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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) Kaiser Wilhelm II
B) King George V
C) Tsar Nicholas II
D) Franz Ferdinand
  • 2. Which organization was behind the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Red Cross
B) Black Hand
C) Yellow Ribbon
D) Green Thumb
  • 3. Who fired the fatal shot that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Gavrilo Princip
B) Otto von Bismarck
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) Vienna
B) Sarajevo
C) Budapest
D) Prague
  • 5. Who was the leader of Austria-Hungary at the time of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination?
A) Franz Joseph
B) Gavrilo Princip
C) Archduke Franz Ferdinand
D) Vladimir Lenin
  • 6. Which country was an ally of Austria-Hungary and declared war on Serbia, helping spark World War I?
A) Russia
B) United Kingdom
C) France
D) Germany
  • 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) France
D) Russia
  • 8. Which country mobilized its troops in support of Serbia after Austria-Hungary declared war?
A) Russia
B) Japan
C) Italy
D) United States
  • 9. Which country did Archduke Franz Ferdinand belong to?
A) Russia
B) Austria-Hungary
C) Germany
D) Serbia
  • 10. What was the political objective of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) To annex Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia
B) To overthrow Emperor Franz Joseph
C) To start a war between Austria-Hungary and Russia
D) To free Bosnia and Herzegovina of Austro-Hungarian rule and establish a common South Slav state
  • 11. Who was the chief of the military intelligence section of the Serbian general staff that supported the assassination?
A) Vojislav Tankosić
B) Rade Malobabić
C) Danilo Ilić
D) Dragutin Dimitrijević
  • 12. What was the fate of Gavrilo Princip after his trial?
A) He was acquitted
B) He was executed
C) He was sentenced to life imprisonment
D) He was sentenced to 20 years in jail
  • 13. What was the name of the Serbian king installed after the 1903 coup?
A) Alexander I Obrenović
B) Milan I of Serbia
C) Peter I of the House of Karađorđević
D) Dragutin Dimitrijević
  • 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) Bogdan Žerajić
B) Muhamed Mehmedbašić
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 Belgrade
C) The Battle of Sarajevo
D) The Battle of Kosovo
  • 17. What was the condition set by Emperor Franz Joseph for Archduke Franz Ferdinand's marriage?
A) They would have no children
B) Franz Ferdinand would renounce his claim to the throne
C) Sophie would renounce her title
D) Their descendants would never ascend the throne
  • 18. What was the name of the literary work that inspired Princip and other members of Young Bosnia?
A) The Mountain Wreath by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
B) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
C) The Iliad by Homer
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 teenagers
C) All assassins were over 25 years old
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 the driver of the car carrying the assassins
B) He was the mastermind behind the assassination
C) He was a bystander who witnessed the assassination
D) He provided bombs and pistols to the assassins and trained them
  • 21. What was the fate of the Black Hand members after their trial in 1917?
A) They were all executed
B) They were all acquitted
C) They were all sentenced to life imprisonment
D) Three of its leaders were executed
  • 22. What was the name of the Bosnian Croat student involved in a plot to assassinate the Governor of Croatia in 1912?
A) Cvjetko Popović
B) Vaso Čubrilović
C) Luka Jukić
D) Muhamed Mehmedbašić
  • 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) General Marijan Varešanin
D) Emperor Franz Joseph
  • 25. Where did Major Vojislav Tankosić call a Serbian irredentist planning meeting?
A) Belgrade, Serbia.
B) Sarajevo, Bosnia.
C) Toulouse, France.
D) Užice, Serbia.
  • 26. Who informed Mehmedbašić that an attack on Franz Ferdinand would be more important?
A) Major Vojislav Tankosić.
B) Vladimir Gacinović.
C) Danilo Ilić.
D) Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević.
  • 27. Who showed Gavrilo Princip a newspaper cutting about Archduke Franz Ferdinand's visit to Bosnia?
A) Vaso Čubrilović
B) Cvjetko Popović
C) Nedeljko Čabrinović
D) Trifko Grabež
  • 28. Which of the following was not recruited by Ilić for the assassination?
A) Mehmed Mehmedbašić
B) Trifko Grabež
C) Cvjetko Popović
D) Vaso Čubrilović
  • 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) Ilić
B) Major Tankosić
C) Milan Ciganović
D) Nedeljko Čabrinović
  • 31. What type of pistol did the assassins practice shooting with?
A) FN Model 1910
B) Browning Model 1910
C) Walther Model 1910
D) Mauser Model 1910
  • 32. In what year did J. Jovanović go public about his warning?
A) 1918
B) 1914
C) 1924
D) 1920
  • 33. Who did Čabrinović meet in Tuzla?
A) Sarajevo Police Detective Ivan Vila
B) Captain Popović
C) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
D) Captain Prvanović
  • 34. Where did Franz Ferdinand and his party arrive for a scheduled reception?
A) Latin Bridge
B) Appel Quay
C) Town Hall
D) Sarajevo Hospital
  • 35. Who admitted ordering the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
A) Stojan Protić
B) Regent Alexander
C) Colonel Petar Živković
D) Apis
  • 36. Who led Princip and Grabež to Isaković's Island?
A) Captain Prvanović
B) Captain Popović
C) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
D) Detective Ivan Vila
  • 37. Who was the new military conspirator added to the report?
A) Major Kosta Todorović
B) Captain Popović
C) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
D) Captain Prvanović
  • 38. Who wrote about Prime Minister Pašić reviewing the assassination plot with his cabinet?
A) Colonel Lešjanin
B) Miroslav Spalajković
C) Milenko Vesnić
D) Ljubomir Jovanović
  • 39. How many death sentences were originally handed down to Apis and his associates?
A) Seven
B) Eight
C) Nine
D) Ten
  • 40. Where did Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović reach on 29 May?
A) Šabac
B) Tuzla
C) Zvornik
D) Loznica
  • 41. Who was in charge of the Russian Military Attaché's office while Viktor Artamonov was on vacation?
A) Milan Ciganović
B) Assistant Military Attaché Alexander Werchovsky
C) Apis
D) Sergey Sazonov
  • 42. What was the initial report of the Danube incident to Emperor Franz-Joseph?
A) Accurately reported as a minor incident
B) Reported as a successful negotiation
C) Not reported at all
D) Erroneously reported as a substantial skirmish
  • 43. Which Great Power did not initially choose sides in the conflict?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Italy
D) Russia
  • 44. What was the maximum sentence for conspiracy to commit high treason?
A) 20 years imprisonment
B) Death penalty
C) 10 years imprisonment
D) Life imprisonment
  • 45. Which novel introduced the myth about Princip eating a sandwich?
A) The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
B) Twelve Fingers
C) The Fall of an Empire
D) The Sarajevo Diary
  • 46. How was Sophie's coffin positioned relative to her husband's?
A) Placed in a separate room
B) Slanted down from her husband's
C) Placed higher than her husband's
D) Positioned at the same level
  • 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) Governor-General Oskar Potiorek
B) Duchess Sophie
C) Baron Rumerskirch
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 boycotted the commemorations.
B) They organized the commemorations.
C) They actively participated in the commemorations.
D) They ignored the commemorations.
  • 51. Who was Čabrinović's father?
A) A Sarajevo police official
B) A Narodna Odbrana agent
C) A Serbian Border Guard
D) A revenue sergeant
  • 52. What were Franz Ferdinand's last words according to Count Harrach?
A) "I am sorry."
B) "Long live the Empire!"
C) "I am dying."
D) "Sophie, Sophie! Don't die! Live for our children!"
  • 53. At what time did the imperial couple die on 28 June 1914?
A) 12:00 p.m.
B) 10:00 a.m.
C) 11:30 a.m.
D) 1:00 p.m.
  • 54. Who was pointedly disinvited from the funeral?
A) The local clergy
B) The officer corps
C) Most foreign royalty
D) The immediate imperial family
  • 55. Where were Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife interred?
A) Trieste Cathedral
B) Imperial Crypt
C) Vienna Central Cemetery
D) Artstetten Castle
  • 56. On which island did Princip and Grabež reach with their weapons?
A) Loznica Island
B) Sava Island
C) Isaković's Island
D) Drina Island
  • 57. On what date did Ilić begin distributing weapons to the assassins?
A) 30 June
B) 28 June
C) 27 June
D) 29 June
  • 58. What was Serbia's response to point #8 of the July Ultimatum?
A) Partially accepted
B) Completely accepted
C) Rejected outright
D) Ignored completely
  • 59. How many death sentences were reduced by the Serbian High Court?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Three
D) One
  • 60. Where did the Salonika trial take place?
A) In Geneva
B) In Belgrade
C) In Vienna
D) On the French-controlled Salonica front
  • 61. What did the assassins send to Vladimir Gaćinović?
A) A letter
B) A postcard
C) A telegram
D) A package
  • 62. What caliber was the ammunition for the pistols provided to the assassins?
A) .22 LR
B) .380 ACP
C) .9mm
D) .45 ACP
  • 63. Who met Franz Ferdinand and his party at Sarajevo station?
A) General Michael von Appel
B) Governor Oskar Potiorek
C) Mehmedbašić
D) Vladimir Gaćinović
  • 64. Why did Kaiser Wilhelm II decline the invitation to the funeral?
A) Political disagreements
B) Security concerns
C) Travel restrictions
D) Illness
  • 65. Who provided Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović with a letter to Captain Prvanović?
A) Captain Popović
B) Captain Ilić
C) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
D) Detective Ivan Vila
  • 66. What did Duchess Sophie do during Franz Ferdinand's interruption?
A) She left the room
B) She shouted at the mayor
C) She whispered into his ear
D) She gave a speech
  • 67. Who was dispatched from Serbia to Sarajevo to reauthorize the assassination?
A) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
B) Rade Malobabić
C) Captain Prvanović
D) Major Kosta Todorović
  • 68. What was the relationship between Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo, and Franz Ferdinand?
A) Close friend
B) Lifelong enemy
C) Military ally
D) Cousin
  • 69. What did Franz Ferdinand and Sophie decide to do instead of their planned program?
A) Return to the Town Hall
B) Meet with local officials
C) Visit the wounded at the hospital
D) Hold a press conference
  • 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) Baron Rumerskirch
C) Governor-General Oskar Potiorek
D) Duchess Sophie
  • 73. How many police officers were on duty in Sarajevo on the day of the visit?
A) About 100
B) About 60
C) About 80
D) About 30
  • 74. Who was not put on trial due to dying in battle in late 1915?
A) Vojislav Tankosić
B) Apis
C) Stojan Protić
D) Colonel Petar Živković
  • 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) USS Maine
B) HMS Dreadnought
C) Battleship Potemkin
D) SMS Viribus Unitis
  • 77. Who was the Narodna Odbrana President that received the report?
A) Nikola Pašić
B) Captain Prvanović
C) Major Kosta Todorović
D) Božidar Janković
  • 78. Who was unable to give the driver the information about the change in plans?
A) Duchess Sophie
B) Count Harrach
C) Baron Rumerskirch
D) Erik von Merizzi
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