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