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The French Revolution

Question 1 of 20

1

Name the class system pre-revolutionary France?

Select one of the following:

  • Estates System

  • Feudal System

  • Magna Carta

  • French System

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

1

Who was in the First Estate?

Select one of the following:

  • Clergy

  • Poor

  • King

  • Knights

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

1

What was the name given to the period before the revolution?

Select one of the following:

  • Old France

  • Ancien Regime

  • Regime Ancien

  • Francais

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

1

Name the King and Queen at the time of the Revolution.

Select one of the following:

  • Lousi VI and Ellie Antoinette

  • Henry XVI and Marie Antoinette

  • Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette

  • Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

1

What war did the French help the Americans fight against the British?

Select one of the following:

  • World War I

  • World War II

  • American War of Independence

  • War of the Roses

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

1

Name the parliament which was recalled by Louis in 1788.

Select one of the following:

  • Estates General

  • National Assembly

  • Tennis Court Oath

  • Parliament

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

1

Which group formed in June 1789 and wanted a new constitution saying how France should be run?

Select one of the following:

  • Estate System

  • National Assembly

  • Estate Assembly

  • Tennis Court Oath

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

1

20th June 1789 what did members of the new assembly swear?

Select one of the following:

  • National Assembly

  • Tennis Court Oath

  • The Bastille

  • Estates General

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

1

Name the prison which was stormed in 1789.

Select one of the following:

  • The Dungeons

  • The Royals

  • The Bastille

  • Prison

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

1

What date did the storming of the prison take place- a national holiday now.

Select one of the following:

  • 4th July

  • 14th July

  • 15th August

  • 14th June

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

1

In August 1789 what document was produced with aims to increase rights and equality?

Select one of the following:

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

  • Declaration of the Rights of a Human

  • Magna Carta

  • Law of France

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

1

October 1789 thousands of women marched where to complain about their grievances and bring the king to Paris?

Select one of the following:

  • Versailles

  • Girondins

  • The Bastille

  • Jacobins

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

1

Who were the moderate revolutionaries in the elected assemblies of this period?

Select one of the following:

  • Girondins

  • Jacobins

  • Versailles

  • Guillotine

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

1

Who were the radical revolutionaries in the elected assemblies of this period?

Select one of the following:

  • Jacobins

  • Girondins

  • Versailles

  • The Bastille

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

1

What was the name given to the urban workers who were hard-line revolutionaries?

Select one of the following:

  • Sans culottes

  • Committee of Public Safety

  • Jacobins

  • Maximilien Robespierre

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

1

A Jacobin who was the leading member of the Convention: the man most strongly associated with the execution of the king and queen and other enemies of the Revolution.

Select one of the following:

  • Maximilien Robespierre

  • Louis XVI

  • Napolean Bonaparte

  • Henry VIII

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

The Convention set up which twelve member group which dealt set up tribunals and ordered executions?

Select one of the following:

  • Committee of Terror

  • Committee of Public Saftey

  • Girondins

  • Jacobins

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

1

Name given to the period of time when many thousands were put to death 1793-4.

Select one of the following:

  • The Terror

  • Mechant

  • The Bastille

  • guillotine

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

1

Name the 'humane' killing machine used for many executions.

Select one of the following:

  • guillotine

  • drill

  • hanger

  • stretcher

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

1

Give the name of the military leader who took over the government of France in 1799

Select one of the following:

  • Napoleon Bonaparte

  • William the Conqueror

  • Phillip II

  • Charles V

Explanation

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