Vaclav Havel Quiz
Vaclav Havel was the tenth and last president of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and the first President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003). He was a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He . He wrote over 20 plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally. Havel received the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Philadelphia Liberty Medal, the Order of Canada, the freedom medal of the Four Freedoms Award, and the Ambassador of Conscience Award and several other distinctions.
Vaclav Havel Quiz Questions
1. When was Vaclav Havel president of Czech Republic?
a) 1984-1988
b) 1993-2003
c) 2004-2008
d) 1979-1984
2. Of which country was Vaclav Havel president in 1989-1993?
a) USSR
b) Yugoslavia
c) Czechoslovakia
d) Bohemia
3. When was Vaclav Havel born?
a) 19 January 1932
b) 15 May 1938
c) 17 August 1939
d) 5 October 1936
4. Where was Vaclav Havel born?
a) Bratislava
b) Prague
c) Vienna
d) Ostrava
5. When did the communists confiscate Vaclav Havel’s family property?
a) 1952
b) 1939
c) 1941
d) 1948
6. Which was Vaclav Havel’s first solo play?
a) Tomorrow
b) Audience
c) The Garden Party
d) Protest
7. When did Vaclav Havel write the essay The Power and the Powerless?
a) 1978
b) 1980
c) 1987
d) 1964
8. How is the agreement between Civic Forum and Communist Party that brought Vaclav Havel to power known?
a) Orange Revolution
b) Rose Revolution
c) Velvet Revolution
d) Jasmine Revolution
9. Which play of Vaclav Havel is based on his struggles when losing power?
a) The Memorandum
b) Leaving
c) Private View
d) The Increased Difficulty of Concentration
10. When did Vaclav Havel die?
a) 26 March 1999
b) 12 June 2008
c) 14 July 2001
d) 18 December 2011
Vaclav Havel Quiz Questions and Answers
1. When was Vaclav Havel president of Czech Republic?
b) 1993-2003
2. Of which country was Vaclav Havel president in 1989-1993?
c) Czechoslovakia
3. When was Vaclav Havel born?
d) 5 October 1936
4. Where was Vaclav Havel born?
b) Prague
5. When did the communists confiscate Vaclav Havel’s family property?
d) 1948
6. Which was Vaclav Havel’s first solo play?
c) The Garden Party
7. When did Vaclav Havel write the essay The Power and the Powerless?
a) 1978
8. How is the agreement between Civic Forum and Communist Party that brought Vaclav Havel to power known?
c) Velvet Revolution
9. Which play of Vaclav Havel is based on his struggles when losing power?
b) Leaving
10. When did Vaclav Havel die?
d) 18 December 2011