- 1. Which year did the Kingdom of Sicily originate?
A) 1200
B) 1130
C) 1250
D) 1066
- 2. Who was the first King of Sicily?
A) Frederick II
B) Roger II
C) Henry VI
D) William I
- 3. Which dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Sicily from 1198 to 1266?
A) Anjou
B) Savoy
C) Hohenstaufen
D) Norman
- 4. Which city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Sicily?
A) Catania
B) Siracusa
C) Palermo
D) Messina
- 5. Which document defined the rights of the Sicilian nobility under Norman rule?
A) Magna Carta
B) Assizes of Ariano
C) Code of Justinian
D) Edict of Milan
- 6. Who became the ruler of the unified Kingdom of Sicily in 1816 following the Congress of Vienna?
A) Ferdinand I
B) Charles X
C) Louis XVIII
D) Napoleon III
- 7. In what year did the Sicilian Vespers rebellion against Angevin rule begin?
A) 1302
B) 1282
C) 1266
D) 1347
- 8. Which famous volcano overlooks the city of Catania in Sicily?
A) Mount Etna
B) Vesuvius
C) Stromboli
D) Krakatoa
- 9. Who was the famous Sicilian ruler known as 'the Great Count'?
A) Roger I
B) Constance
C) Tancred
D) William II
- 10. The Siege of Malta in 1565 was a battle between the Knights of St. John and which empire for control of the island?
A) Ottoman Empire
B) Venetian Empire
C) Spanish Empire
D) Byzantine Empire
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