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