Napoleon Bonaparte - Quiz
  • 1. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
A) France
B) Spain
C) Corsica
D) Italy
  • 2. What was Napoleon's official title when he became ruler of France in 1804?
A) Emperor
B) King
C) Dictator
D) President
  • 3. Napoleon's famous retreat from Moscow occurred in which year?
A) 1812
B) 1805
C) 1815
D) 1799
  • 4. What was the name of Napoleon's final battle that led to his ultimate defeat?
A) Battle of Borodino
B) Battle of Austerlitz
C) Battle of Leipzig
D) Battle of Waterloo
  • 5. What is the title of the famous painting depicting Napoleon on a rearing horse?
A) Conquest of Europe
B) Napoleon's Triumph
C) Napoleon Crossing the Alps
D) Emperor in Battle
  • 6. What was the name of Napoleon's nephew who later became Emperor of France?
A) Napoleon II
B) Louis Napoleon
C) Charles Louis Napoleon
D) Napoleon III
  • 7. In which country did Napoleon face a disastrous invasion in 1812?
A) Austria
B) Spain
C) Russia
D) Italy
  • 8. Which island was Napoleon's first place of exile?
A) St. Helena
B) Corsica
C) Elba
D) Sardinia
  • 9. What was Napoleon's famous law code called?
A) French Constitution
B) Napoleonic Doctrine
C) Napoleonic Code
D) Code of Liberty
  • 10. Where is Napoleon's tomb located?
A) Westminster Abbey, London
B) Sainte-Chapelle, Paris
C) Les Invalides, Paris
D) Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
  • 11. What was the name of Napoleon's famous horse?
A) Rocinante
B) Black Beauty
C) Shadowfax
D) Marengo
  • 12. What was the name of Napoleon's most famous naval defeat?
A) Battle of Trafalgar
B) Battle of Austerlitz
C) Battle of Marengo
D) Battle of Borodino
  • 13. What was Napoleon's full birth name?
A) Charles Bonaparte
B) Napoleone di Buonaparte
C) Napoleon Bonaparte
D) Louis Napoleon
  • 14. In what year did Napoleon move to mainland France?
A) 1785
B) 1804
C) 1779
D) 1793
  • 15. In which year did Napoleon crown himself Emperor of the French?
A) 1812
B) 1804
C) 1799
D) 1815
  • 16. Who did Napoleon install as King of Spain in 1808?
A) Joachim Murat
B) Napoleon himself
C) His brother Joseph
D) His brother Louis
  • 17. In which year did Napoleon die?
A) 1821
B) 1804
C) 1799
D) 1815
  • 18. What was one controversial action Napoleon took regarding civil rights?
A) Promoted freedom of speech
B) Established universal suffrage
C) Granted full voting rights to women
D) Abolished the free press
  • 19. What was Napoleon's military rank when he supported the French Revolution in 1789?
A) General
B) Captain
C) Commissioned as an officer
D) Private soldier
  • 20. Which family did Napoleon's maternal ancestors belong to?
A) The Marbeufs
B) The Paolis
C) The Bonapartes
D) The Ramolinos
  • 21. Who was the French governor that became Napoleon's father's patron?
A) Pasquale Paoli
B) Louis XVI
C) Pierre-Simon Laplace
D) Charles Louis de Marbeuf
  • 22. What was the name of Napoleon's birthplace?
A) Brienne-le-Château
B) Autun
C) École militaire
D) Maison Bonaparte in Ajaccio
  • 23. What was Napoleon's initial educational institution on the French mainland?
A) A religious school in Autun
B) Military academy at Brienne-le-Château
C) École militaire in Paris
D) University of Corsica
  • 24. Which subject did Napoleon excel in during his education?
A) French
B) Mathematics
C) German
D) History
  • 25. Who was the famed scientist that examined Napoleon at the École militaire?
A) Charles Louis de Marbeuf
B) Pierre-Simon Laplace
C) Louis XVI
D) Pasquale Paoli
  • 26. What was Napoleon's mother tongue?
A) Corsican and Italian
B) Latin and Greek
C) French and German
D) English and Spanish
  • 27. In which regiment was Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned as a second lieutenant upon graduating in September 1785?
A) Corsican Nationalist Brigade
B) Paris Infantry Regiment
C) La Fère artillery regiment
D) Royal Guard Regiment
  • 28. What was Bonaparte's stance towards the French revolutionary cause upon his return to Corsica in September 1789?
A) He promoted it.
B) He opposed it.
C) He ignored it.
D) He remained neutral.
  • 29. Who did Paoli deem a traitor upon returning to Corsica in July 1790?
A) Saliceti
B) Bonaparte's father
C) Robespierre
D) Bonaparte himself
  • 30. What political group did Bonaparte support during his time in Corsica?
A) The royalists
B) Paoli's supporters
C) The Jacobins
D) Corsican nationalists
  • 31. To what rank was Bonaparte promoted in the regular army in 1792?
A) Lieutenant
B) Major
C) General
D) Captain
  • 32. Who helped Bonaparte become the artillery commander of the republican forces in Toulon?
A) Paoli
B) Maximilien Robespierre
C) Antoine Christophe Saliceti
D) Augustin Robespierre
  • 33. What was the strategic significance of capturing a hill fort during the Siege of Toulon?
A) It served as a supply depot.
B) It was a symbolic victory.
C) It provided shelter for troops.
D) It allowed republican guns to dominate the city's harbour.
  • 34. Who promoted Bonaparte to brigadier general after the capture of Toulon?
A) Paoli
B) Saliceti
C) Maximilien Robespierre
D) Augustin Robespierre
  • 35. What was Bonaparte's role in the Army of Italy in February 1794?
A) Chief strategist
B) Artillery commander
C) Political advisor
D) Supply officer
  • 36. Where did Bonaparte's forces advance to after seizing Ormea?
A) West to outflank the Austro-Sardinian positions around Saorge.
B) East into Piedmont.
C) North towards Genoa.
D) South towards Nice.
  • 37. What was Bonaparte's mission in the Republic of Genoa?
A) To negotiate a peace treaty.
B) To establish a military alliance.
C) To determine the country's intentions towards France.
D) To recruit Corsican volunteers.
  • 38. What was Bonaparte's relationship with Désirée Clary?
A) Romantic
B) Cousin
C) Colleague
D) Enemy
  • 39. What novella did Bonaparte write during his period away from active military service?
A) The Corsican
B) Clisson et Eugénie
C) Les Misérables
D) War and Peace
  • 40. What event earned Bonaparte the patronage of the French Directory?
A) The expedition to Corsica
B) Writing Clisson et Eugénie
C) His marriage to Joséphine de Beauharnais
D) Defeating the royalist rebellion on 13 Vendémiaire
  • 41. What did Napoleon leave his fortune to?
A) His family members only
B) Charitable organizations
C) 97 legatees
D) The French government
  • 42. What was the outcome of the French expedition to take back Corsica from the British?
A) The French were repulsed by the Royal Navy
B) The British surrendered without a fight
C) The expedition was postponed
D) The French successfully took back Corsica
  • 43. Which religion did Napoleon grow up practicing?
A) Islam
B) Deism
C) Judaism
D) Roman Catholic
  • 44. What did the Concordat reintroduce for the clergy?
A) Excommunication rights
B) Monastic vows
C) State salaries
D) Private land ownership
  • 45. Against whom did Napoleon confront at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June?
A) Ney's army
B) Blücher's Prussians alone
C) The Spanish forces
D) Wellington's army
  • 46. Where did the remnants of Napoleon's army cross into allied territory?
A) The Seine river.
B) The Danube river.
C) The Rhine river.
D) The Nieman river.
  • 47. Which military leader did Bonaparte order to seize cannons during the Vendémiaire uprising?
A) Paul Barras
B) Sultan Selim III
C) Joachim Murat
D) Maximilien Robespierre
  • 48. What was the response of the 5th Regiment when Napoleon approached them alone near Grenoble?
A) They arrested him.
B) They shot at him.
C) They ignored him.
D) "Vive l'empereur!"
  • 49. On what date did the Austrian army cross the Inn River to invade Bavaria?
A) 21 May 1809
B) 10 April 1809
C) 13 May 1809
D) 17 April 1809
  • 50. To which country did the territory of the former Archbishopric of Salzburg go?
A) Austria
B) The Duchy of Warsaw
C) Bavaria
D) France
  • 51. What was Bonaparte's approach to securing his regime?
A) Alliances with other European monarchies.
B) Complete military domination of Europe.
C) "A victorious peace."
D) Economic reforms and trade agreements.
  • 52. Who controlled the nomination of bishops under the Concordat?
A) The government
B) The clergy themselves
C) Local communities
D) The pope alone
  • 53. What was Bonaparte's position in the government after the coup against the Directory?
A) President of the Senate.
B) Advisory member of the Council of Five Hundred.
C) Provisional consul with real power.
D) Head of the Legislative Body.
  • 54. What religion did Napoleon's second wife, Marie Louise, belong to?
A) Muslim
B) Deist
C) Catholic
D) Jewish
  • 55. On which ship did Napoleon arrive at Saint Helena?
A) Bellerophon
B) Conqueror
C) HMS Northumberland
D) HMS Victory
  • 56. What was the outcome of the Battle of Cape Finisterre?
A) An Austrian victory
B) A French victory
C) A British victory
D) A draw
  • 57. On what date did General Jean-Andoche Junot's French troops cross the Pyrenees to head towards Portugal?
A) 1 November 1807
B) 14 December 1807
C) 25 September 1807
D) 17 October 1807
  • 58. Which marshal of the empire joined Napoleon on 14 March?
A) Michel Ney
B) Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
C) Louis-Alexandre Berthier
D) André Masséna
  • 59. Where did Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve retreat to instead of Brest?
A) Cádiz
B) Madrid
C) Lisbon
D) Barcelona
  • 60. What pretext did Bonaparte use to arrest Jacobins and royalists?
A) A failed coup attempt by the Directory.
B) Collaboration with British forces.
C) "Several assassination plots, including the Conspiration des poignards."
D) Economic sabotage against France.
  • 61. When did the Austrians sign an armistice after the Battle of Znaim?
A) 21 May 1809
B) 10 April 1809
C) 5 July 1809
D) 12 July 1809
  • 62. What was the theory about Napoleon's death based on high arsenic levels?
A) Arsenic poisoning
B) Cyanide poisoning
C) Mercury poisoning
D) Lead poisoning
  • 63. Who led the British army sent to the peninsula in April after Napoleon left Spain?
A) General Jean-Andoche Junot
B) Arthur Wellesley
C) Napoleon Bonaparte
D) Joseph Bonaparte
  • 64. What did Napoleon refer to the Peninsular campaign as?
A) A minor skirmish
B) A glorious victory
C) The unlucky war that ruined me
D) A strategic success
  • 65. How far is Saint Helena from the west coast of Africa?
A) 2,000 km (1,100 nmi)
B) 2,200 km (1,200 nmi)
C) 1,870 km (1,010 nmi)
D) 1,500 km (800 nmi)
  • 66. Who left Napoleon's retinue in December 1816?
A) Montholon
B) Antommarchi
C) Las Cases
D) Gourgaud
  • 67. Which territory did Britain not evacuate as promised, leading to tensions with France?
A) Corsica
B) Cyprus
C) Malta
D) Sicily
  • 68. When was Napoleon's marriage to Joséphine annulled?
A) August 1809
B) December 1815
C) April 1804
D) January 1810
  • 69. Who did Napoleon accuse of assassinating him in his wills?
A) The Bourbons
B) The French aristocracy
C) His political rivals
D) The English oligarchy
  • 70. What were clergy required to swear an oath of loyalty to under the Concordat?
A) Napoleon's regime
B) The Catholic Church
C) The French Revolution
D) Pope Pius VII
  • 71. What type of marriage did Napoleon have with Joséphine in 1796?
A) Annulled
B) Bigamous
C) Civil
D) Religious
  • 72. What religion did Napoleon declare he died in, according to his will?
A) Deism
B) Apostolic Roman Catholicism
C) Islam
D) Judaism
  • 73. Which colony did Bonaparte fail to retake due to high disease rates and defeats?
A) Martinique
B) Guadeloupe
C) Saint-Domingue
D) Cuba
  • 74. What was Napoleon's age at the time of his death?
A) 45
B) 60
C) 55
D) 51
  • 75. Where did Napoleon and his followers first land on the French mainland after escaping Elba?
A) Paris
B) Marseille
C) Golfe-Juan
D) Bordeaux
  • 76. Where was Napoleon when he contemplated a march on Paris?
A) Paris
B) Leipzig
C) Dresden
D) Fontainebleau
  • 77. What significant artifact was discovered during the Egyptian expedition?
A) The Bust of Nefertiti.
B) The Dead Sea Scrolls.
C) The Rosetta Stone.
D) The Sarcophagus of Tutankhamun.
  • 78. What was Bonaparte's role in the new government after the coup?
A) President of the Legislative Body.
B) Third consul with minimal influence.
C) Second consul with advisory powers.
D) First consul with real power.
  • 79. On what date did the coup against the Directory occur?
A) 14 June 1800.
B) 7 February 1800.
C) 9 November 1799 (18 Brumaire).
D) 26 January 1802.
  • 80. How many men did the Grande Armée have by August 1805?
A) 350,000 men
B) 500,000 men
C) 200,000 men
D) 100,000 men
  • 81. Which empire did Napoleon attempt to ally with as part of his Middle Eastern strategy?
A) The Persian Empire
B) The Roman Empire
C) The Byzantine Empire
D) The Ottoman Empire
  • 82. In what year did France and Britain sign the Treaty of Amiens?
A) 1804
B) 1802
C) 1803
D) 1799
  • 83. Where did Louis XVIII flee to on 20 March?
A) Belgium
B) Switzerland
C) Italy
D) Germany
  • 84. Who diagnosed Napoleon with chronic hepatitis?
A) Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases
B) François Carlo Antommarchi
C) Hudson Lowe
D) Barry O'Meara
  • 85. To whom did Napoleon surrender on HMS Bellerophon?
A) Leopold I of Belgium
B) Horatio Nelson
C) Arthur Wellesley
D) Frederick Lewis Maitland
  • 86. Who surrendered Malta to Bonaparte in June 1798?
A) Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim.
B) General Charles-Pierre Augereau.
C) Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte.
D) King Louis XVI of France.
  • 87. What was the official count of votes in favor of the Constitution of the Year VIII?
A) Half a million.
B) Over three million.
C) Exactly two million.
D) Less than one million.
  • 88. Who was the commander that defeated Bonaparte's forces in Saint-Domingue?
A) Jean-Jacques Dessalines
B) Charles Leclerc
C) Antoine Richepance
D) Toussaint Louverture
  • 89. Which religious text did Napoleon read in translation?
A) The Bible
B) The Quran
C) The Vedas
D) The Torah
  • 90. What strategy did Bonaparte use to secure his regime?
A) Economic reforms and trade agreements.
B) A victorious peace.
C) Alliances with other European monarchies.
D) Complete military domination of Europe.
  • 91. By what year had the French been driven from the Iberian Peninsula?
A) 1812
B) 1814
C) 1815
D) 1809
  • 92. What was the result of the Battle of Eylau?
A) A Prussian triumph
B) A bloody stalemate
C) A Russian retreat
D) A decisive French victory
  • 93. Which country did Napoleon focus on after Tilsit due to its reluctance to enforce a blockade against Britain?
A) Portugal
B) Russia
C) Spain
D) France
  • 94. How did Napoleon describe the role of religion in social and political affairs?
A) Spiritual
B) Utilitarian
C) Irrelevant
D) Mystical
  • 95. Who did Napoleon defend against Voltaire's criticism?
A) Jesus Christ
B) Buddha
C) Moses
D) Muhammad
  • 96. What was the cause of death concluded by an international team in 2021?
A) Arsenic poisoning
B) Internal bleeding
C) Heart failure
D) Stomach cancer
  • 97. Who did Napoleon marry after his marriage to Joséphine was annulled?
A) Catherine the Great
B) Joséphine
C) Marie Louise
D) Pope Pius VII
  • 98. Who was Napoleon's first wife?
A) Pope Pius VII
B) Catherine the Great
C) Marie Louise
D) Joséphine
  • 99. When did an uprising against the French break out in Madrid?
A) 2 May 1808
B) 17 October 1807
C) 21 August 1808
D) 24 July 1808
  • 100. In which year did Ottoman Emperor Selim III recognize Napoleon as emperor?
A) April 1808
B) February 1806
C) March 1807
D) January 1805
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