- 1. Who was the first king of Poland from the Jagiellonian dynasty?
A) Władysław II Jagiełło
B) Casimir III the Great
C) Henry IV Probus
D) Bolesław II the Generous
- 2. Which country was ruled by Władysław II Jagiełło before becoming king of Poland?
A) Lithuania
B) Bohemia
C) Hungary
D) Russia
- 3. In which battle did Władysław II Jagiełło decisively defeat the Teutonic Order in 1410?
A) Battle of Kosovo
B) Battle of Tannenberg
C) Battle of Varna
D) Battle of Grunwald
- 4. What treaty ended the Polish-Lithuanian union of the Jagiellonian dynasty in 1569?
A) Peace of Thorn
B) Union of Lublin
C) Treaty of Brest
D) Treaty of Hadiach
- 5. Who was the last male monarch of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland-Lithuania?
A) Sigismund II Augustus
B) Sigismund I the Old
C) Casimir IV Jagiellon
D) Władysław II Jagiełło
- 6. What was the capital city of Poland during the reign of the Jagiellonian dynasty?
A) Kraków
B) Warsaw
C) Poznań
D) Vilnius
- 7. Who was the last monarch from the Jagiellonian dynasty who lost the throne to the Swedish king, Sigismund III Vasa?
A) Isabella Jagiellon
B) Henry of Valois
C) Sigismund II Augustus
D) Anna Jagiellon
- 8. In which city was the Jagiellonian University founded during this period?
A) Poznan
B) Krakow
C) Gdansk
D) Warsaw
- 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) Stephen Báthory
C) Stanisław August Poniatowski
D) John III Sobieski
- 10. Which royal house did the Jagiellonian dynasty have close ties with?
A) Plantagenet
B) Capet
C) Habsburg
D) Wittelsbach
- 11. Which queen consort was a key figure during the Jagiellonian period?
A) Elisabeth of Austria
B) Anna Jagiellon
C) Barbara Radziwill
D) Bona Sforza
- 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) Michelangelo Buonarroti
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Sandro Botticelli
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) Johannes Kepler
C) Galileo Galilei
D) Tycho Brahe
- 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) 1434
B) 1523
C) 1306
D) 1386
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