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