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