- 1. Who was the first king of Poland from the Jagiellonian dynasty?
A) Władysław II Jagiełło
B) Casimir III the Great
C) Bolesław II the Generous
D) Henry IV Probus
- 2. Which country was ruled by Władysław II Jagiełło before becoming king of Poland?
A) Hungary
B) Russia
C) Lithuania
D) Bohemia
- 3. In which battle did Władysław II Jagiełło decisively defeat the Teutonic Order in 1410?
A) Battle of Varna
B) Battle of Tannenberg
C) Battle of Kosovo
D) Battle of Grunwald
- 4. What treaty ended the Polish-Lithuanian union of the Jagiellonian dynasty in 1569?
A) Union of Lublin
B) Treaty of Brest
C) Peace of Thorn
D) Treaty of Hadiach
- 5. Who was the last male monarch of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland-Lithuania?
A) Władysław II Jagiełło
B) Casimir IV Jagiellon
C) Sigismund II Augustus
D) Sigismund I the Old
- 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) Sandro Botticelli
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Michelangelo Buonarroti
D) Raphael Sanzio
- 9. During whose reign did Poland's capital move from Kraków to Warsaw, marking a transition away from the Jagiellonian dynasty?
A) Sigismund III Vasa
B) John III Sobieski
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) Henry of Valois
B) Anna Jagiellon
C) Isabella Jagiellon
D) Sigismund II Augustus
- 11. In what year did the Jagiellonian dynasty begin ruling Poland?
A) 1306
B) 1434
C) 1386
D) 1523
- 12. Which queen consort was a key figure during the Jagiellonian period?
A) Elisabeth of Austria
B) Bona Sforza
C) Anna Jagiellon
D) Barbara Radziwill
- 13. Which royal house did the Jagiellonian dynasty have close ties with?
A) Wittelsbach
B) Capet
C) Plantagenet
D) Habsburg
- 14. In which city was the Jagiellonian University founded during this period?
A) Krakow
B) Gdansk
C) Warsaw
D) Poznan
- 15. Which territory did Poland lose to the Ottoman Empire in 1672, marking the declining years of the Jagiellonian era?
A) Podolia
B) Galicia
C) Masovia
D) Red Ruthenia
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