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Josip Broz Tito - Quiz
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  • 1. Which king was assassinated in Marseilles on 9 October 1934?
A) King Milan
B) King Peter
C) King Alexander
D) King Paul
  • 2. Which organization's assassin killed King Alexander?
A) Young Bosnia
B) Red Front
C) The Black Hand
D) Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
  • 3. What type of passport did Tito use to travel to Vienna after the assassination?
A) A fake Soviet passport
B) An authentic Austrian passport
C) A forged diplomatic passport
D) A forged Czechoslovak passport
  • 4. Where did the Politburo travel after deciding Vienna was too hostile to communism?
A) Berlin
B) Budapest
C) Prague
D) Brno
  • 5. When was Tito first elected as a member of the Politburo?
A) May Day 1935
B) October Revolution Day 1934
C) Christmas Day 1934
D) New Year's Eve 1934
  • 6. What was the name of the main Comintern residence in Moscow where Tito lodged?
A) Hotel Metropol
B) Hotel Lux
C) Hotel National
D) Hotel Moskva
  • 7. Which military organization ran the course on military tactics that Tito attended?
A) Yugoslav Partisans
B) Red Army
C) White Army
D) International Brigades
  • 8. At which event did Tito briefly see Joseph Stalin for the first time?
A) Bolshevik Party Conference
B) Sixth Comintern Plenum
C) Congress of Soviets
D) Seventh World Congress of the Comintern
  • 9. What was the name of the Austrian woman Tito fell in love with at the Hotel Lux?
A) Johanna Koenig
B) Rosa Luxemburg
C) Anna Frank
D) Clara Zetkin
  • 10. What communist alias was used by Johanna Koenig?
A) Lucia Bauer
B) Vera
C) Natasha
D) Polka
  • 11. When did Polka divorce Tito?
A) April 1936
B) August 1936
C) October 1936
D) December 1936
  • 12. When did Tito marry Johanna Koenig?
A) 13 December 1936
B) 13 October 1936
C) 13 August 1936
D) 13 April 1936
  • 13. What was the new Comintern line on Yugoslavia that Tito worked to promote?
A) Merge Yugoslavia into the Soviet Union
B) Defend the integrity of Yugoslavia against Nazism and Fascism
C) Break up the country into smaller republics
D) Establish a monarchy in Yugoslavia
  • 14. Where were the shipyards located where Tito helped organize strikes from a distance?
A) Kraljevica
B) Split
C) Zagreb
D) Trbovlje
  • 15. Where were the coal mines located where Tito helped organize strikes from a distance?
A) Kraljevica
B) Samobor
C) Belgrade
D) Trbovlje
  • 16. Where did Gorkić and the Politburo relocate while Tito worked inside Yugoslavia?
A) Berlin
B) Vienna
C) Prague
D) Paris
  • 17. In what year did Tito's father die?
A) 1936
B) 1937
C) 1938
D) 1934
  • 18. Which Soviet secret police arrested and shot Filip Filipović?
A) NKVD
B) KGB
C) OGPU
D) Cheka
  • 19. What was Tito's specific mission when sent back to Yugoslavia in late 1936?
A) To recruit volunteers for the International Brigades
B) To establish a new government
C) To assassinate King Alexander
D) To steal state documents
  • 20. According to historian Ivo Banac, what was the real reason the Comintern sent Tito back to Yugoslavia?
A) To escape the Great Purge
B) To hide from the NKVD
C) To purge the CPY
D) To organize a general strike
  • 21. How many men did Tito send in total to fight in the Spanish Civil War?
A) 671
B) 330
C) 1,192
D) 500
  • 22. How many volunteers sent by Tito to Spain actually came from Yugoslavia?
A) 671
B) 500
C) 1,192
D) 330
  • 23. How many of the volunteers sent by Tito to the Spanish Civil War were killed in fighting?
A) 1,192
B) 300
C) 330
D) 671
  • 24. Did Tito ever admit to fighting in the Spanish Civil War?
A) Yes, he claimed he was a commander
B) Yes, he admitted to being wounded
C) Yes, but only under interrogation
D) No, he denied going to Spain
  • 25. Where was the separate Communist Party of Croatia inaugurated in August 1937?
A) Ljubljana
B) Samobor
C) Zagreb
D) Split
  • 26. What happened to Gorkić after being summoned to Moscow in June 1937?
A) He escaped to Paris
B) He was exiled to Siberia
C) He became the head of the Comintern
D) He was arrested and shot
  • 27. When did Tito become acting General Secretary of the CPY?
A) December 1937
B) June 1937
C) August 1936
D) August 1937
  • 28. Which Slovene was part of Tito's new younger leadership team?
A) Milovan Đilas
B) Edvard Kardelj
C) Aleksandar Ranković
D) Ivo Lola Ribar
  • 29. Which Serb was part of Tito's new leadership team?
A) Franc Leskošek
B) Miha Marinko
C) Aleksandar Ranković
D) Edvard Kardelj
  • 30. Which Montenegrin was part of Tito's new leadership team?
A) Aleksandar Ranković
B) Rade Končar
C) Edvard Kardelj
D) Milovan Đilas
  • 31. Which foreign minister's visit to Belgrade did Tito arrange a 30,000-person demonstration to greet?
A) French foreign minister
B) British foreign minister
C) German foreign minister
D) Italian foreign minister
  • 32. The December 1937 protest march turned into a protest against the neutrality policy of which government?
A) Cvetković government
B) Stojadinović government
C) Simović government
D) Maček government
  • 33. Who did Tito stay with when he returned to Belgrade in March 1938?
A) Vladimir Dedijer
B) Edvard Kardelj
C) Milovan Đilas
D) Aleksandar Ranković
  • 34. What major geopolitical event occurred a few days after Tito arrived in Yugoslavia in March 1938?
A) Munich Agreement
B) Italian invasion of Albania
C) German invasion of Poland
D) Anschluss between Nazi Germany and Austria
  • 35. When did Tito arrive in Moscow after waiting two months in Paris for his Soviet visa?
A) 24 August 1938
B) 24 June 1938
C) 24 August 1937
D) 24 October 1938
  • 36. What fate befell Tito's ex-wife Polka and his wife Koenig/Bauer when they were arrested in Moscow?
A) They were made leaders of the Comintern
B) They were arrested as 'imperialist spies'
C) They were exiled to Siberia forever
D) They were executed immediately
  • 37. How long was Polka imprisoned in Moscow before being released?
A) 36 months
B) 12 months
C) 27 months
D) 14 months
  • 38. What happened to Tito's son Žarko in 1941?
A) He joined the Red Army to fight the invading Germans
B) He moved to Paris
C) He was arrested by the NKVD
D) He became a leader in the CPY
  • 39. What task was Tito given in Moscow alongside Vladimir Ćopić?
A) To purge the Central Committee
B) To translate the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) into Serbo-Croatian
C) To write a biography of Joseph Stalin
D) To organize volunteers for the Spanish Civil War
  • 40. What accusation was made against Tito by a Yugoslav communist of German ethnicity in Moscow?
A) That he organized the assassination of King Alexander
B) That he was an imperialist spy
C) That he embezzled Comintern funds
D) That he produced an inaccurate translation showing he was a Trotskyist
  • 41. What personal factors helped Tito survive the Moscow purges?
A) His extensive wealth and noble background
B) His military rank as a Red Army general
C) His close personal friendship with Joseph Stalin
D) Working-class origins, lack of interest in intellectual arguments, attractive personality, and influential friends
  • 42. Where were volunteers offering their services to fight after Germany placed pressure on Czechoslovakia?
A) The Soviet consulate in Zagreb
B) Czechoslovak embassy in Belgrade
C) Czechoslovak embassy in Paris
D) The Comintern headquarters
  • 43. When was Tito formally appointed General Secretary of the CPY after his resolutions were ratified?
A) 5 January 1938
B) 5 August 1937
C) 5 October 1938
D) 5 January 1939
  • 44. Who was the representative of SKOJ included in the newly formed Politburo of the Central Committee?
A) Ivo Lola Ribar
B) Rade Končar
C) Ivan Milutinović
D) Franc Leskošek
  • 45. Where did Broz and his wife briefly move after he was unable to find employment as a metalworker in Kumrovec?
A) Kraljevica
B) Belgrade
C) Ogulin
D) Zagreb
  • 46. What job did Broz initially take after moving to Zagreb?
A) Mill mechanic
B) Metalworker
C) Shipyard worker
D) Waiter
  • 47. How many seats did the CPY win in the 1920 elections, making it the third-strongest party?
A) 4
B) 59
C) 32
D) 7
  • 48. Who was the Yugoslav Minister of the Interior who authored the Proclamation (Obznana)?
A) Milan Stojadinović
B) Alija Alijagić
C) Stevo Sabić
D) Milorad Drašković
  • 49. Who assassinated Milorad Drašković on 2 August 1921?
A) Alija Alijagić
B) Josip Broz
C) Sima Marković
D) Stevo Sabić
  • 50. To which village did Broz and his wife move after he was fired due to his communist links?
A) Veliko Trojstvo
B) Kumrovec
C) Smederevska Palanka
D) Kraljevica
  • 51. What job did Broz perform in the village of Veliko Trojstvo?
A) Railway worker
B) Mill mechanic
C) Waiter
D) Shipyard worker
  • 52. Who took over control of the CPY's operations after the arrest of its leadership in January 1922?
A) Milorad Drašković
B) Alija Alijagić
C) Sima Marković
D) Stevo Sabić
  • 53. In the internal CPY debate, did Broz side with those wanting moderate policies or violent revolution?
A) Violent revolution
B) Pacifism
C) Moderate policies
D) Social democracy
  • 54. Why was Broz arrested in 1924 after giving a speech at a comrade's funeral?
A) A priest complained
B) He led a shipyard strike
C) He possessed illegal bombs
D) He violated the Obznana directly
  • 55. How helped Broz and his co-accused get acquitted after being arrested for creating a public disturbance in 1924?
A) A Catholic priest
B) Stevo Sabić
C) A Serbian Orthodox prosecutor who hated Catholics
D) The Minister of the Interior
  • 56. What was the name of Broz and Pelagija's daughter who died at the age of two?
A) There was no daughter named Zlatica
B) Pelagija
C) Žarko
D) Zlatica
  • 57. What was the name of Broz's son who survived, born in 1924?
A) Žarko
B) Milorad
C) Stevo
D) Josip
  • 58. At what age did Broz become a professional revolutionary?
A) 33
B) 30
C) 25
D) 40
  • 59. In October 1926, Broz obtained work in a railway works near Belgrade located in which town?
A) Veliko Trojstvo
B) Kumrovec
C) Ogulin
D) Smederevska Palanka
  • 60. Where was Broz imprisoned in July 1927 after being arrested along with six other workers?
A) Ogulin
B) Smederevska Palanka
C) Zagreb
D) Belgrade
  • 61. What method did Broz use to force a date to be set for his trial while imprisoned without trial?
A) Writing articles for the newspaper
B) Posing as a middle-class technician
C) A hunger strike
D) Escaping from prison
  • 62. What sentence did Broz receive after his secret trial for being a member of the CPY in 1927?
A) Eight days' detention
B) Fourteen days' imprisonment
C) Four months' imprisonment
D) Five years' imprisonment
  • 63. In February 1928, Broz attended a conference of the Croatian branch of the CPY as one of how many delegates?
A) 32
B) 6
C) 59
D) 7
  • 64. Who was the long-term CPY leader whose Greater Serbia agenda was condemned by Broz at the February 1928 conference?
A) Milorad Drašković
B) Stevo Sabić
C) Sima Marković
D) Alija Alijagić
  • 65. Who supported Broz's proposal that the Communist International purge the Croatian branch of factionalism?
A) Milan Stojadinović
B) The mill owner in Veliko Trojstvo
C) The Serbian Orthodox prosecutor
D) A delegate sent from Moscow
  • 66. For how many days was Broz imprisoned after being arrested outside the Social-Democratic Party meeting under a false name?
A) 14 days
B) 3 months
C) 4 months
D) 8 days
  • 67. Who eventually helped the police track down Broz before his arrest in late 1928?
A) Stevo Sabić
B) Milan Stojadinović
C) A Serbian Orthodox prosecutor
D) A police informer
  • 68. What specific illegal item was alleged by police to have been found at Broz's address in November 1928?
A) Bombs
B) Forged currency
C) Stolen weapons
D) Illegal printing presses
  • 69. When was Josip Broz Tito born?
A) 7 May 1892
B) 4 May 1980
C) 25 March 1895
D) 12 June 1890
  • 70. In which village was Tito born?
A) Zagreb
B) Kumrovec
C) Omsk
D) Podsreda
  • 71. Which empire was Tito born in?
A) German Empire
B) Austro-Hungarian Empire
C) Ottoman Empire
D) Russian Empire
  • 72. What was the highest rank Tito held in the Yugoslav People's Army?
A) General
B) Marshal
C) Captain
D) Colonel
  • 73. Which political movement did Tito co-found?
A) Non-Aligned Movement
B) Warsaw Pact
C) European Union
D) League of Nations
  • 74. What name is given to the political ideology and policies associated with Tito's rule?
A) Leninism
B) Stalinism
C) Titoism
D) Trotskyism
  • 75. Who was Tito's mother?
A) Antonina Chistyakova
B) Franjo Broz
C) Pelagija Belousova
D) Marija Javeršek
  • 76. What was Tito's father's profession?
A) Locksmith
B) Doctor
C) Farmer
D) Blacksmith
  • 77. In which military unit did Tito serve during his compulsory two-year service in the Austro-Hungarian Army?
A) International Red Guard
B) Red Army
C) 25th Croatian Home Guard Regiment
D) Czechoslovak Legion
  • 78. What skill did Tito learn during the winter of 1913 and 1914 in the Austro-Hungarian Army?
A) Flying
B) Skiing
C) Swimming
D) Horse riding
  • 79. Where was Tito imprisoned after being arrested for sedition in 1914?
A) Petrovaradin fortress
B) Peter and Paul Fortress
C) Kazan monastery
D) Ural Mountains camp
  • 80. Who wounded and captured Tito in March 1915?
A) A Czech legionnaire
B) A Circassian cavalryman
C) A German infantryman
D) A Serbian officer
  • 81. In which city was Tito imprisoned for three weeks in 1917 after the July Days demonstrations?
A) Moscow
B) Petrograd
C) Omsk
D) Kazan
  • 82. What traditional Kazakh drink did Tito credit with helping him recover his health?
A) Kumis
B) Vodka
C) Kefir
D) Kvass
  • 83. Who was Tito's first wife whom he married in Omsk in 1920?
A) Marija Javeršek
B) Pelagija Belousova
C) Antonina Chistyakova
D) Polka Zhaksymbayev
  • 84. In what year did Tito join the Communist Party in Omsk?
A) 1920
B) 1924
C) 1917
D) 1937
  • 85. Which event led to Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Cominform in 1948?
A) Tito–Stalin split
B) Yugoslav-Soviet trade war
C) Balkan Pact
D) Warsaw Treaty
  • 86. What model of economic organization did Tito initiate alongside Edvard Kardelj and Milovan Đilas?
A) Socialist self-management
B) Agrarian socialism
C) Centralized state capitalism
D) Fascist corporatism
  • 87. How many foreign decorations did Tito receive during his lifetime?
A) 50
B) 12
C) 98
D) 150
  • 88. What did John Gunther write in 1949 about Broz's wife?
A) She possibly died many years ago
B) She was living in hiding in Vienna
C) She was a high-ranking spy
D) She returned to Kumrovec
  • 89. What was Broz's job after arriving at Lepoglava prison?
A) Managing the prison library
B) Maintaining the electrical system
C) Working in the prison kitchen
D) Repairing prisoner uniforms
  • 90. Who was chosen by Broz as his assistant at Lepoglava prison?
A) Edvard Kardelj
B) Milan Gorkić
C) Moša Pijade
D) John Gunther
  • 91. What was Moša Pijade's sentence for his communist activities?
A) 5 years
B) Life imprisonment
C) 20 years
D) 10 years
  • 92. How often was Broz required to report to the police after his release?
A) Monthly
B) Daily
C) Yearly
D) Weekly
  • 93. Whose rise in Germany changed the political situation in Europe during Broz's imprisonment?
A) Adolf Hitler
B) Milan Gorkić
C) John Gunther
D) Moša Pijade
  • 94. Where was the executive committee of the CPY directing activities from after escaping?
A) Zagreb
B) Ljubljana
C) Kumrovec
D) Vienna
  • 95. What did Broz use to travel between Zagreb, Ljubljana, and Vienna over a six-month period?
A) False passports
B) A Heimwehr uniform
C) A bishop's carriage
D) Military orders
  • 96. Who blackmailed Broz in July 1934?
A) A local policeman
B) A prison guard
C) A Roman Catholic bishop
D) A smuggler
  • 97. Which paramilitary group detained Broz in July 1934?
A) Heimwehr
B) CPY Executive
C) Central Committee
D) Comintern
  • 98. What accent did Broz use to convince the Heimwehr that he was a wayward mountaineer?
A) Slovene accent
B) Austrian accent
C) Serbian accent
D) Russian accent
  • 99. Where did Milan Gorkić send Broz to arrange a secret conference of the CPY?
A) Kumrovec
B) Zagreb
C) Ljubljana
D) Lepoglava
  • 100. Who was the brother of the Roman Catholic bishop of Ljubljana and a communist sympathiser?
A) Milan Gorkić
B) Edvard Kardelj
C) Moša Pijade
D) The text does not name him, only mentions the bishop's brother
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