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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - Test
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  • 1. Who was the Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated in 1914, triggering the start of World War I?
A) Franz Ferdinand
B) Tsar Nicholas II
C) Kaiser Wilhelm II
D) King George V
  • 2. Which organization was behind the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Black Hand
B) Yellow Ribbon
C) Red Cross
D) Green Thumb
  • 3. Who fired the fatal shot that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Franz Joseph
B) Otto von Bismarck
C) Gavrilo Princip
D) Vladimir Lenin
  • 4. Which city was the capital of Austria-Hungary during the time of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination?
A) Prague
B) Budapest
C) Vienna
D) Sarajevo
  • 5. Who was the leader of Austria-Hungary at the time of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination?
A) Archduke Franz Ferdinand
B) Gavrilo Princip
C) Franz Joseph
D) Vladimir Lenin
  • 6. Which country was an ally of Austria-Hungary and declared war on Serbia, helping spark World War I?
A) France
B) Germany
C) United Kingdom
D) Russia
  • 7. Which country was the first to declare war on Austria-Hungary in response to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Serbia
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) France
  • 8. Which country mobilized its troops in support of Serbia after Austria-Hungary declared war?
A) Japan
B) Russia
C) Italy
D) United States
  • 9. Which country did Archduke Franz Ferdinand belong to?
A) Austria-Hungary
B) Germany
C) Serbia
D) Russia
  • 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 annex Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia
C) To free Bosnia and Herzegovina of Austro-Hungarian rule and establish a common South Slav state
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) Rade Malobabić
B) Dragutin Dimitrijević
C) Danilo Ilić
D) Vojislav Tankosić
  • 12. What was the fate of Gavrilo Princip after his trial?
A) He was sentenced to 20 years in jail
B) He was acquitted
C) He was executed
D) He was sentenced to life imprisonment
  • 13. What was the name of the Serbian king installed after the 1903 coup?
A) Dragutin Dimitrijević
B) Alexander I Obrenović
C) Milan I of Serbia
D) Peter I of the House of Karađorđević
  • 14. What was the name of the Serbian nationalist society formed in 1908?
A) Young Bosnia
B) Narodna Odbrana
C) Committee of Union and Progress
D) The Black Hand
  • 15. What was the name of the Bosnian Serb student who attempted to assassinate the Austrian governor of Bosnia in 1910?
A) Muhamed Mehmedbašić
B) Bogdan Žerajić
C) Vaso Čubrilović
D) Cvjetko Popović
  • 16. What was the name of the battle commemorated on the day of the assassination?
A) The Battle of Vukovar
B) The Battle of Kosovo
C) The Battle of Belgrade
D) The Battle of Sarajevo
  • 17. What was the condition set by Emperor Franz Joseph for Archduke Franz Ferdinand's marriage?
A) Sophie would renounce her title
B) They would have no children
C) Their descendants would never ascend the throne
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) The Mountain Wreath by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
C) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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 over 25 years old
B) Five of the six assassins were under 20 years old
C) All assassins were teenagers
D) All assassins were between 18 and 22 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 a bystander who witnessed the assassination
D) He was the driver of the car carrying the assassins
  • 21. What was the fate of the Black Hand members after their trial in 1917?
A) They were all executed
B) They were all sentenced to life imprisonment
C) Three of its leaders were executed
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) Vaso Čubrilović
D) Cvjetko Popović
  • 23. What was the name of the movement that included Bosnian Croats and Muslims along with Bosnian Serbs?
A) Narodna Odbrana
B) The Committee of Union and Progress
C) Young Bosnia
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) Belgrade, Serbia.
B) Užice, Serbia.
C) Sarajevo, Bosnia.
D) Toulouse, France.
  • 26. Who informed Mehmedbašić that an attack on Franz Ferdinand would be more important?
A) Vladimir Gacinović.
B) Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević.
C) Danilo Ilić.
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) Nedeljko Čabrinović
D) Vaso Čubrilović
  • 28. Which of the following was not recruited by Ilić for the assassination?
A) Trifko Grabež
B) Cvjetko Popović
C) Vaso Čubrilović
D) Mehmed Mehmedbašić
  • 29. When did the recruitment of assassins occur, according to the Sarajevo trial?
A) At the beginning of spring
B) During the summer
C) In early autumn
D) Shortly after Orthodox Easter
  • 30. Who was the fellow Bosnian Serb and former guerrilla fighter approached for arms?
A) Milan Ciganović
B) Major Tankosić
C) Ilić
D) Nedeljko Čabrinović
  • 31. What type of pistol did the assassins practice shooting with?
A) Walther Model 1910
B) Mauser Model 1910
C) FN Model 1910
D) Browning Model 1910
  • 32. In what year did J. Jovanović go public about his warning?
A) 1918
B) 1920
C) 1914
D) 1924
  • 33. Who did Čabrinović meet in Tuzla?
A) Captain Popović
B) Sarajevo Police Detective Ivan Vila
C) Captain Prvanović
D) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
  • 34. Where did Franz Ferdinand and his party arrive for a scheduled reception?
A) Town Hall
B) Latin Bridge
C) Appel Quay
D) Sarajevo Hospital
  • 35. Who admitted ordering the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
A) Stojan Protić
B) Apis
C) Colonel Petar Živković
D) Regent Alexander
  • 36. Who led Princip and Grabež to Isaković's Island?
A) Detective Ivan Vila
B) Captain Prvanović
C) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
D) Captain Popović
  • 37. Who was the new military conspirator added to the report?
A) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
B) Major Kosta Todorović
C) Captain Popović
D) Captain Prvanović
  • 38. Who wrote about Prime Minister Pašić reviewing the assassination plot with his cabinet?
A) Miroslav Spalajković
B) Colonel Lešjanin
C) Milenko Vesnić
D) Ljubomir Jovanović
  • 39. How many death sentences were originally handed down to Apis and his associates?
A) Nine
B) Ten
C) Eight
D) Seven
  • 40. Where did Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović reach on 29 May?
A) Zvornik
B) Tuzla
C) Loznica
D) Šabac
  • 41. Who was in charge of the Russian Military Attaché's office while Viktor Artamonov was on vacation?
A) Sergey Sazonov
B) Milan Ciganović
C) Assistant Military Attaché Alexander Werchovsky
D) Apis
  • 42. What was the initial report of the Danube incident to Emperor Franz-Joseph?
A) Reported as a successful negotiation
B) Erroneously reported as a substantial skirmish
C) Accurately reported as a minor incident
D) Not reported at all
  • 43. Which Great Power did not initially choose sides in the conflict?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Russia
D) Italy
  • 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 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
B) The Sarajevo Diary
C) The Fall of an Empire
D) Twelve Fingers
  • 46. 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
  • 47. On what date did Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović leave Belgrade by boat?
A) 30 May
B) 29 May
C) 28 May
D) 31 May
  • 48. Who proposed that the couple remain at the Town Hall until troops could be brought in?
A) Baron Rumerskirch
B) Duchess Sophie
C) Governor-General Oskar Potiorek
D) Count Harrach
  • 49. What happened when the driver of the Archduke's car attempted to reverse?
A) The engine stalled
B) The brakes failed
C) The car accelerated forward
D) The car veered off the road
  • 50. How did Serb nationalists and dignitaries respond to the World War I commemorations?
A) They actively participated in the commemorations.
B) They ignored the commemorations.
C) They boycotted the commemorations.
D) They organized 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) "I am sorry."
C) "Long live the Empire!"
D) "I am dying."
  • 53. At what time did the imperial couple die on 28 June 1914?
A) 1:00 p.m.
B) 11:30 a.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 immediate imperial family
C) The officer corps
D) The local clergy
  • 55. Where were Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife interred?
A) Artstetten Castle
B) Imperial Crypt
C) Vienna Central Cemetery
D) Trieste Cathedral
  • 56. On which island did Princip and Grabež reach with their weapons?
A) Sava Island
B) Drina Island
C) Isaković's Island
D) Loznica Island
  • 57. On what date did Ilić begin distributing weapons to the assassins?
A) 29 June
B) 30 June
C) 28 June
D) 27 June
  • 58. What was Serbia's response to point #8 of the July Ultimatum?
A) Rejected outright
B) Completely accepted
C) Ignored completely
D) Partially accepted
  • 59. How many death sentences were reduced by the Serbian High Court?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Two
D) One
  • 60. Where did the Salonika trial take place?
A) In Belgrade
B) In Vienna
C) In Geneva
D) On the French-controlled Salonica front
  • 61. What did the assassins send to Vladimir Gaćinović?
A) A postcard
B) A telegram
C) A package
D) A letter
  • 62. What caliber was the ammunition for the pistols provided to the assassins?
A) .22 LR
B) .9mm
C) .45 ACP
D) .380 ACP
  • 63. Who met Franz Ferdinand and his party at Sarajevo station?
A) Governor Oskar Potiorek
B) Mehmedbašić
C) Vladimir Gaćinović
D) General Michael von Appel
  • 64. Why did Kaiser Wilhelm II decline the invitation to the funeral?
A) Security concerns
B) Illness
C) Political disagreements
D) Travel restrictions
  • 65. Who provided Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović with a letter to Captain Prvanović?
A) Captain Popović
B) Captain Ilić
C) Detective Ivan Vila
D) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
  • 66. What did Duchess Sophie do during Franz Ferdinand's interruption?
A) She whispered into his ear
B) She left the room
C) She gave a speech
D) She shouted at the mayor
  • 67. Who was dispatched from Serbia to Sarajevo to reauthorize the assassination?
A) Rade Malobabić
B) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
C) Captain Prvanović
D) Major Kosta Todorović
  • 68. What was the relationship between Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo, and Franz Ferdinand?
A) Lifelong enemy
B) Close friend
C) Cousin
D) Military ally
  • 69. What did Franz Ferdinand and Sophie decide to do instead of their planned program?
A) Visit the wounded at the hospital
B) Meet with local officials
C) Hold a press conference
D) Return to the Town Hall
  • 70. Where did the interview between Emperor Nicholas and King Charles I take place?
A) Constanza
B) Bucharest
C) St. Petersburg
D) Vienna
  • 71. Where did Franz Ferdinand and his party travel from to Sarajevo?
A) Belgrade
B) Vienna
C) Ilidža Spa
D) Zagreb
  • 72. Who took a position on the left-hand running board of Franz Ferdinand's car?
A) Duchess Sophie
B) Baron Rumerskirch
C) Governor-General Oskar Potiorek
D) Count Harrach
  • 73. How many police officers were on duty in Sarajevo on the day of the visit?
A) About 60
B) About 100
C) About 80
D) About 30
  • 74. Who was not put on trial due to dying in battle in late 1915?
A) Colonel Petar Živković
B) Vojislav Tankosić
C) Stojan Protić
D) Apis
  • 75. What was placed on top of Sophie's casket?
A) A military medal
B) A crown
C) A bouquet of flowers
D) Gloves
  • 76. Which battleship transported the bodies of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife to Trieste?
A) USS Maine
B) Battleship Potemkin
C) SMS Viribus Unitis
D) HMS Dreadnought
  • 77. Who was the Narodna Odbrana President that received the report?
A) Božidar Janković
B) Major Kosta Todorović
C) Captain Prvanović
D) Nikola Pašić
  • 78. Who was unable to give the driver the information about the change in plans?
A) Count Harrach
B) Duchess Sophie
C) Erik von Merizzi
D) Baron Rumerskirch
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