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  • 1. What event was largely seen as a plebiscite on the monarchy in April 1931?
A) The general parliamentary elections
B) The municipal elections
C) The constitutional assembly
D) The presidential election
  • 2. Which political alliance won a landslide victory in all large cities during the April 1931 elections?
A) Acción Española
B) The Radical Republican Party
C) CEDA
D) The Republican-Socialist alliance
  • 3. What did King Alfonso XIII do after the municipal elections of April 1931?
A) Dissolved the military forces
B) Fought the Republican-Socialist alliance in Madrid
C) Appointed Franco as Prime Minister
D) Left the country and went into exile
  • 4. What was Franco's initial reaction to the end of the monarchy?
A) He fled the country alongside Alfonso XIII
B) He immediately organized a military coup
C) He regretted it but did not challenge the republic
D) He publicly insulted Manuel Azaña
  • 5. Who was the provisional War Minister that closed the military academy in June 1931?
A) José Sanjurjo
B) Manuel Azaña
C) Alejandro Lerroux
D) Gil Robles
  • 6. Why did Manuel Azaña issue an official reprimand and place Franco under surveillance?
A) Franco supported the Catalan state proclamation
B) Franco refused to leave Madrid for the Balearic Islands
C) He found Franco's farewell speech to the cadets insulting
D) Franco participated in Sanjurjo's coup
  • 7. How long was Franco without a post following his clash with Azaña?
A) Six months
B) Two years
C) Three months
D) One year
  • 8. What type of constitution was declared in December 1931?
A) Conservative and military
B) Reformist, liberal, and democratic
C) Monarchist and clerical
D) Fascist and totalitarian
  • 9. What strong provision was included in the December 1931 constitution regarding religion?
A) Broad secularisation of the Catholic country
B) Funding expansion of Catholic schools
C) Making Catholicism the official state religion
D) Mandatory church attendance for all citizens
  • 10. Who was the historian that noted the constituent assembly should have arranged regular parliamentary elections and adjourned?
A) Alejandro Lerroux
B) Manuel Azaña
C) Carlton J. H. Hayes
D) Salvador de Madariaga
  • 11. Why did the Radical and Socialist majority postpone regular parliamentary elections?
A) Fearing increasing popular opposition
B) Because the king ordered an extension
C) To allow Franco to finish his military command
D) Due to a foreign military invasion
  • 12. What journal did Franco subscribe to, which was published by a monarchist organization?
A) Alianza Obrera
B) El Sol
C) Acción Española
D) Dilectissima Nobis
  • 13. What was the name of the supposed conspiracy that Franco firmly believed in?
A) Jewish-Masonic-Bolshevik conspiracy
B) Radical Socialist Alliance
C) Catalan Nationalist Plot
D) Monarchist Restoration Front
  • 14. Where was Franco given a military command on 5 February 1932?
A) A Coruña
B) Madrid
C) Barcelona
D) Oviedo
  • 15. Whose attempted military coup did Franco avoid participating in during 1932?
A) José Sanjurjo
B) Alejandro Lerroux
C) Manuel Azaña
D) Gil Robles
  • 16. How did Franco react to Sanjurjo's attempted coup in 1932?
A) He wrote a hostile letter expressing his anger
B) He joined the coup as a leader
C) He reported it directly to the Pope
D) He remained neutral without commenting
  • 17. As a result of Azaña's military reform in January 1933, what was Franco's new ranking among brigadiers?
A) 1st
B) 10th
C) 50th
D) 24th
  • 18. What military command was Franco given on 17 February 1933?
A) Madrid garrison
B) Army of Africa
C) Balearic Islands
D) Asturias division
  • 19. Why did the prime minister believe it was prudent to send Franco to the Balearic Islands?
A) To reward him for loyalty
B) To protect him from leftist assassins
C) To have him away from Madrid
D) To put him in charge of naval operations
  • 20. What happened to the Jesuits in Spain in 1932?
A) They were granted special tax exemptions
B) They were appointed to run all state schools
C) They were banned and had all their property confiscated
D) They were elected to the Catalan parliament
  • 21. What region was granted home rule with a local parliament and president in 1932?
A) Asturias
B) Galicia
C) Andalusia
D) Catalonia
  • 22. Which Pope issued the encyclical Dilectissima Nobis in June 1933?
A) Pope Leo XIII
B) Pope Benedict XV
C) Pope Pius XI
D) Pope Pius XII
  • 23. What was the subject of the encyclical Dilectissima Nobis issued in June 1933?
A) On the Suppression of Military Coups
B) On the Necessity of Monarchy
C) On Oppression of the Church of Spain
D) On the Modernization of Education
  • 24. Which political party won the most votes in the October 1933 elections?
A) Radical Republican Party
B) Acción Española
C) CEDA
D) Spanish Socialist Party
  • 25. Who was invited by President Alcalá-Zamora to form a government after the October 1933 elections instead of Gil Robles?
A) Eduardo López Ochoa
B) Manuel Azaña
C) José Sanjurjo
D) Alejandro Lerroux
  • 26. How long was CEDA denied cabinet positions despite receiving the most votes?
A) Only a few weeks
B) Five years
C) Two years
D) Nearly a year
  • 27. How many ministries was CEDA eventually successful in forcing into the government?
A) Five
B) Seven
C) One
D) Three
  • 28. What did the Socialists do when CEDA entered the government?
A) Joined the coalition cabinet
B) Triggered an insurrection
C) Celebrated a democratic victory
D) Fled into foreign exile
  • 29. How long had the socialists been preparing the insurrection they triggered in 1934?
A) Five years
B) Three weeks
C) Two years
D) Nine months
  • 30. What did leftist Republican leadership state regarding their relationship with the government during the 1934 socialist insurrection?
A) They fully supported the government troops
B) They were breaking all relations
C) They were merging with CEDA
D) They were forming a new cabinet
  • 31. What group took the lead in forming the new Alianza Obrera in Catalonia?
A) Acción Española
B) The Jesuits
C) The Spanish Foreign Legion
D) Bloc Obrer i Camperol
  • 32. What was the declared goal of the Alianza Obrera when it declared a general strike in Catalonia in 1934?
A) Supporting CEDA's entry into the cabinet
B) Restoring King Alfonso XIII to the throne
C) Defeating fascism and advancing the socialist revolution
D) Enforcing the secularisation of schools
  • 33. Who proclaimed a Catalan state that lasted just ten hours in 1934?
A) Alejandro Lerroux
B) Lluis Companys
C) Diego Hidalgo
D) Gil Robles
  • 34. Which workers were left to fight alone after general strikes failed to endure elsewhere in 1934?
A) Madrid civil guards
B) Asturian miners
C) Catalan industrial workers
D) Galician farmers
  • 35. On what date did the miners' strike in Asturias begin?
A) 12 April
B) 4 October
C) 17 February
D) 5 February
  • 36. How many priests were summarily executed by revolutionaries in Mieres and Sama?
A) One hundred
B) Fifty-eight
C) Ten
D) Thirty-four
  • 37. What was the age range of the young seminarists executed during the Asturian insurgency?
A) 21 and 25
B) 15 and 18
C) 12 and 16
D) 18 and 21
  • 38. How many religious buildings were burned and destroyed in Oviedo during the Asturias uprising?
A) 10
B) 34
C) 58
D) 100
  • 39. Who was the war minister when Franco was put in command of operations to suppress the insurgency in Asturias?
A) Gil Robles
B) Alejandro Lerroux
C) Diego Hidalgo
D) Manuel Azaña
  • 40. What military force carried out the operations to suppress the Asturian insurgency under Franco's command?
A) Catalan regional parliament guard
B) The local Civil and Assault Guards
C) The Republican-Socialist militia
D) Spanish Army of Africa
  • 41. Who served as the commander in the field during the suppression of the Asturias rebellion?
A) General José Sanjurjo
B) General Francisco Franco
C) General Eduardo López Ochoa
D) Gil Robles
  • 42. How long did the heavy fighting last to suppress the rebellion in Asturias?
A) Two weeks
B) Six months
C) One year
D) Ten hours
  • 43. What was the estimated death toll of the Asturias rebellion?
A) Between 1,200 and 2,000
B) Between 100 and 300
C) Between 5,000 and 10,000
D) Less than 50
  • 44. How did Franco describe the rebellion in Asturias to a journalist in Oviedo?
A) A monarchist uprising
B) A peaceful democratic protest
C) A frontier war
D) A local tax dispute
  • 45. Which colonial units were sent to the north at Franco's recommendation?
A) Catalan volunteer militia
B) Spanish Foreign Legion and Moroccan Regulares Indigenas
C) The Balearic Island garrison
D) Civil and Assault Guards
  • 46. How did the right-wing press portray the Asturian rebels?
A) Lackeys of a foreign Jewish-Bolshevik conspiracy
B) Pioneers of modern democracy
C) Loyal defenders of the Spanish constitution
D) Misguided Catholic monarchists
  • 47. Which exiled vocal opponent of Francisco Franco described the 1934 uprising as unforgivable?
A) Alejandro Lerroux
B) Manuel Azaña
C) Carlton J. H. Hayes
D) Salvador de Madariaga
  • 48. What happened to López Ochoa at the start of the Civil War?
A) He was appointed commander-in-chief of the army
B) He was assassinated and his head was severed
C) He fled into permanent exile
D) He was elected president of the republic
  • 49. What was written on the card attached to the pole carrying López Ochoa's severed head?
A) This is the traitor of the army
B) This is the leader of the conspiracy
C) This is the defender of the republic
D) This is the butcher of Asturias
  • 50. When did Franco briefly serve as commander-in-chief of the Army of Africa?
A) From 15 February onwards
B) From 4 October 1934 onwards
C) From 12 April 1931 onwards
D) From 19 May 1935 onwards
  • 51. From what date did Franco serve as Chief of the General Staff?
A) 19 May 1935
B) 15 February 1934
C) 5 February 1932
D) 17 February 1933
  • 52. When did Francisco Franco die?
A) 4 December 1892
B) 20 November 1973
C) 20 November 1975
D) 1 April 1939
  • 53. Until what year was Franco the dictator of Spain?
A) 1939
B) 1967
C) 1973
D) 1975
  • 54. Which forces did Franco lead in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic?
A) Nationalist forces
B) Popular Front
C) Republican Army
D) Axis powers
  • 55. From what type of family did Franco originate?
A) Political dynasty
B) Merchant family
C) Upper-class military family
D) Working-class peasant family
  • 56. Where did Franco serve as a cadet from 1907 to 1910?
A) Asturias Training School
B) General Military Academy in Zaragoza
C) Toledo Infantry Academy
D) Canary Islands Military Post
  • 57. In what year did Franco become a brigadier general?
A) 1936
B) 1933
C) 1926
D) 1931
  • 58. How old was Franco when he became a brigadier general?
A) 40
B) 50
C) 25
D) 33
  • 59. In what year was the Second Republic established and the monarchy abolished?
A) 1936
B) 1931
C) 1926
D) 1933
  • 60. What event did Franco join in July 1936 that sparked the Spanish Civil War?
A) Technocratic reform
B) Democratic election
C) Monarchist uprising
D) Military coup
  • 61. Which powers did Franco support during World War II, damaging Spain's international reputation?
A) Comintern
B) League of Nations
C) Axis powers
D) Allied powers
  • 62. What was the period of accelerated economic growth in Spain known as?
A) The 'Second Republic'
B) The 'Spanish miracle'
C) The 'White Terror'
D) The 'Movimiento Nacional'
  • 63. What movement did Franco become a leader in, garnering Western support?
A) Fascist International
B) Pan-African movement
C) Anti-communist movement
D) Non-Aligned Movement
  • 64. Which Western country particularly provided support to Franco due to his anti-communist stance?
A) Soviet Union
B) Nazi Germany
C) United States
D) Fascist Italy
  • 65. Who became Franco's éminence grise as the government relaxed its hard-line policies?
A) Francisco Franco Bahamonde
B) Luis Carrero Blanco
C) King Juan Carlos
D) Manuel Azaña
  • 66. What disease did Franco begin struggling with in the 1960s?
A) Cancer
B) Tuberculosis
C) Parkinson's disease
D) Malaria
  • 67. In what year did Franco resign as prime minister?
A) 1967
B) 1973
C) 1939
D) 1975
  • 68. In what year was the office of prime minister separated from the office of head of state?
A) 1973
B) 1939
C) 1975
D) 1967
  • 69. At what age did Franco die?
A) 75
B) 33
C) 82
D) 83
  • 70. What form of government did Franco restore in his final years?
A) A parliamentary democracy
B) A communist council
C) The monarchy
D) The Second Republic
  • 71. Who succeeded Franco and led the Spanish transition to democracy?
A) Luis Carrero Blanco
B) Manuel Azaña
C) Adolfo Suárez
D) King Juan Carlos
  • 72. In which region of Spain is Ferrol located?
A) Andalusia
B) Catalonia
C) Castile
D) Galicia
  • 73. What was the name of the street where Franco was born?
A) Calle Frutos Saavedra
B) Calle San Francisco
C) Calle Mayor
D) Calle Alcala
  • 74. How many days after his birth was Franco baptised?
A) Twenty days
B) Thirteen days
C) Seven days
D) Three days
  • 75. What was the name of Franco's father?
A) Teódulo Franco
B) Ladislao Bahamonde
C) Ramón Franco
D) Nicolás Franco Salgado-Araújo
  • 76. What social class did Franco's mother belong to?
A) Working-class
B) Peasantry
C) Upper-middle-class
D) Aristocracy
  • 77. In what year did Franco's parents marry?
A) 1900
B) 1885
C) 1892
D) 1890
  • 78. What was the name of Franco's brother who was a naval officer and diplomat?
A) Teódulo
B) Nicolás
C) Ramón
D) Ladislao
  • 79. What was the profession of Franco's brother Ramón?
A) Aviator
B) Priest
C) Diplomat
D) Naval surgeon
  • 80. Which political leaning was Ramón Franco originally associated with?
A) Leftist
B) Monarchist
C) Fascist
D) Conservative
  • 81. Of what fraternal organization was Ramón Franco a member?
A) Freemason
B) Rotary Club
C) Opus Dei
D) Knights of Columbus
  • 82. In what year did Ramón Franco die?
A) 1938
B) 1934
C) 1892
D) 1942
  • 83. What rank did Franco's father reach in the navy?
A) Admiral of the Fleet
B) Captain
C) Commander
D) Vice admiral
  • 84. What caused Franco's father to move to Madrid?
A) Retirement
B) Exile
C) A reassignment
D) A promotion to General
  • 85. What type of literary work was Raza?
A) An autobiography
B) A political manifesto
C) A brief novel
D) A collection of poems
  • 86. What did Franco's mother always wear after being abandoned by her husband?
A) White mourning robes
B) Traditional Galician colors
C) Widow's black
D) Grey woolen dresses
  • 87. In what year did Franco enter the Infantry Academy in Toledo?
A) 1906
B) 1910
C) 1907
D) 1913
  • 88. How old was Franco when he entered the Infantry Academy?
A) Twelve
B) Eighteen
C) Fourteen
D) Sixteen
  • 89. In what month and year did Franco graduate from the Infantry Academy?
A) February 1917
B) July 1910
C) June 1912
D) July 1907
  • 90. What rank did Franco hold upon graduating from the Infantry Academy?
A) Major
B) First lieutenant
C) Captain
D) Second lieutenant
  • 91. Which campaign began in 1909 as a result of Spanish efforts to occupy the African protectorate?
A) Rif War
B) Alhucemas campaign
C) First Melillan campaign
D) Second Melillan campaign
  • 92. What saying described the choice military officers faced in Morocco regarding promotion and survival?
A) La gloria o la muerte
B) Victoria o derrota
C) Honor o deshonra
D) La caja o la faja
  • 93. Where was Franco shot in 1916 during an assault on Moroccan positions?
A) Chest
B) Leg
C) Abdomen
D) Shoulder
  • 94. Near which city did the assault at El Biutz take place?
A) Toledo
B) Ceuta
C) Melilla
D) Madrid
  • 95. What spiritual quality did Moroccan troops believe Franco possessed after surviving his severe wound?
A) Baraka
B) Karma
C) Fatwa
D) Jihad
  • 96. Which Spanish king reversed the denial of Franco's promotion and gallantry award?
A) Alfonso XIII
B) Alfonso XII
C) Felipe VI
D) Juan Carlos I
  • 97. At what age did Franco become the youngest major in the Spanish army?
A) Twenty-four
B) Twenty-six
C) Twenty-three
D) Nineteen
  • 98. Who led the Republic of the Rif that defeated the Spanish Army at Annual in 1921?
A) José Millán Astray
B) Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
C) Abd el-Krim brothers
D) Miguel Primo de Rivera
  • 99. Where did Franco lead the first wave of troops ashore in 1925?
A) Toledo
B) Al Hoceima
C) Melilla
D) Ceuta
  • 100. At what age did Franco become a brigadier general in February 1926?
A) Twenty-four
B) Twenty-eight
C) Thirty-three
D) Thirty-six
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