French Revolution Quiz

What were the main causes of the French Revolution?

• High taxes, national debt, and an apathetic monarch

• Foreign invasion and economic instability

• Religious conflicts and social inequality

• Lack of natural resources and overpopulation

Which estates represented the top two legal categories of citizens in French society?

• Nobles and clergy

• Merchants and peasants

• Government officials and commoners

• Foreigners and slaves

Who bore the majority of the tax burden in France during the 1700s?

• Peasants

• Merchants

• Nobles

• Clergy

What event symbolized the start of the French Revolution?

• Destruction of the Bastille

• Execution of King Louis XVI

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

• Formation of the National Assembly

Which document defined the individual and collective rights of all three estates as equal and universal?

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

• Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Citizen

• Napoleonic Code

• Constitution of the National Assembly

Who wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Citizen?

• Olympe de Gouges

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• King Louis XVI

What was the period of extreme violence and executions during the French Revolution called?

• Reign of Terror

• Age of Enlightenment

• Napoleonic Era

• Convention Rule

Who seized control of France in a coup d'état and became a dictator?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• King Louis XVI

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Olympe de Gouges

What law code did Napoleon put forward to safeguard the ideals of the French Revolution?

• Napoleonic Code

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

• Constitution of the National Assembly

• Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Citizen

In what year did Napoleon crown himself emperor of France?

• 1804

• 1789

• 1791

• 1794