French Revolution - Part 2

The working class people of Paris, particularly the revolutionaries, were better known by what term?

• The Bastillians

• The bourgeoisie

• The federes

• The sans culottes

A significant document passed in August 1789 was the Declaration of the Rights of...?

• Man, Woman and Child

• Princes and Men

• Man and Citizen

• All People

Which of the following was NOT part of a famous slogan of the French Revolution?

• Fraternity

• Equality

• Prosperity

• Liberty

On July 14, 1789, Parisians stormed what place to obtain gunpowder and weapons?

• Eiffel Tower

• Bastille

• Versailles Palace

• Tuileries Palace

Which of the following DO NOT apply to the Great Fear?

• attacks on nobles occurred throughout the country

• hungry, impoverished peasants feared that nobles were seeking greater privileges

• peasants fled abroad to Africa and the Middle East

• France suffered the worst famine in history

Who surrounded the palace and forced Louis XVI to leave Versailles and return to Paris?

• nobles demanding greater privileges

• women demanding bread

• soldiers demanding higher wages

• peasants demanding voting rights

The French revolutionary leader Marquis de Lafayette was famous for his involvement in what other event?

• The Napoleonic Wars

• The American Revolution

• The English Civil War

• The St Bartholomew Day Massacre

Only male citizens were executed during the Reign of Terror.

• True

• False

Which of these important figures of the French Revolution was NOT guillotined?

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Louis XVI

• Marie Antoinette

Written in 1792 and containing French revolutionary ideas, what was La Marseillaise?

• An anthem

• A patriotic oath

• A novel

• An essay