- 1. Which year did the Kingdom of Sicily originate?
A) 1130
B) 1066
C) 1200
D) 1250
- 2. Who was the first King of Sicily?
A) Henry VI
B) Roger II
C) William I
D) Frederick II
- 3. Which dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Sicily from 1198 to 1266?
A) Norman
B) Anjou
C) Savoy
D) Hohenstaufen
- 4. Which city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Sicily?
A) Palermo
B) Messina
C) Catania
D) Siracusa
- 5. Who was the famous Sicilian ruler known as 'the Great Count'?
A) Roger I
B) William II
C) Tancred
D) Constance
- 6. Which document defined the rights of the Sicilian nobility under Norman rule?
A) Assizes of Ariano
B) Magna Carta
C) Edict of Milan
D) Code of Justinian
- 7. In what year did the Sicilian Vespers rebellion against Angevin rule begin?
A) 1347
B) 1282
C) 1266
D) 1302
- 8. The Siege of Malta in 1565 was a battle between the Knights of St. John and which empire for control of the island?
A) Spanish Empire
B) Venetian Empire
C) Byzantine Empire
D) Ottoman Empire
- 9. Who became the ruler of the unified Kingdom of Sicily in 1816 following the Congress of Vienna?
A) Ferdinand I
B) Napoleon III
C) Louis XVIII
D) Charles X
- 10. Which famous volcano overlooks the city of Catania in Sicily?
A) Stromboli
B) Mount Etna
C) Krakatoa
D) Vesuvius
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