Louis XVI
  • 1. When was Louis XVI born?
A) 1726
B) 1804
C) 1789
D) 1754
  • 2. Which queen was Louis XVI married to?
A) Isabella of Spain
B) Catherine de Medici
C) Anne of Austria
D) Marie Antoinette
  • 3. In which year did Louis XVI become the King of France?
A) 1815
B) 1789
C) 1774
D) 1793
  • 4. What was the title of Louis XVI before he became king?
A) Dauphin of France
B) Count of Provence
C) Prince of Wales
D) Duke of Burgundy
  • 5. In which year was Louis XVI deposed?
A) 1794
B) 1801
C) 1789
D) 1792
  • 6. Which famous pamphleteer criticized Louis XVI in 'Rights of Man'?
A) Karl Marx
B) Thomas Paine
C) Rousseau
D) Voltaire
  • 7. What was Louis XVI's fate?
A) Executed by guillotine
B) Exiled to England
C) Imprisoned for life
D) Abdicated and fled to Austria
  • 8. Which war did Louis XVI support financially, contributing to the economic crisis in France?
A) Seven Years' War
B) American Revolutionary War
C) Wars of Religion
D) War of the Spanish Succession
  • 9. Who was Louis XVI's finance minister known for his failed attempts to reform the French finances?
A) Francois-Michel Le Tellier
B) Jean-Baptiste Colbert
C) Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud
D) Jacques Necker
  • 10. Which treaty did Louis XVI sign with the United States, recognizing its independence?
A) Treaty of Versailles (1871)
B) Treaty of Tordesillas
C) Treaty of Paris (1783)
D) Treaty of Westphalia
  • 11. Which document was famously written during Louis XVI's reign?
A) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
B) Magna Carta
C) Emancipation Proclamation
D) Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
  • 12. Who was Louis XVI's youngest brother who became King after his execution?
A) Louis XVIII
B) Louis Philippe I
C) Charles X
D) Napoleon III
  • 13. What was the name of the political body that stripped Louis XVI of his powers and put him on trial?
A) National Convention
B) Legislative Assembly
C) Estates-General
D) Committee of Public Safety
  • 14. Which location became the final residence of Louis XVI before his execution?
A) Temple Prison
B) Versailles Palace
C) Bastille
D) Tuileries Palace
  • 15. In what year was Louis XVI executed?
A) 1793
B) 1776
C) 1865
D) 1805
  • 16. Where was Louis XVI executed?
A) Red Square
B) Tower of London
C) Place de la Révolution
D) Alcatraz Island
  • 17. Which monarchy preceded Louis XVI's reign in France?
A) Hohenzollern
B) Bourbon
C) Habsburg
D) Romanov
  • 18. How many children did Louis XVI have?
A) 1
B) 4
C) 2
D) 7
  • 19. Where was Louis XVI born?
A) Paris
B) Vienna
C) Versailles
D) London
  • 20. Which of the following terms does NOT refer to Louis XVI?
A) Sun King
B) Louis the Desired
C) Louis Auguste
D) Citizen Louis Capet
  • 21. What was the name of the legislative body called by Louis XVI in 1789?
A) Duma
B) National Assembly
C) Parliament
D) Estates-General
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