French Revolution Quiz

What happened at the Bastille?

• Robespierre was executed by guillotine.
• French women marched all the way to Versailles.
• A mob stormed a prison looking for guns
• All of the above are true.

Which document stated that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights"?

• Holy Alliance
• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• Declaration of Independence
• Napoleonic Code

About what percent of France's population belonged to the First and Second Estates?

• 3
• 10
• 50
• 97

Which group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment?

• The First Estate
• The Second Estate
• The Third Estate
• The King

Which group finally forced Robespierre from power?

• royalists
• the peasants
• the clergy
• his fellow revolutionaries

What radical group beheaded the King and gain political control of France

• Jacobins
• The Clergy
• The Second Estate
• Peasants

How did the Reign of Terror shift public opinion in France?

• Towards Radicals
• Away from radicals

Who was made commander of the army after the Reign of Terror?

• The King
• Robespierre
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Comte D'Antraigues

Why did the Parisian women march on Versailles in 1789?

• Find guns
• Right to vote
• Work conditions
• Price of Bread

Before the French Revolution, France was led by which King? 

• King Louis XVI
• King Russell
• King Westbrook
• King Lebron