- 1. Who was the first king of Poland from the Jagiellonian dynasty?
A) Casimir III the Great
B) Henry IV Probus
C) Władysław II Jagiełło
D) Bolesław II the Generous
- 2. Which country was ruled by Władysław II Jagiełło before becoming king of Poland?
A) Russia
B) Bohemia
C) Hungary
D) Lithuania
- 3. In which battle did Władysław II Jagiełło decisively defeat the Teutonic Order in 1410?
A) Battle of Varna
B) Battle of Kosovo
C) Battle of Tannenberg
D) Battle of Grunwald
- 4. What treaty ended the Polish-Lithuanian union of the Jagiellonian dynasty in 1569?
A) Peace of Thorn
B) Union of Lublin
C) Treaty of Hadiach
D) Treaty of Brest
- 5. Who was the last male monarch of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland-Lithuania?
A) Sigismund I the Old
B) Sigismund II Augustus
C) Casimir IV Jagiellon
D) Władysław II Jagiełło
- 6. What was the capital city of Poland during the reign of the Jagiellonian dynasty?
A) Vilnius
B) Warsaw
C) Poznań
D) Kraków
- 7. Which famous astronomer, who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe, studied at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków?
A) Galileo Galilei
B) Johannes Kepler
C) Nicolaus Copernicus
D) Tycho Brahe
- 8. 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) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Raphael Sanzio
C) Michelangelo Buonarroti
D) Sandro Botticelli
- 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) Stanisław August Poniatowski
D) Stephen Báthory
- 10. Who was the last monarch from the Jagiellonian dynasty who lost the throne to the Swedish king, Sigismund III Vasa?
A) Sigismund II Augustus
B) Henry of Valois
C) Isabella Jagiellon
D) Anna Jagiellon
- 11. In what year did the Jagiellonian dynasty begin ruling Poland?
A) 1386
B) 1434
C) 1306
D) 1523
- 12. Which queen consort was a key figure during the Jagiellonian period?
A) Anna Jagiellon
B) Elisabeth of Austria
C) Barbara Radziwill
D) Bona Sforza
- 13. Which royal house did the Jagiellonian dynasty have close ties with?
A) Capet
B) Habsburg
C) Plantagenet
D) Wittelsbach
- 14. In which city was the Jagiellonian University founded during this period?
A) Poznan
B) Warsaw
C) Krakow
D) Gdansk
- 15. Which territory did Poland lose to the Ottoman Empire in 1672, marking the declining years of the Jagiellonian era?
A) Masovia
B) Podolia
C) Galicia
D) Red Ruthenia
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