French Revoution

The Reign of Terror took place during what major historical event?

• a. American Revolution
• b. World War I
• c. Hundred Year's War
• d. French Revolution
• e. Napoleonic Wars

What group ran the country during the Reign of Terror?

• a. Second Estate
• b. Committee of Public Safety
• c. French Nobles
• d. King Louis XVI and his advisors
• e. Estates General

Who was the main French leader during the Reign of Terror?

• a. Marquis de Lafayette
• b. King Louis XVI
• c. Marie Antoinette
• d. Stanislas Maillard
• e. Maximilien Robespierre

What law said that anyone suspected as an enemy of the revolution could be arrested?

• a. Law of the Enemy
• b. Law of the Revolution
• c. Law of Suspects
• d. Law of Loyalty
• e. Law of Robespierre

Around how many people were officially executed by the government during the Reign of Terror?

• a. 79
• b. 145
• c. 900
• d. 1540
• e. 17000

What happened to Robespierre after the Reign of Terror came to an end?

• a. He retired to his country estate
• b. He became king of France
• c. He was executed
• d. He wrote a book about his experience and became wealthy
• e. He continued to work in the government

What was the guillotine?

• a. A revolutionary newspaper
• b. A political club
• c. The official uniform of the revolutionaries
• d. A device used to execute people
• e. The building where the revolutionaries met

What was the new religion that the Committee of Public Safety created?

• a. Atheism
• b. Cult of the Supreme Being
• c. Church of All Worlds
• d. Scientology
• e. Heaven's Gate

Which of the following best describes Napoleon's early life?

• a. He grew up in a wealthy family and received a good education
• b. He was an orphan who had to fight his way to the top
• c. He grew up in the king's court as the nephew of the king of France
• d. His father was a revolutionary who was killed during the French Revolution
• e. He grew up on a small farm in northern France

What major political event took place in France prior to Napoleon's rise to power?

• a. The collapse of the Roman Empire
• b. World War I
• c. The French Revolution
• d. The Reformation
• e. World War II