Napoleon Quiz

After Napoleon escaped from Elba Island and regained control of his armies and rallied his allies, where was he finally defeated for the last time?

• Madrid, Spain
• Waterloo, Belgium
• Moscow, Russia
• Paris France

What happened after Napoleon was exiled the first time to the island of Elba? 

• He tried to escape but was caught and sent to the Bastille
• Great Britain took over his empire in his absence
• France brought him back to fix the country 
• He escaped, gathered his allies, and began his final attempt at power

The great French empire that Napoleon created eventually fell after the unsuccessful invasion of Russia. Why was the invasion considered a great disaster for Napoleon? 

• There was a massive air attack by the Russians that wiped out most of Napoleons army
• Russia's scorched-earth policy and cold winter wiped out most of Napoleons army
• The Battle of the Bulge wiped out most of Napoleons army
• The newly formed United States allied with Russia to wipe out most of Napoleons army

Which of the following describes what happened when Napoleon instituted the Continental System?

• His brother Joseph was not able to withstand the guerrilla warfare tactics used by Spanish nationalists
• The British navy was too strong for the blockade and France's economy suffered as a result
• The Russians used the scorched-earth policy to eventually starve Napoleons army
• The blockade successfully restricted British trade and led to fall of Great Britain

What happened to Napoleon after he lost the Battle of Waterloo during the hundred days?

• He was sent to the island of Elba

• He was sent to the island of St. Helena where he died of stomach cancer three years later

• He was executed by means of the guillotine

• He was sent to the island of Elba where he drank a red bull, grew wings, and escaped

What was Napoleon's Continental System?

• The type of breakfast that Europeans ate.
• A system of European laws.
• A system to promote the sale of European goods.
• A system to prevent British goods from being sold in Europe.

What was the Peninsular War?

• Napoleon's failed invasion of Portugal
• Napoleon's failed invasion of Spain
• Napoleon's conquest of Egypt
• None of these

Naval battle. Napoleon's failed invasion of Great Britain

• Battle of Toulon
• Battle of Austerlitz
• Battle of Waterloo
• Battle of Trafalgar

With a mounting debt from his victory in defending France from Austria, Prussia, and Great Britain, as well as the costly failure to quell the Haitian Revolution, Napoleon raised money by___________________

• Selling the Louisiana Territory to the United States
• Commissioning the French Navy to plunder all ships throughout the Atlantic
• Creating a National Income Tax on the Nobility and Clergy
• Signing an executive order to seize all piggy banks

What was the "scorched Earth" strategy?

• None of these
• Napoleon burned the Russian cities to the ground to break their will
• Great Britain's strategy at the Battle of Trafalgar
• The Russians burned their cities, factories, farms, and railroads so Napoleon could not use them