Unification of Moldova and Romania - Quiz
Unification of Moldova and Romania
  • 1. According to Petrișor Peiu, what did Romanian leaders focus on instead of reunification?
A) NATO expansion
B) European integration
C) Cultural exchange
D) Economic prosperity
  • 2. What reason did Romanian politicians give Petrișor Peiu for not supporting unification?
A) It is financially unfeasible
B) Germany doesn't want it
C) The EU opposes it
D) Russia prohibits it
  • 3. Which newspaper's financing was cut by Oana Ursache?
A) Gazeta Moldovei
B) Mesager bucovinean
C) Chișinău Express
D) Bucureștiul liber
  • 4. What did Nicolae Ciucă state regarding Romania's position on Moldova in 2021?
A) Romania supports Moldova's European integration
B) Romania plans to annex Moldova
C) Romania remains neutral
D) Romania supports immediate unification
  • 5. According to Nicu Popescu in November 2021, how did most Moldovan citizens feel about unification?
A) They strongly support it
B) They do not support it
C) They are indifferent
D) They support it only if it includes NATO
  • 6. What did Marius Oprea argue about the potential effect of unification on NATO?
A) It would trigger a world war
B) It would weaken NATO's influence
C) It would strengthen NATO's eastern flank
D) It would alienate European allies
  • 7. What was Iurie Leancă's stance on how Moldova could be protected from Russia?
A) Unite with Romania
B) Strengthen ties with China
C) Join the European Union immediately
D) Maintain strict neutrality
  • 8. What is Maia Sandu's condition for the union with Romania to be achieved?
A) The Moldovan population must want it
B) NATO must guarantee military protection
C) The Russian government must approve it
D) The United Nations must authorize it
  • 9. What did Natalia Gavrilița say about Moldova joining NATO?
A) Moldova is undecided about NATO
B) Moldova is applying for NATO membership
C) Moldova is already a NATO member
D) Moldova does not want to join NATO
  • 10. How did Russian deputies Leonid Kalashnikov and Svetlana Zhurova characterize Moldova's potential union with Romania?
A) It is inevitable
B) It may lead to its destruction
C) It will improve regional security
D) It is an internal matter
  • 11. What did Sergey Lavrov suggest might happen if Maia Sandu pursued unification and NATO membership?
A) Moldova would lose its independence
B) Moldova might have Ukraine's fate
C) Moldova would be sanctioned
D) Moldova would be expelled from the UN
  • 12. Who suggested that Russian threats might actually accelerate the unification of Moldova and Romania?
A) Maia Sandu
B) Nicu Popescu
C) Belkovsky
D) Natalia Gavrilița
  • 13. Why did some suggest Maia Sandu could run for the Romanian presidency?
A) She is a member of a Romanian party
B) The Romanian constitution mandates it
C) Her popularity among the Romanian population
D) She requested to run
  • 14. What was Maia Sandu's response regarding running for office in Romania?
A) She is ineligible
B) She is considering it
C) She will run if elected
D) She has no intention to run
  • 15. What did Nicușor Dan say during his 2025 visit to Germany?
A) He rejects unification
B) He personally supports unification but respects the citizens' will
C) He remains silent on the topic
D) He demands immediate unification
  • 16. What was the core message of Lukas Sieper in September 2025?
A) Moldova is not Romania
B) Moldova is already part of Romania
C) Romania and Moldova are one nation
D) Moldova belongs to Russia
  • 17. In 2026, how did Maia Sandu and Alexandru Munteanu say they would vote in a unification referendum?
A) They would not participate
B) They would vote 'NO'
C) They would abstain
D) They would vote 'YES'
  • 18. What was Hunor Kelemen's position on the reunification referendum in 2026?
A) He would vote in favor of it
B) He would vote against it due to European policy
C) He would support it for economic reasons
D) He would not vote because he opposes political revisionism
  • 19. What happened to the S.O.S. România unification bill in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies?
A) It was tacitly adopted
B) It was debated and dismissed
C) It was immediately rejected
D) It was passed into law
  • 20. What was the Romanian government's opinion on the S.O.S. România unification initiative?
A) Neutral opinion
B) Negative opinion
C) Positive opinion
D) Enthusiastic support
  • 21. What was the original anthem of independent Moldova in 1991?
A) Deșteaptă-te, române!
B) Limba noastră
C) Hora Unirii
D) Trei culori
  • 22. Who was appointed prime minister by president Snegur after moving closer to the Agrarians?
A) Andrei Sangheli
B) Vladimir Voronin
C) Ion Iliescu
D) Mircea Snegur
  • 23. Which political group won the 1994 elections in Moldova?
A) Party of Action and Solidarity
B) Popular Front
C) Agrarians
D) Christian-Democratic People's Party
  • 24. What anthem replaced 'Deșteaptă-te, române!' in Moldova?
A) Unirea
B) Eroii
C) Limba noastră
D) Imnul Victoriei
  • 25. Who was the former Romanian president criticized for failing to unify Romania with Moldova?
A) Traian Băsescu
B) Ion Iliescu
C) Nicolae Ceaușescu
D) Emil Constantinescu
  • 26. Which party actively supported unification before 2005?
A) Christian-Democratic People's Party
B) Agrarian Party
C) Socialist Party
D) Communist Party
  • 27. What was the combined vote percentage for the pro-union alliance in April 2009?
A) Around 1%
B) Around 15%
C) Around 25%
D) Around 5%
  • 28. When did the Moldovan parliament vote to change the state language to Romanian?
A) 27 August 1991
B) 2 March 2023
C) 1 January 2003
D) 10 April 2009
  • 29. Who strongly opposed the 2023 change of the state language to Romanian?
A) The European Action Movement
B) The Bloc of Communists and Socialists
C) The Popular Front
D) The Party of Action and Solidarity
  • 30. What linguistic concept did the Moldovan SSR parliament assert in 1989?
A) Moldovan-Romanian linguistic identity
B) Distinct Moldovan linguistic identity
C) Independent Moldovan language
D) Slavic-Romanian linguistic identity
  • 31. Which river marked the common border between Romania and the Moldovan SSR?
A) Siret River
B) Danube River
C) Prut River
D) Dniester River
  • 32. Who was the first President of Moldova?
A) Ion Iliescu
B) Mircea Snegur
C) Larry Pressler
D) Petru Lucinschi
  • 33. In what year did Mircea Snegur address the Romanian parliament?
A) 1992
B) 1990
C) 1991
D) 1989
  • 34. According to a 1992 poll, what percentage of Moldovans opposed the union with Romania?
A) Less than 20%
B) More than 70%
C) About 50%
D) Exactly 30%
  • 35. Which region used the fear of unification as a pretext to remain with Russia?
A) Gagauzia
B) Transnistria
C) Northern Bukovina
D) Bessarabia
  • 36. Who requested the U.S. Senate resolution supporting the unification of Moldova and Northern Bukovina with Romania?
A) Larry Pressler
B) Mikhail Gorbachev
C) George H.W. Bush
D) Mircea Snegur
  • 37. What was the date of the U.S. Senate resolution regarding the unification of Moldova and Northern Bukovina?
A) February 1991
B) 6 May 1990
C) September 1989
D) 26 June 1991
  • 38. Which event served as a major factor hindering the unification of Moldova and Romania?
A) The closure of the Prut River
B) The collapse of the United Nations
C) The annexation of Northern Bukovina
D) The war in Transnistria
  • 39. What percentage of Romania's population supported an immediate union in March 2022?
A) 44%
B) 42%
C) 20%
D) 11%
  • 40. What term is used to describe individuals who advocate for unification?
A) Statalists
B) Unionists
C) Nationalists
D) Moldovenists
  • 41. Who was the first independent ruler of the Principality of Moldavia in 1359?
A) Michael the Brave
B) Basarab
C) Stephen the Great
D) Bogdan I
  • 42. In what year did the Russian Empire annex the territories between the Prut and Dniestr?
A) 1812
B) 1940
C) 1917
D) 1918
  • 43. What name did the Russian Empire give to the region annexed in 1812?
A) Wallachia
B) Transnistria
C) Bukovina
D) Bessarabia
  • 44. What did the Soviet Union organize the territory of Bessarabia into in 1940?
A) The Republic of Moldova
B) The Bessarabian Autonomous Province
C) The Moldovan Republic
D) The Moldavian SSR
  • 45. What is the name used by opponents of unification to refer to themselves?
A) Statalists
B) Bessarabians
C) Romanians
D) Unionists
  • 46. By 2022, support for unification in Moldova had risen to what level?
A) 44%
B) 20%
C) 42%
D) 11%
  • 47. The name Bessarabia derives from which dynasty?
A) Bogdan dynasty
B) Basarab dynasty
C) Ottoman dynasty
D) Romanov dynasty
  • 48. What was the estimated cost of a union between Romania and Moldova according to the newspaper Cotidianul in 2006?
A) €30–35 billion
B) €10–15 billion
C) €5–10 billion
D) €50–60 billion
  • 49. What did Traian Băsescu call Moldova during his state visit?
A) A future NATO member
B) An economic burden
C) A lost province
D) His soul project
  • 50. Which border crossing opened on 15 February 2010?
A) Cahul-Oancea
B) Sculeni-Iași
C) Lipcani–Rădăuți-Prut
D) Leușeni-Albița
  • 51. Which Moldovan official described Traian Băsescu's 2013 union statement as 'creating crucial problems' for Moldova?
A) Mihai Ghimpu
B) Dorin Chirtoacă
C) Vladimir Voronin
D) Iurie Leancă
  • 52. Which American ambassador stated in 2016 that Moldova is not Romania?
A) Dereck J. Hogan
B) John A. Heffern
C) James Pettit
D) William Moser
  • 53. In what year did Traian Băsescu suggest that Moldova join the EU together with Romania?
A) 2006
B) 2009
C) 2007
D) 2010
  • 54. What was the main reason given for the criticism of the Cotidianul estimate regarding the cost of union?
A) Underestimating the costs
B) Exaggerating the costs
C) Falsifying the currency exchange
D) Ignoring the role of the EU
  • 55. What piece of infrastructure was removed from the Moldovan side of the border with Romania in 2010?
A) Soviet barbed wire fence
B) Watchtowers
C) Concrete blast walls
D) Landmines
  • 56. Which Romanian politician declared in 2019 that Moldova would not give up its independence to become counties in eastern Romania?
A) Traian Băsescu
B) Victor Ponta
C) Sorin Ovidiu Vântu
D) Kelemen Hunor
  • 57. Who was the owner of the Romanian group Realitatea-Cațavencu that took over the Moldovan news portal Unimedia?
A) Vladimir Voronin
B) Sorin Ovidiu Vântu
C) Traian Băsescu
D) Dorin Chirtoacă
  • 58. What percentage of the Moldovan population was interested in Romanian citizenship according to a November 2007 poll?
A) 33.6%
B) 31.9%
C) 17.2%
D) 58.8%
  • 59. How many Moldovan citizens obtained Romanian citizenship between 1991 and 2009?
A) 226,507
B) 140,000
C) 320,000
D) 1,000,000
  • 60. According to a 2012 study, how many Moldovans reacquired Romanian citizenship by 15 August 2011?
A) 226,507
B) 140,000
C) 90,000
D) 320,000
  • 61. How many additional people reacquired Romanian citizenship between 15 August 2011 and 15 October 2012?
A) 96,542
B) 90,000
C) 87,015
D) 100,845
  • 62. According to the Soros Foundation study, how many successful citizenship applications were there from 1991 to the end of 2012?
A) 449,783
B) 1,027,091
C) 323,049
D) 400,000
  • 63. How many citizenship applications were pending finalization as of the end of 2012?
A) 96,542
B) 125,000
C) 150,000
D) 280,396
  • 64. Of the total citizenships granted between 2010 and 2021, how many were minors?
A) 280,396
B) 150,000
C) 746,695
D) 125,000
  • 65. When was the civic platform Action 2012 created?
A) May 2015
B) April 2011
C) July 2018
D) March 2012
  • 66. What year was chosen by Action 2012 as a reference to the 1812 division of historical Moldavia?
A) 2011
B) 2018
C) 2012
D) 2015
  • 67. When was the Union Council created?
A) February 2012
B) March 2016
C) April 2011
D) May 2015
  • 68. Which of these individuals participated in Sfatul Țării 2?
A) Eugen Doga
B) Vlad Filat
C) Dan Diaconescu
D) Marian Lupu
  • 69. Who condemned the March of Stephen the Great?
A) Constantin Codreanu
B) Ion Leascenco
C) Vladimir Voronin
D) Klaus Iohannis
  • 70. Where was the bilateral reunion held on 22 September 2015?
A) Cahul
B) Neptun, Constanța county
C) Alba Iulia
D) Chișinău
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