Vlad the Impaler - Quiz
Vlad the Impaler
  • 1. What was Vlad the Impaler's preferred method of execution?
A) Impalement
B) Burning at the stake
C) Beheading
D) Hanging
  • 2. Vlad the Impaler was a member of which royal family?
A) House of Drăculești
B) House of Tudor
C) House of Bourbon
D) House of Habsburg
  • 3. Which fictional character is often associated with Vlad the Impaler?
A) Tarzan
B) Sherlock Holmes
C) Dracula
D) Frankenstein
  • 4. During what century did Vlad the Impaler live?
A) 12th century
B) 20th century
C) 15th century
D) 18th century
  • 5. Where is Vlad the Impaler believed to be buried?
A) Bran Castle
B) Westminster Abbey
C) St. Michael's Church
D) Snagov Monastery
  • 6. Which Ottoman Sultan did Vlad the Impaler initially support before their conflict?
A) Osman I
B) Suleiman the Magnificent
C) Mehmed IV
D) Murad II
  • 7. What military order was Vlad the Impaler inducted into?
A) Teutonic Order
B) Order of the Dragon
C) Knights Templar
D) Order of the Garter
  • 8. Vlad the Impaler ruled predominantly over which region?
A) Moldova
B) Hungary
C) Transylvania
D) Wallachia
  • 9. In what year did Vlad the Impaler's father, Vlad II Dracul, become a member of the Order of the Dragon?
A) 1444
B) 1428
C) 1431
D) 1456
  • 10. What is Vlad III commonly known by due to his method of execution?
A) Vlad the Builder, for constructing many fortresses.
B) Vlad the Liberator, for freeing Wallachia from Ottomans.
C) Vlad the Peacemaker, due to his diplomatic skills.
D) Vlad the Impaler, because he impaled his enemies.
  • 11. Why were Vlad and his younger brother Radu held as hostages?
A) Due to accusations of treason against Wallachia.
B) Because they attempted to overthrow their father.
C) As a punishment for supporting John Hunyadi.
D) To secure their father's loyalty to the Ottoman Empire.
  • 12. What action did Vlad take against the Sultan's envoys?
A) He imprisoned them in Hungary.
B) He had them captured and impaled.
C) He sent them back to Mehmed II with a peace treaty.
D) He executed them by hanging.
  • 13. What was Vlad's relationship with the Transylvanian Saxons?
A) He formed a strong trade alliance with them.
B) They were his loyal allies throughout his reign.
C) He came into conflict with them as they supported his opponents.
D) They remained neutral during his conflicts.
  • 14. Where was Vlad held captive from 1463 to 1475?
A) In Moldavia.
B) In Constantinople.
C) In Târgoviște.
D) In Visegrád.
  • 15. What religious conversion was Vlad reputedly forced to make for his release?
A) He remained an Eastern Orthodox Christian.
B) From Judaism to Roman Catholicism.
C) From Islam to Eastern Orthodoxy.
D) From Eastern Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism.
  • 16. Who helped Vlad force Basarab Laiotă to flee Wallachia in 1476?
A) The Ottoman Empire provided support.
B) Hungarian and Moldavian troops assisted him.
C) Transylvanian Saxons helped him.
D) He managed to do it without any external help.
  • 17. What is the primary modern association with the name 'Dracula'?
A) A vampire
B) A Wallachian prince
C) An Ottoman ruler
D) A member of the Order of the Dragon
  • 18. What does the name 'Dracul' mean in medieval Romanian?
A) 'The devil'
B) 'Vlad the Dragon'
C) 'The Impaler'
D) 'The Dragon Slayer'
  • 19. In what language is Dracula the genitive form of Dracul?
A) Romanian
B) Latin
C) Slavonic
D) Ottoman Turkish
  • 20. What does 'dracul' mean in modern Romanian?
A) 'The devil'
B) 'The dragon'
C) 'The ruler'
D) 'The noble'
  • 21. What sobriquet is associated with Vlad III in Romanian historiography?
A) 'Dracula'
B) 'The Noble'
C) 'The Dragon Slayer'
D) 'Vlad Țepeș' (or 'Vlad the Impaler')
  • 22. On what date did Mircea the Shepherd refer to Vlad III as 'the Impaler'?
A) 1 January 1500
B) 31 October 1485
C) 1 April 1551
D) 25 December 1476
  • 23. How did Vlad III sign his letters in the late 1470s?
A) 'Vlad Dracul'
B) 'Kazıklı Voyvoda'
C) 'The Impaler'
D) 'Dragulya' or 'Drakulya'
  • 24. What fortress did the Ottomans capture on the Danube during Vlad's absence?
A) Cluj-Napoca
B) Giurgiu
C) Bucharest
D) Sibiu
  • 25. Where did Nicholas Vízaknai urge Vlad to meet him?
A) Ottoman Empire
B) Kosovo
C) Transylvania
D) Wallachia
  • 26. Who was elected king of Hungary on 24 January 1458?
A) Ladislaus Hunyadi
B) Matthias Corvinus
C) Dan III
D) John Hunyadi
  • 27. What origin did Stoker attribute to Dracula because he knew about Attila the Hun?
A) Hungarian origin
B) Germanic origin
C) Székely origin
D) Romanian origin
  • 28. Who did Dan III accuse Vlad of siding with?
A) The Saxons
B) The Moldavians
C) The Hungarian king
D) The Ottomans
  • 29. What did Dinu V. Rosetti find during excavations in the Monastery of Snagov?
A) A treasure chest
B) Vlad's intact body
C) No tomb under the supposed tombstone.
D) A letter from Matthias Corvinus
  • 30. What did Emily Gerard's 1885 article focus on that influenced Bram Stoker?
A) The life and times of Vlad the Impaler
B) Transylvanian superstitions, including blood-sucking vampires
C) Political observations about Wallachia and Moldavia
D) German stories about a wicked man
  • 31. Who murdered Bogdan II in October 1451?
A) Vladislav II
B) Peter III Aaron
C) John Hunyadi
D) Michael Szilágyi
  • 32. In which castle is a copy of Vlad's portrait featured?
A) Belvedere in Vienna
B) Buda Castle
C) St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
D) Ambras Castle at Innsbruck
  • 33. Where did the Ottoman fleet land in May 1462?
A) Târgoviște
B) Giurgiu
C) Nikopol
D) Brăila
  • 34. Which Romanian poet dedicated a historic ballad to Vlad?
A) Mihai Eminescu
B) Ion Budai-Deleanu
C) Dimitrie Bolintineanu
D) Theodor Aman
  • 35. What is the name of the first Romanian epic poem focusing on Vlad?
A) The Ballad of Wallachia
B) Țiganiada (Gypsy Epic)
C) Vlad's Triumphs
D) The Chronicles of Impalement
  • 36. What physical trait connected Vlad's head to his body?
A) A bull's neck
B) A short torso
C) A long chin
D) A slender neck
  • 37. Who recorded that Vlad refused to pay homage to the sultan in an unspecified year?
A) Tursun Beg
B) Thomas Katabolinos
C) Konstantin Mihailović
D) Giovanni Maria degli Angiolelli
  • 38. How many Russian manuscripts preserved the text of 'The Tale about Voivode Dracula'?
A) Less than 5
B) Over 50
C) Exactly 10
D) More than 20
  • 39. By what date was Vlad forced to flee to the Ottoman Empire?
A) 18 October 1448
B) September 1448
C) 17 October 1448
D) 7 December 1448
  • 40. Who was Vlad the Impaler's eldest son?
A) An unnamed second son
B) Mihnea
C) A third son who claimed Wallachia
D) Vlad Drakwlya
  • 41. Where did Vlad withdraw after being deserted by more Wallachians?
A) Bucharest
B) The Carpathian Mountains
C) Constantinople
D) Moldavia
  • 42. Who was sent by Mehmed II as an envoy to Wallachia to order Vlad to come to Constantinople?
A) Isaac
B) Hamza
C) Thomas Katabolinos (Yunus bey)
D) Mahmud Pasha
  • 43. In what year did Vlad turn against the Ottoman Empire according to Tursun Beg?
A) 1462
B) 1459
C) 1458
D) 1461
  • 44. During which night did Vlad attempt to capture or kill the sultan?
A) 18–19 July 1462
B) 20–21 August 1462
C) 15–16 May 1462
D) 16–17 June 1462
  • 45. What was the title of Michael Beheim's poem about Vlad?
A) Tales of Dracula
B) Von ainem wutrich der heis Trakle waida von der Walachei
C) The Despot of Wallachia
D) The Cruelty of Vlad
  • 46. What strategy did Vlad adopt when outnumbered by the Ottoman army?
A) Guerrilla warfare
B) Scorched earth policy
C) Negotiated surrender
D) Direct confrontation
  • 47. How many Turks and Bulgarians did Vlad claim to have killed during his campaign?
A) 15,000
B) 10,000
C) 23,884
D) 30,000
  • 48. Who was the papal legate that wrote to Pope Pius II about Vlad's brutal acts?
A) Gabriele Rangoni
B) Niccolo Modrussiense
C) Antonio Bonfini
D) Sebastian Münster
  • 49. How long was Vlad held at Visegrád?
A) 20 years
B) 14 years
C) 10 years
D) 7 years
  • 50. What discrepancy exists in the depiction of Vlad's hair color?
A) Modrussa mentioned black hair, but the portrait shows fair hair.
B) His hair was depicted as blonde in all accounts.
C) The portrait and Modrussa both agree on black hair.
D) Both sources describe his hair as red.
  • 51. Who admitted that the reason for Vlad's imprisonment was never clarified?
A) Florescu
B) Antonio Bonfini
C) Matthias Corvinus
D) Pope Pius II
  • 52. What physical feature of Vlad is noted as making his eyes appear threatening?
A) A thin and reddish face
B) A large lower lip
C) Swollen nostrils
D) Bushy black eyebrows
  • 53. Who supported Bogdan II's ascension to the throne of Moldavia?
A) John Hunyadi
B) Matthias Corvinus
C) Peter III Aaron
D) Elizabeth Szilágyi
  • 54. Who allowed Wallachian boyars to settle in Transylvania?
A) Michael Szilágyi
B) Ladislaus Hunyadi
C) John Hunyadi
D) Matthias Corvinus
  • 55. Who accused Vlad of being unfaithful to the king of Hungary?
A) Matthias Corvinus
B) Elizabeth Szilágyi
C) John Hunyadi
D) Ladislaus Hunyadi
  • 56. Who wrote to Vlad urging him to come to meet them until John Hunyadi returned from the war?
A) Vladislav II
B) John Hunyadi
C) Nicholas Vízaknai
D) Murad II
  • 57. In which city did Vlad buy a house known as Drakula háza?
A) Buda
B) Brașov
C) Sibiu
D) Pécs
  • 58. Who is commonly attributed with writing 'The Tale about Voivode Dracula'?
A) Fyodor Kuritsyn
B) Ivan III of Moscow
C) Caligula
D) Mehmed II
  • 59. Who dethroned Peter Aaron in Moldavia after Vlad's return?
A) Michael Szilágyi
B) Stephen
C) Alexăndrel
D) John Hunyadi
  • 60. How do the Skazanie anecdotes compare to the German stories in terms of length?
A) There is no comparison made between their lengths
B) They are shorter than the German stories
C) The Skazanie anecdotes are longer than the German stories
D) They are of equal length to the German stories
  • 61. Who recorded that hundreds or thousands were executed at Vlad's order?
A) Laonikos Chalkokondyles
B) Elizabeth Szilágyi
C) John Hunyadi
D) Matthias Corvinus
  • 62. Who recorded the rumor about Vlad catching rats and sticking them on wood?
A) Gabriele Rangoni
B) Sebastian Münster
C) Michael Beheim
D) Niccolo Modrussiense
  • 63. Which fortress did Stephen Báthory and Vlad force the sultan to lift the siege of?
A) Târgu Neamț
B) Bucharest
C) Srebrenica
D) Pécs
  • 64. In what language were early works containing stories about Vlad's cruelty published in the Holy Roman Empire?
A) Low German
B) Old Church Slavonic
C) Latin
D) Hungarian
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