1. When was the *Austrian* Empire founded? 1804 962 843 1438

2. Which Habsburg emperor also ruled Spain and its new empire in the Americas, and also ruled the Netherlands? Charles V Philip II Maximilian II Ferdinand I

3. In 1683 Vienna was besieged by the army of another imperial power. It was the __________ ? Answer: (Two Words)

4. Which German state successfully challenged the leading position of the Habsburgs in Central Europe in 1740-63? Answer: (One Word)

5. Only one woman has ever ruled Austria. Who was it? Elizabeth Bathory Elizabeth of Hungary Catherine the Great Maria Theresa

6. In the Napoleonic Wars a combined Austrian and Russian army suffered a particularly devastating defeat at the hands of Napoleon. What was the battle called? Answer: (one word)

7. After the Napoleonic Wars the name of one Austrian politician (Foreign Minister, 1809-48 and also Chancellor, 1822-48) became a byword for political repression. Who was it? Bismarck Czernin Karolyi Metternich

8. In 1848, there were uprisings and (unsuccessful) revolutions in many parts of the Habsburg domains. In which region or country did the revolution prove hardest to suppress? Lower Austria and Vienna Bohemia Hungary Lombardy

9. Until the rapid expansion of Budapest from the about 1860 onwards, which place was regarded as the 'second city' of the Empire? Innsbruck Krakow Zagreb Prague

10. What was the most immediate result of Austria's defeat by Prussia in 1866? The loss of Silesia Over a decade of economic hardship The disintegration of the Empire The exclusion of Austria from Germany

11. When was the Austrian Empire transformed into the 'dual monarchy' of Austria-Hungary? 1867 1816 1853 1902

12. Which of the following psychologists was NOT an Austrian citizen? Carl Jung Alfred Adler Sigmund Freud Richard von Krafft-Ebing

13. Austria-Hungary disintegrated at the end of World War I. Which completely new country was formed almost exclusively from former Austro-Hungarian territory? Czechoslovakia Romania Yugoslavia Albania

14. When did the Nazis invade Austria? 1933 1938 1934 1937

15. When did Austria regain full sovereignty after World War II? 1955 1945 1968 1950