A) 13th century B) 15th century C) 14th century D) 16th century
A) Ottoman sultans B) The Papacy C) Western European crusaders D) Despots of the Morea
A) Mehmed I B) Constantine XI C) John VIII D) Manuel II
A) Crusade of Nicopolis B) Fall of Thessaloniki C) Council of Florence D) Siege of the Morea
A) Hungary, Austria and Venice B) Scandinavia, Scotland and Ireland C) Italy, France and England D) Spain, Germany and Poland
A) Murad II B) Mehmed II C) Mehmed I D) Bayezid I
A) Thessaloniki B) Morea C) Corfu D) Constantinople
A) 1394 B) 1421 C) 1453 D) 1403
A) To pursue scholarly and religious interests B) Due to a severe physical injury C) To live in exile in Rome D) To fight in the Crusades
A) Bayezid I B) Mustafa Çelebi C) Turahan Bey D) Orhan Çelebi
A) Suleiman the Magnificent B) Murad II C) Mehmed II D) Bayezid I
A) Manuel B) Thomas C) Demetrios D) Constantine
A) Andreas and Manuel B) John and Demetrios C) Demetrios and Manuel D) Constantine and Thomas
A) Catherine Zaccaria B) Helena Dragaš C) Cardinal Bessarion D) Pope Pius II
A) Murad II B) Bayezid I C) Mehmed I D) Mehmed II
A) Lazar Branković B) Turahan Bey C) Mustafa Çelebi D) Orhan Çelebi
A) Bayezid I B) Murad II C) Mehmed II D) Turahan Bey
A) January 1459 B) 29 May 1453 C) June 1448 D) 12 May 1465
A) 10 years B) More than a decade C) 53 days D) 3 years
A) Of old age in the Morea B) Fighting in defense of Constantinople C) Executed by Mehmed II D) In exile in Rome
A) Imprisoned them in Constantinople B) Executed them immediately C) Allowed them to keep their titles and lands as Ottoman vassals D) Banished them to England
A) Thomas B) Andreas C) Manuel D) Demetrios
A) Albanian lords in the Morea B) The Papal Guard C) Venetian authorities on Corfu D) Russian princes
A) 1460 B) 1453 C) 1465 D) 1472
A) Fought a 53-day siege B) Surrendered to the Ottomans without a fight C) Joined the Papal Guard D) Fled into exile in Rome
A) 1469 B) 1465 C) 1470 D) 1502
A) She married Lazar Branković instead B) She fled to Moscow C) She converted to Islam D) The sultan feared she would poison him
A) 1465 B) 1502 C) 1469 D) 1470
A) Catherine Zaccaria B) Maria Palaiologina C) Zoe Palaiologina D) Helena Dragaš
A) Corfu B) Rhodes C) Morea D) Thessaloniki
A) Pope Julius II B) Pope Pius II C) Pope Leo X D) Cardinal Bessarion
A) 1476 B) 1502 C) 12 May 1465 D) 29 May 1453
A) Cardinal Bessarion B) Ivan III C) Pope Pius II D) Mehmed II
A) Suleiman the Magnificent B) Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow C) Lazar Branković D) Bayezid II
A) Manuel B) Demetrios C) John D) Andreas
A) Despot of the Morea B) Grand Prince of Moscow C) Sultan of the Ottomans D) Imperator Constantinopolitanus
A) George Sphrantzes B) Orhan Çelebi C) Turahan Bey D) Manuel II
A) Mehmed II confiscated his lands in Constantinople B) He spent all his money on crusades C) He lost his fortune in the civil war in the Morea D) His father's pension was split and constantly cut back by the Papacy
A) His claims to various Byzantine titles B) His collection of ancient manuscripts C) His fortresses in the Morea D) His sister Zoe's inheritance
A) He was already a wealthy Ottoman vassal B) He died before Andreas C) He was the second son and did not have any claims to sell D) He converted to Islam earlier in life
A) Serbia B) Corfu C) Constantinople D) Moscow
A) Sultan Mehmed II B) Constantine XI C) Pope Pius II D) Ivan III
A) 1470 B) 1512 C) 1502 D) 1465
A) Constantine Palaiologos B) Fernando Palaiologos C) John Palaiologos D) Andreas Palaiologos
A) Grand Prince Ivan III B) Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan C) George Sphrantzes D) Cardinal Bessarion
A) Murad II B) Bayezid II C) Mehmed II D) Suleiman the Magnificent
A) Zoe and Helena B) Constantine and Fernando C) Thomas and Demetrios D) John and Andreas
A) Became the Emperor of Constantinople in Rome B) Fled to Moscow to join Grand Prince Ivan III C) Converted to Islam and might have served as an Ottoman court official D) Became a commander in the Papal Guard
A) Suleiman the Magnificent B) Mehmed II C) Mehmed I D) Bayezid II
A) Late 14th century B) Mid 15th century C) Early 16th century D) Late 17th century
A) Helena B) Manuel C) Andreas D) Zoe
A) John VIII B) Constantine XI C) Manuel II D) Thomas Palaiologos
A) Demetrios B) Bayezid C) Constantine D) Thomas
A) Constantine XI Palaiologos B) John VIII Palaiologos C) Mehmed I D) Manuel II Palaiologos
A) Murad II B) Mehmed I C) Bayezid I D) Mehmed II
A) A Venetian trade colony B) A province ruled by the Papacy C) An independent Crusader kingdom D) A Byzantine government-in-exile
A) 1253 B) 1261 C) 1223 D) 1284
A) despotes B) megas konostaulos C) megas domestikos D) megas doux
A) Thrace B) Macedonia C) Anatolia D) Morea
A) Laskaris dynasty B) Palaiologos dynasty C) Komnenos dynasty D) Kantakouzenos dynasty
A) Fighting a duel B) Swearing an oath in Hagia Sophia C) Holding a red-hot iron D) Offering gold to the emperor
A) Irene B) Helena C) Theodora Vatatzaina D) Anna of Savoy
A) megas konostaulos B) megas doux C) megas domestikos D) despotes
A) 25 December 1261 B) 25 July 1256 C) 25 July 1261 D) 1 January 1259
A) Alexios Strategopoulos B) Andronikos III C) John Kantakouzenos D) Michael Palaiologos
A) Almost ten years B) Almost sixty years C) Almost a hundred years D) Almost twenty years
A) Panagia Pammakaristos B) Church of the Holy Apostles C) Hagia Sophia D) Church of the Chora
A) 25 December 1261 B) 15 August 1284 C) 25 July 1261 D) 1 January 1259
A) George Mouzalon B) Joseph I C) John XIV D) Arsenios Autoreianos
A) Nine years B) Nineteen years C) Twelve years D) Four years
A) 25 years old B) 40 years old C) 33 years old D) 11 years old
A) 1352 B) 1320 C) 1341 D) 1328
A) 1347 B) 1328 C) 1320 D) 1341
A) 1357 B) 1352 C) 1347 D) 1328
A) Ottoman Empire B) Latin Empire C) Serbian Empire D) Bulgarian Empire
A) Matthew Kantakouzenos B) Theodore Palaiologos C) Andronikos IV Palaiologos D) John VII Palaiologos
A) 1355 B) 1357 C) 1391 D) 1382
A) 1382 B) 1347 C) 1371 D) 1355
A) 1352 B) 1390 C) 1376 D) 1373
A) Genoa B) Serbia C) Venice D) Bulgaria
A) 1381 B) 1379 C) 1376 D) 1385
A) 1373 B) 1379 C) 1385 D) 1381
A) 1390 B) 1379 C) 1381 D) 1385
A) 1390 B) 1391 C) 1385 D) 1341
A) Palaiologissa B) Palaeologus C) Palaiologinaia D) Palaiologina
A) Anatolia B) Ancient Roman Italy C) The Latin Empire D) Montferrat
A) Military aristocracy B) Peasantry C) Foreign merchants D) Religious clergy
A) 1453 B) 1259 C) 1261 D) 1204
A) Laskaris B) Crusaders C) Romans D) Bulgarians
A) Refusal of the church to pay taxes B) Frequent civil wars between family members C) Mass emigration to Italy D) Rebellion by the military aristocracy
A) A client state B) An independent republic C) A dominant power D) An equal ally
A) Female-line descendants B) Direct imperial male-line descendants C) No descendants survive at all D) Descendants from the cadet branch in Montferrat
A) Palaeologus-Montferrat B) Palaeologus-Nicaea C) Palaiologos-Anatolia D) Palaiologos-Constantinople
A) 1453 B) 1566 C) 1600 D) 1536
A) 1453 B) 1536 C) 1566 D) 1261
A) Montferrat B) Greece C) Anatolia D) Italy
A) Vetus verbum B) Imperium romanum C) Patricius romanus D) Magnus domestikos
A) 330 B) 1204 C) 1185 D) 1081
A) Theme of Dyrrhachium B) Theme of Mesopotamia C) Theme of Constantinople D) Anatolic Theme
A) Ragman B) Commander-in-chief C) Old word D) Antique collector |