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