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The French Revolution
  • 1. Who was the king of France during the French Revolution?
A) Louis XIV
B) Louis XVI
C) Napoleon Bonaparte
D) Marie Antoinette
  • 2. Which event marked the beginning of the French Revolution?
A) Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
B) Execution of Marie Antoinette
C) Reign of Terror
D) Storming of the Bastille
  • 3. What was the main cause of the French Revolution?
A) Foreign invasions
B) Economic inequality
C) Religious conflicts
D) Political corruption
  • 4. What was the slogan of the French Revolution?
A) Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
B) Equality for All
C) Liberty or Death
D) Revolution or Chaos
  • 5. Who led the radical faction known as the Jacobins during the Revolution?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte
B) Maximilien Robespierre
C) Jean-Paul Marat
D) Georges Danton
  • 6. Which event symbolized the end of the Reign of Terror?
A) Execution of Robespierre
B) Coup d'etat of Napoleon
C) Storming of the Bastille
D) Signing of the Treaty of Amiens
  • 7. The Directory was replaced by which form of government in France?
A) The Estates General
B) The National Convention
C) The Committee of Public Safety
D) The Consulate
  • 8. What was the goal of the Congress of Vienna in 1815?
A) Restore stability and order in Europe after the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
B) Redraw the borders of France
C) Create a pan-European union
D) Dismantle the British Empire
  • 9. What was the name of the legislative body that governed France during the radical phase of the Revolution?
A) National Assembly
B) Estates General
C) National Convention
D) Consulate
  • 10. Who famously wrote 'The Social Contract' that influenced revolutionary thought in France?
A) Diderot
B) Voltaire
C) Montesquieu
D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • 11. Which group led the radical phase of the French Revolution and carried out the Reign of Terror?
A) Feuillants
B) Jacobins
C) Girondins
D) Monarchists
  • 12. Which city served as the capital of revolutionary France during the Reign of Terror?
A) Lyon
B) Marseille
C) Versailles
D) Paris
  • 13. Which European country declared war on France in 1792, escalating the French Revolution into a larger conflict?
A) Austria
B) Britain
C) Russia
D) Spain
  • 14. Who became the first Emperor of France following the French Revolution?
A) Louis XVIII
B) Robespierre
C) Louis Philippe
D) Napoleon Bonaparte
  • 15. What was the significance of the Tennis Court Oath during the French Revolution?
A) Pledge by the National Assembly to draft a new constitution for France
B) Abolition of the monarchy
C) Execution of the King
D) Declaration of war on Austria
  • 16. When did the French Revolution begin?
A) 1776
B) 1804
C) 1848
D) 1789
  • 17. Who famously said 'Let them eat cake' during the French Revolution?
A) Queen Victoria
B) Empress Josephine
C) Marie Antoinette
D) Catherine the Great
  • 18. Who wrote the famous novel 'Les Miserables,' set against the backdrop of the French Revolution?
A) Gustave Flaubert
B) Victor Hugo
C) Alexandre Dumas
D) Charles Dickens
  • 19. Who was the leader of the Girondins faction in the National Convention?
A) Camille Desmoulins
B) Georges Danton
C) Jacques Pierre Brissot
D) Jean-Paul Marat
  • 20. Who famously led a slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue during the French Revolution?
A) Toussaint Louverture
B) Georges Danton
C) Camille Desmoulins
D) Louis XVII
  • 21. Which battle marked Napoleon's final defeat?
A) Battle of Waterloo
B) Battle of Borodino
C) Battle of Austerlitz
D) Battle of Trafalgar
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