- 1. Who was the first king of Poland from the Jagiellonian dynasty?
A) Henry IV Probus
B) Casimir III the Great
C) Władysław II Jagiełło
D) Bolesław II the Generous
- 2. Which country was ruled by Władysław II Jagiełło before becoming king of Poland?
A) Hungary
B) Lithuania
C) Bohemia
D) Russia
- 3. In which battle did Władysław II Jagiełło decisively defeat the Teutonic Order in 1410?
A) Battle of Kosovo
B) Battle of Varna
C) Battle of Tannenberg
D) Battle of Grunwald
- 4. What treaty ended the Polish-Lithuanian union of the Jagiellonian dynasty in 1569?
A) Peace of Thorn
B) Treaty of Hadiach
C) Treaty of Brest
D) Union of Lublin
- 5. Who was the last male monarch of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland-Lithuania?
A) Sigismund II Augustus
B) Casimir IV Jagiellon
C) Władysław II Jagiełło
D) Sigismund I the Old
- 6. What was the capital city of Poland during the reign of the Jagiellonian dynasty?
A) Poznań
B) Vilnius
C) Kraków
D) Warsaw
- 7. Who was the last monarch from the Jagiellonian dynasty who lost the throne to the Swedish king, Sigismund III Vasa?
A) Anna Jagiellon
B) Isabella Jagiellon
C) Henry of Valois
D) Sigismund II Augustus
- 8. In which city was the Jagiellonian University founded during this period?
A) Gdansk
B) Poznan
C) Warsaw
D) Krakow
- 9. During whose reign did Poland's capital move from Kraków to Warsaw, marking a transition away from the Jagiellonian dynasty?
A) Sigismund III Vasa
B) Stanisław August Poniatowski
C) Stephen Báthory
D) John III Sobieski
- 10. Which royal house did the Jagiellonian dynasty have close ties with?
A) Wittelsbach
B) Habsburg
C) Plantagenet
D) Capet
- 11. Which queen consort was a key figure during the Jagiellonian period?
A) Elisabeth of Austria
B) Barbara Radziwill
C) Bona Sforza
D) Anna Jagiellon
- 12. Which famous Italian artist was invited by King Sigismund I the Old to paint the ceiling of the Gothic vault in the Wawel Castle in Kraków?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Sandro Botticelli
C) Michelangelo Buonarroti
D) Raphael Sanzio
- 13. Which famous astronomer, who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe, studied at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków?
A) Nicolaus Copernicus
B) Tycho Brahe
C) Johannes Kepler
D) Galileo Galilei
- 14. Which territory did Poland lose to the Ottoman Empire in 1672, marking the declining years of the Jagiellonian era?
A) Masovia
B) Galicia
C) Podolia
D) Red Ruthenia
- 15. In what year did the Jagiellonian dynasty begin ruling Poland?
A) 1306
B) 1523
C) 1434
D) 1386
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