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