spy
  • 41. What personal factors helped Tito survive the Moscow purges?
A) Working-class origins, lack of interest in intellectual arguments, attractive personality, and influential friends
B) His close personal friendship with Joseph Stalin
C) His military rank as a Red Army general
D) His extensive wealth and noble background
  • 42. Where were volunteers offering their services to fight after Germany placed pressure on Czechoslovakia?
A) Czechoslovak embassy in Paris
B) The Comintern headquarters
C) The Soviet consulate in Zagreb
D) Czechoslovak embassy in Belgrade
  • 43. When was Tito formally appointed General Secretary of the CPY after his resolutions were ratified?
A) 5 August 1937
B) 5 October 1938
C) 5 January 1938
D) 5 January 1939
  • 44. Who was the representative of SKOJ included in the newly formed Politburo of the Central Committee?
A) Rade Končar
B) Franc Leskošek
C) Ivan Milutinović
D) Ivo Lola Ribar
  • 45. Where did Broz and his wife briefly move after he was unable to find employment as a metalworker in Kumrovec?
A) Ogulin
B) Belgrade
C) Kraljevica
D) Zagreb
  • 46. What job did Broz initially take after moving to Zagreb?
A) Shipyard worker
B) Waiter
C) Metalworker
D) Mill mechanic
  • 47. How many seats did the CPY win in the 1920 elections, making it the third-strongest party?
A) 32
B) 4
C) 7
D) 59
  • 48. Who was the Yugoslav Minister of the Interior who authored the Proclamation (Obznana)?
A) Milan Stojadinović
B) Alija Alijagić
C) Milorad Drašković
D) Stevo Sabić
  • 49. Who assassinated Milorad Drašković on 2 August 1921?
A) Alija Alijagić
B) Sima Marković
C) Stevo Sabić
D) Josip Broz
  • 50. To which village did Broz and his wife move after he was fired due to his communist links?
A) Kumrovec
B) Veliko Trojstvo
C) Smederevska Palanka
D) Kraljevica
  • 51. What job did Broz perform in the village of Veliko Trojstvo?
A) Railway worker
B) Shipyard worker
C) Waiter
D) Mill mechanic
  • 52. Who took over control of the CPY's operations after the arrest of its leadership in January 1922?
A) Sima Marković
B) Alija Alijagić
C) Stevo Sabić
D) Milorad Drašković
  • 53. In the internal CPY debate, did Broz side with those wanting moderate policies or violent revolution?
A) Social democracy
B) Violent revolution
C) Pacifism
D) Moderate policies
  • 54. Why was Broz arrested in 1924 after giving a speech at a comrade's funeral?
A) He led a shipyard strike
B) A priest complained
C) He possessed illegal bombs
D) He violated the Obznana directly
  • 55. How helped Broz and his co-accused get acquitted after being arrested for creating a public disturbance in 1924?
A) A Serbian Orthodox prosecutor who hated Catholics
B) The Minister of the Interior
C) Stevo Sabić
D) A Catholic priest
  • 56. What was the name of Broz and Pelagija's daughter who died at the age of two?
A) Pelagija
B) Žarko
C) There was no daughter named Zlatica
D) Zlatica
  • 57. What was the name of Broz's son who survived, born in 1924?
A) Žarko
B) Stevo
C) Milorad
D) Josip
  • 58. At what age did Broz become a professional revolutionary?
A) 33
B) 30
C) 25
D) 40
  • 59. In October 1926, Broz obtained work in a railway works near Belgrade located in which town?
A) Kumrovec
B) Smederevska Palanka
C) Ogulin
D) Veliko Trojstvo
  • 60. Where was Broz imprisoned in July 1927 after being arrested along with six other workers?
A) Zagreb
B) Belgrade
C) Ogulin
D) Smederevska Palanka
  • 61. What method did Broz use to force a date to be set for his trial while imprisoned without trial?
A) Posing as a middle-class technician
B) A hunger strike
C) Escaping from prison
D) Writing articles for the newspaper
  • 62. What sentence did Broz receive after his secret trial for being a member of the CPY in 1927?
A) Five years' imprisonment
B) Four months' imprisonment
C) Eight days' detention
D) Fourteen days' imprisonment
  • 63. In February 1928, Broz attended a conference of the Croatian branch of the CPY as one of how many delegates?
A) 7
B) 6
C) 32
D) 59
  • 64. Who was the long-term CPY leader whose Greater Serbia agenda was condemned by Broz at the February 1928 conference?
A) Sima Marković
B) Milorad Drašković
C) Stevo Sabić
D) Alija Alijagić
  • 65. Who supported Broz's proposal that the Communist International purge the Croatian branch of factionalism?
A) Milan Stojadinović
B) A delegate sent from Moscow
C) The mill owner in Veliko Trojstvo
D) The Serbian Orthodox prosecutor
  • 66. For how many days was Broz imprisoned after being arrested outside the Social-Democratic Party meeting under a false name?
A) 3 months
B) 8 days
C) 14 days
D) 4 months
  • 67. Who eventually helped the police track down Broz before his arrest in late 1928?
A) Stevo Sabić
B) A police informer
C) Milan Stojadinović
D) A Serbian Orthodox prosecutor
  • 68. What specific illegal item was alleged by police to have been found at Broz's address in November 1928?
A) Forged currency
B) Illegal printing presses
C) Bombs
D) Stolen weapons
  • 69. When was Josip Broz Tito born?
A) 7 May 1892
B) 4 May 1980
C) 12 June 1890
D) 25 March 1895
  • 70. In which village was Tito born?
A) Omsk
B) Zagreb
C) Kumrovec
D) Podsreda
  • 71. Which empire was Tito born in?
A) Russian Empire
B) German Empire
C) Austro-Hungarian Empire
D) Ottoman Empire
  • 72. What was the highest rank Tito held in the Yugoslav People's Army?
A) General
B) Marshal
C) Colonel
D) Captain
  • 73. Which political movement did Tito co-found?
A) European Union
B) Non-Aligned Movement
C) Warsaw Pact
D) League of Nations
  • 74. What name is given to the political ideology and policies associated with Tito's rule?
A) Stalinism
B) Leninism
C) Trotskyism
D) Titoism
  • 75. Who was Tito's mother?
A) Antonina Chistyakova
B) Marija Javeršek
C) Franjo Broz
D) Pelagija Belousova
  • 76. What was Tito's father's profession?
A) Doctor
B) Blacksmith
C) Locksmith
D) Farmer
  • 77. In which military unit did Tito serve during his compulsory two-year service in the Austro-Hungarian Army?
A) International Red Guard
B) 25th Croatian Home Guard Regiment
C) Red Army
D) Czechoslovak Legion
  • 78. What skill did Tito learn during the winter of 1913 and 1914 in the Austro-Hungarian Army?
A) Flying
B) Horse riding
C) Skiing
D) Swimming
  • 79. Where was Tito imprisoned after being arrested for sedition in 1914?
A) Kazan monastery
B) Ural Mountains camp
C) Peter and Paul Fortress
D) Petrovaradin fortress
  • 80. Who wounded and captured Tito in March 1915?
A) A Czech legionnaire
B) A Serbian officer
C) A Circassian cavalryman
D) A German infantryman
  • 81. In which city was Tito imprisoned for three weeks in 1917 after the July Days demonstrations?
A) Moscow
B) Kazan
C) Petrograd
D) Omsk
  • 82. What traditional Kazakh drink did Tito credit with helping him recover his health?
A) Kefir
B) Vodka
C) Kumis
D) Kvass
  • 83. Who was Tito's first wife whom he married in Omsk in 1920?
A) Antonina Chistyakova
B) Polka Zhaksymbayev
C) Pelagija Belousova
D) Marija Javeršek
  • 84. In what year did Tito join the Communist Party in Omsk?
A) 1924
B) 1937
C) 1917
D) 1920
  • 85. Which event led to Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Cominform in 1948?
A) Warsaw Treaty
B) Yugoslav-Soviet trade war
C) Balkan Pact
D) Tito–Stalin split
  • 86. What model of economic organization did Tito initiate alongside Edvard Kardelj and Milovan Đilas?
A) Socialist self-management
B) Fascist corporatism
C) Agrarian socialism
D) Centralized state capitalism
  • 87. How many foreign decorations did Tito receive during his lifetime?
A) 98
B) 12
C) 150
D) 50
  • 88. What did John Gunther write in 1949 about Broz's wife?
A) She was a high-ranking spy
B) She was living in hiding in Vienna
C) She returned to Kumrovec
D) She possibly died many years ago
  • 89. What was Broz's job after arriving at Lepoglava prison?
A) Repairing prisoner uniforms
B) Maintaining the electrical system
C) Managing the prison library
D) Working in the prison kitchen
  • 90. Who was chosen by Broz as his assistant at Lepoglava prison?
A) Moša Pijade
B) Edvard Kardelj
C) John Gunther
D) Milan Gorkić
  • 91. What was Moša Pijade's sentence for his communist activities?
A) 10 years
B) Life imprisonment
C) 5 years
D) 20 years
  • 92. How often was Broz required to report to the police after his release?
A) Daily
B) Weekly
C) Monthly
D) Yearly
  • 93. Whose rise in Germany changed the political situation in Europe during Broz's imprisonment?
A) Milan Gorkić
B) John Gunther
C) Adolf Hitler
D) Moša Pijade
  • 94. Where was the executive committee of the CPY directing activities from after escaping?
A) Zagreb
B) Ljubljana
C) Kumrovec
D) Vienna
  • 95. What did Broz use to travel between Zagreb, Ljubljana, and Vienna over a six-month period?
A) Military orders
B) A Heimwehr uniform
C) False passports
D) A bishop's carriage
  • 96. Who blackmailed Broz in July 1934?
A) A local policeman
B) A prison guard
C) A smuggler
D) A Roman Catholic bishop
  • 97. Which paramilitary group detained Broz in July 1934?
A) Central Committee
B) CPY Executive
C) Heimwehr
D) Comintern
  • 98. What accent did Broz use to convince the Heimwehr that he was a wayward mountaineer?
A) Slovene accent
B) Serbian accent
C) Austrian accent
D) Russian accent
  • 99. Where did Milan Gorkić send Broz to arrange a secret conference of the CPY?
A) Lepoglava
B) Zagreb
C) Kumrovec
D) Ljubljana
  • 100. Who was the brother of the Roman Catholic bishop of Ljubljana and a communist sympathiser?
A) Milan Gorkić
B) The text does not name him, only mentions the bishop's brother
C) Edvard Kardelj
D) Moša Pijade
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