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  • 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) Franz Ferdinand
D) Tsar Nicholas II
  • 2. Which organization was behind the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Green Thumb
B) Red Cross
C) Yellow Ribbon
D) Black Hand
  • 3. Who fired the fatal shot that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Otto von Bismarck
B) Gavrilo Princip
C) Franz Joseph
D) Vladimir Lenin
  • 4. Which city was the capital of Austria-Hungary during the time of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination?
A) Budapest
B) Vienna
C) Prague
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) United Kingdom
B) Germany
C) France
D) Russia
  • 7. Which country was the first to declare war on Austria-Hungary in response to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Germany
B) Serbia
C) France
D) Russia
  • 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) Russia
B) Serbia
C) Austria-Hungary
D) Germany
  • 10. What was the political objective of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) To free Bosnia and Herzegovina of Austro-Hungarian rule and establish a common South Slav state
B) To annex Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia
C) To start a war between Austria-Hungary and Russia
D) To overthrow Emperor Franz Joseph
  • 11. Who was the chief of the military intelligence section of the Serbian general staff that supported the assassination?
A) Vojislav Tankosić
B) Dragutin Dimitrijević
C) Danilo Ilić
D) Rade Malobabić
  • 12. What was the fate of Gavrilo Princip after his trial?
A) He was sentenced to 20 years in jail
B) He was sentenced to life imprisonment
C) He was acquitted
D) He was executed
  • 13. What was the name of the Serbian king installed after the 1903 coup?
A) Alexander I Obrenović
B) Dragutin Dimitrijević
C) Peter I of the House of Karađorđević
D) Milan I of Serbia
  • 14. What was the name of the Serbian nationalist society formed in 1908?
A) The Black Hand
B) Committee of Union and Progress
C) Narodna Odbrana
D) Young Bosnia
  • 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) Vaso Čubrilović
C) Cvjetko Popović
D) Muhamed Mehmedbašić
  • 16. What was the name of the battle commemorated on the day of the assassination?
A) The Battle of Kosovo
B) The Battle of Sarajevo
C) The Battle of Vukovar
D) The Battle of Belgrade
  • 17. What was the condition set by Emperor Franz Joseph for Archduke Franz Ferdinand's marriage?
A) They would have no children
B) Their descendants would never ascend the throne
C) Sophie would renounce her title
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) The Iliad by Homer
B) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
C) The Mountain Wreath by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
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 between 18 and 22 years old
B) All assassins were over 25 years old
C) All assassins were teenagers
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 a bystander who witnessed the assassination
B) He was the driver of the car carrying the assassins
C) He provided bombs and pistols to the assassins and trained them
D) He was the mastermind behind the assassination
  • 21. What was the fate of the Black Hand members after their trial in 1917?
A) They were all executed
B) Three of its leaders were executed
C) They were all sentenced to life imprisonment
D) They were all acquitted
  • 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) Young Bosnia
B) Narodna Odbrana
C) The Committee of Union and Progress
D) The Black Hand
  • 24. What was the name of the Austro-Hungarian governor of Bosnia who was targeted for assassination in 1910?
A) Count Slavko Cuvaj
B) Archduke Franz Ferdinand
C) Emperor Franz Joseph
D) General Marijan Varešanin
  • 25. Where did Major Vojislav Tankosić call a Serbian irredentist planning meeting?
A) Toulouse, France.
B) Užice, Serbia.
C) Sarajevo, Bosnia.
D) Belgrade, Serbia.
  • 26. Who informed Mehmedbašić that an attack on Franz Ferdinand would be more important?
A) Danilo Ilić.
B) Vladimir Gacinović.
C) Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević.
D) Major Vojislav Tankosić.
  • 27. Who showed Gavrilo Princip a newspaper cutting about Archduke Franz Ferdinand's visit to Bosnia?
A) Cvjetko Popović
B) Trifko Grabež
C) Vaso Čubrilović
D) Nedeljko Čabrinović
  • 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) At the beginning of spring
C) Shortly after Orthodox Easter
D) During the summer
  • 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) Mauser 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) Captain Prvanović
B) Captain Popović
C) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
D) Sarajevo Police Detective Ivan Vila
  • 34. Where did Franz Ferdinand and his party arrive for a scheduled reception?
A) Appel Quay
B) Sarajevo Hospital
C) Latin Bridge
D) Town Hall
  • 35. Who admitted ordering the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
A) Colonel Petar Živković
B) Apis
C) Regent Alexander
D) Stojan Protić
  • 36. Who led Princip and Grabež to Isaković's Island?
A) Detective Ivan Vila
B) Captain Prvanović
C) Captain Popović
D) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
  • 37. Who was the new military conspirator added to the report?
A) Captain Popović
B) Captain Prvanović
C) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
D) Major Kosta Todorović
  • 38. Who wrote about Prime Minister Pašić reviewing the assassination plot with his cabinet?
A) Colonel Lešjanin
B) Milenko Vesnić
C) Miroslav Spalajković
D) Ljubomir Jovanović
  • 39. How many death sentences were originally handed down to Apis and his associates?
A) Ten
B) Nine
C) Seven
D) Eight
  • 40. Where did Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović reach on 29 May?
A) Loznica
B) Tuzla
C) Šabac
D) Zvornik
  • 41. Who was in charge of the Russian Military Attaché's office while Viktor Artamonov was on vacation?
A) Apis
B) Assistant Military Attaché Alexander Werchovsky
C) Milan Ciganović
D) Sergey Sazonov
  • 42. What was the initial report of the Danube incident to Emperor Franz-Joseph?
A) Reported as a successful negotiation
B) Not reported at all
C) Erroneously reported as a substantial skirmish
D) Accurately reported as a minor incident
  • 43. Which Great Power did not initially choose sides in the conflict?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Germany
D) Russia
  • 44. What was the maximum sentence for conspiracy to commit high treason?
A) Life imprisonment
B) Death penalty
C) 20 years imprisonment
D) 10 years imprisonment
  • 45. Which novel introduced the myth about Princip eating a sandwich?
A) The Sarajevo Diary
B) Twelve Fingers
C) The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
D) The Fall of an Empire
  • 46. How was Sophie's coffin positioned relative to her husband's?
A) Positioned at the same level
B) Placed higher than her husband's
C) Placed in a separate room
D) Slanted down from her husband's
  • 47. On what date did Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović leave Belgrade by boat?
A) 31 May
B) 29 May
C) 28 May
D) 30 May
  • 48. Who proposed that the couple remain at the Town Hall until troops could be brought in?
A) Duchess Sophie
B) Governor-General Oskar Potiorek
C) Baron Rumerskirch
D) Count Harrach
  • 49. What happened when the driver of the Archduke's car attempted to reverse?
A) The brakes failed
B) The car accelerated forward
C) The car veered off the road
D) The engine stalled
  • 50. How did Serb nationalists and dignitaries respond to the World War I commemorations?
A) They organized the commemorations.
B) They actively participated in the commemorations.
C) They ignored the commemorations.
D) They boycotted the commemorations.
  • 51. Who was Čabrinović's father?
A) A Serbian Border Guard
B) A revenue sergeant
C) A Sarajevo police official
D) A Narodna Odbrana agent
  • 52. 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."
  • 53. At what time did the imperial couple die on 28 June 1914?
A) 11:30 a.m.
B) 1:00 p.m.
C) 10:00 a.m.
D) 12:00 p.m.
  • 54. Who was pointedly disinvited from the funeral?
A) Most foreign royalty
B) The officer corps
C) The immediate imperial family
D) The local clergy
  • 55. Where were Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife interred?
A) Imperial Crypt
B) Trieste Cathedral
C) Vienna Central Cemetery
D) Artstetten Castle
  • 56. On which island did Princip and Grabež reach with their weapons?
A) Sava Island
B) Drina Island
C) Loznica Island
D) Isaković's Island
  • 57. On what date did Ilić begin distributing weapons to the assassins?
A) 28 June
B) 27 June
C) 29 June
D) 30 June
  • 58. What was Serbia's response to point #8 of the July Ultimatum?
A) Completely accepted
B) Ignored completely
C) Partially accepted
D) Rejected outright
  • 59. How many death sentences were reduced by the Serbian High Court?
A) Four
B) One
C) Two
D) Three
  • 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 telegram
B) A letter
C) A postcard
D) A package
  • 62. What caliber was the ammunition for the pistols provided to the assassins?
A) .22 LR
B) .45 ACP
C) .380 ACP
D) .9mm
  • 63. Who met Franz Ferdinand and his party at Sarajevo station?
A) Mehmedbašić
B) Governor Oskar Potiorek
C) General Michael von Appel
D) Vladimir Gaćinović
  • 64. Why did Kaiser Wilhelm II decline the invitation to the funeral?
A) Illness
B) Security concerns
C) Travel restrictions
D) Political disagreements
  • 65. Who provided Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović with a letter to Captain Prvanović?
A) Captain Popović
B) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
C) Captain Ilić
D) Detective Ivan Vila
  • 66. What did Duchess Sophie do during Franz Ferdinand's interruption?
A) She gave a speech
B) She whispered into his ear
C) She shouted at the mayor
D) She left the room
  • 67. Who was dispatched from Serbia to Sarajevo to reauthorize the assassination?
A) Captain Prvanović
B) Major Kosta Todorović
C) Rade Malobabić
D) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
  • 68. What was the relationship between Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo, and Franz Ferdinand?
A) Military ally
B) Close friend
C) Cousin
D) Lifelong enemy
  • 69. What did Franz Ferdinand and Sophie decide to do instead of their planned program?
A) Meet with local officials
B) Hold a press conference
C) Return to the Town Hall
D) Visit the wounded at the hospital
  • 70. Where did the interview between Emperor Nicholas and King Charles I take place?
A) Bucharest
B) Vienna
C) St. Petersburg
D) Constanza
  • 71. Where did Franz Ferdinand and his party travel from to Sarajevo?
A) Belgrade
B) Ilidža Spa
C) Vienna
D) Zagreb
  • 72. Who took a position on the left-hand running board of Franz Ferdinand's car?
A) Count Harrach
B) Governor-General Oskar Potiorek
C) Duchess Sophie
D) Baron Rumerskirch
  • 73. How many police officers were on duty in Sarajevo on the day of the visit?
A) About 80
B) About 30
C) About 60
D) About 100
  • 74. Who was not put on trial due to dying in battle in late 1915?
A) Stojan Protić
B) Colonel Petar Živković
C) Apis
D) Vojislav Tankosić
  • 75. What was placed on top of Sophie's casket?
A) A military medal
B) Gloves
C) A crown
D) A bouquet of flowers
  • 76. Which battleship transported the bodies of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife to Trieste?
A) HMS Dreadnought
B) SMS Viribus Unitis
C) USS Maine
D) Battleship Potemkin
  • 77. Who was the Narodna Odbrana President that received the report?
A) Major Kosta Todorović
B) Nikola Pašić
C) Captain Prvanović
D) Božidar Janković
  • 78. Who was unable to give the driver the information about the change in plans?
A) Count Harrach
B) Baron Rumerskirch
C) Erik von Merizzi
D) Duchess Sophie
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