- 1. Which year did the Kingdom of Sicily originate?
A) 1130
B) 1066
C) 1250
D) 1200
- 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) Savoy
B) Hohenstaufen
C) Norman
D) Anjou
- 4. Which city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Sicily?
A) Palermo
B) Siracusa
C) Messina
D) Catania
- 5. Which document defined the rights of the Sicilian nobility under Norman rule?
A) Code of Justinian
B) Assizes of Ariano
C) Edict of Milan
D) Magna Carta
- 6. Who became the ruler of the unified Kingdom of Sicily in 1816 following the Congress of Vienna?
A) Louis XVIII
B) Napoleon III
C) Charles X
D) Ferdinand I
- 7. In what year did the Sicilian Vespers rebellion against Angevin rule begin?
A) 1266
B) 1347
C) 1302
D) 1282
- 8. Which famous volcano overlooks the city of Catania in Sicily?
A) Krakatoa
B) Vesuvius
C) Mount Etna
D) Stromboli
- 9. Who was the famous Sicilian ruler known as 'the Great Count'?
A) Tancred
B) Roger I
C) William II
D) Constance
- 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) Byzantine Empire
B) Ottoman Empire
C) Venetian Empire
D) Spanish Empire
- 11. What was the name of the revolt in 1282 that ended Angevin rule on Sicily?
A) Baronial Revolt
B) Angevin Uprising
C) Sicilian Vespers
D) Norman Revolt
- 12. Which regions divided the island of Sicily?
A) Upper, Middle, and Lower Sicily
B) Val di Mazara, Val Demone, and Val di Noto
C) East, West, and Central Sicily
D) North, South, and Central Sicily
- 13. Who was the Holy Roman Emperor that invaded Sicily on behalf of his wife Constance?
A) Lothair III
B) Charles V
C) Frederick I
D) Henry VI
- 14. Who was betrothed to Henry, the son of Frederick I, in 1184?
A) Constance
B) Adelasia del Vasto
C) Sibylla of Acerra
D) Margaret of Navarre
- 15. Who was deposed as William III of Sicily in 1194?
A) Tancred's young son
B) Frederick I
C) Henry VI
D) Roger of Andria
- 16. Who became Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in 1220?
A) Philip of Swabia
B) Walter III of Brienne
C) Frederick
D) Manfred of Sicily
- 17. Who was appointed as regent in 1198 to secure Frederick's inheritance?
A) William of Capparone
B) Walter of Palearia
C) Markward von Anweiler
D) Dipold of Vohburg
- 18. Which pope reasserted papal authority in Sicily during Frederick's early reign?
A) Pope Innocent III
B) Pope Gregory IX
C) Pope Urban III
D) Pope Honorius III
- 19. Who was commissioned by Pope Innocent IV to administer the Kingdom of Sicily in 1251?
A) The Brienne family
B) The Hohenstaufen family
C) The Palearia family
D) The Miossi family
- 20. When did the Angevin invasion end Hohenstaufen rule in Sicily?
A) 1266
B) 1230
C) 1245
D) 1228
- 21. Which religious community had its own administrative and judicial order in many Sicilian cities?
A) Only Latin Catholics
B) Only Jews
C) Each religious community
D) Only Muslims
- 22. What was the estimated population range of the Kingdom of Sicily in the mid to late 13th century?
A) 7 to 8 million
B) 2 to 3 million
C) 5 to 6 million
D) 4 to 4.5 million
- 23. What was the outcome of escalating revolts against the monarchy?
A) Independence from foreign rule
B) Continued feudal rule
C) Establishment of a republic
D) Unification with Italy
- 24. In what year did Charles V give Malta and Gozo to the Knights Hospitaller?
A) 1443
B) 1530
C) 1412
D) 1494
- 25. Which British ambassador tried to distance Naples and Sicily from Spanish and Austrian influence?
A) William Hamilton
B) Horatio Nelson
C) Lord William Bentinck
D) Bernardo Tanucci
- 26. What was the population of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1803?
A) 4 million
B) 1,656,000
C) 2 million
D) 3 million
- 27. What was the state religion of Sicily since the 12th century?
A) Christianity
B) Judaism
C) Greek Catholicism
D) Islam
- 28. What was the salma equivalent to in liters in the western part of the Kingdom?
A) 300.3 liters
B) 275.08 liters
C) 350 liters
D) 200 liters
- 29. Who was the last male heir of the Hohenstaufen dynasty?
A) Philip of Swabia
B) Conradin
C) Frederick II
D) Manfred of Sicily
- 30. Which city became one of the leading commercial cities by the end of the 12th century?
A) Catania
B) Messina
C) Modica
D) Palermo
- 31. Who was the commander of British troops in Sicily during its occupation from 1806 to 1814?
A) Horatio Nelson
B) William Hamilton
C) Lord William Bentinck
D) Bernardo Tanucci
- 32. In which year did earthquakes kill 5% of the Kingdom's population?
A) 1710
B) 1700
C) 1669
D) 1693
- 33. What groups emerged due to mistreatment by feudal lords?
A) Merchant guilds
B) Brigands self-named 'mafia'
C) Peasant unions
D) Noble coalitions
- 34. What was a significant societal issue during the 17th and 18th centuries in Sicily?
A) Widespread corruption
B) Economic prosperity
C) Religious reform
D) Technological advancement
- 35. What did the Angevins begin during their rule in Sicily?
A) Feudalising the country
B) Centralizing power in Palermo
C) Promoting local autonomy
D) Expanding trade with northern Europe
- 36. What was the basic coin used by Norman kings in the 12th century Kingdom of Sicily?
A) The follaris
B) The tari
C) The augustalis
D) The romesina
- 37. Which country occupied Sicily in 1718?
A) Spain
B) Great Britain
C) France
D) Austria
- 38. Who maintained their privileges during the Norman Kingdom of Sicily?
A) Aragonese allies
B) Local communities
C) Northern Italian lords
D) Feudal lords
- 39. Which coin was equivalent to the Venetian ducat when minted in Sicily in 1490?
A) The tari
B) The follaris
C) The triumpho
D) The augustalis
- 40. What percentage of crops was cultivated with obsolete methods by 1800?
A) Two-thirds
B) All
C) One-third
D) Half
- 41. How many towns in the Kingdom of Sicily had a population over 20,000 during the Hohenstaufen era?
A) 10
B) 8
C) 3
D) 5
- 42. When did the Kingdom of Sicily have its parliament established?
A) 1097
B) 1200
C) 1400
D) 1300
- 43. What was the annual fee Charles V received from the Knights Hospitaller for Malta and Gozo?
A) Silver ingots
B) Feathers
C) Gold coins
D) Two Maltese falcons
- 44. What action did the Hohenstaufen rulers take that led to clashes and rebellions?
A) Encouraged urban migration
B) Replaced local nobility with northern Italian lords
C) Introduced new taxes on agriculture
D) Abolished local parliaments
- 45. Who did urban dwellers become allies with after the rise of middle class nationalism?
A) Normans
B) Aragonese
C) Hohenstaufen
D) Angevins
- 46. Which scholar argued that the economic decline of Sicily began during Frederick III's reign?
A) Edward Gibbon
B) Clifford Backman
C) Stephen Epstein
D) Geoffrey Parker
- 47. How many tumoli was one salma divided into?
A) 10
B) 16
C) 12
D) 20
- 48. How many tari was one onza equivalent to in the Kingdom of Sicily?
A) Twenty grani
B) Thirty tari
C) Six denari
D) Five florins
- 49. Who held real power during Ferdinand IV's minority in Naples and Sicily?
A) Bernardo Tanucci
B) William Hamilton
C) John Acton
D) Queen Maria Carolina
- 50. What was the relationship between Malta and the Kingdom of Sicily during the Knights Hospitaller's rule?
A) Vassal state of Aragon
B) Feudal, continued until French occupation in 1798
C) Colonial, under direct Spanish control
D) Independent, with no ties to Sicily
- 51. Which year did another Sicilian revolution of independence occur?
A) 1734
B) 1815
C) 1799
D) 1848–49
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