French Revolution Quiz

What major intellectual movement influenced the French Revolution?

• Enlightenment

• Industrial Revolution

• Romanticism

• Renaissance

Which social class in France was responsible for paying taxes?

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• All Estates

• Third Estate

What was the significance of the storming of the Bastille?

• It led to the execution of King Louis XVI

• It ended the French Revolution

• It was a symbolic act against royal power

• It marked the beginning of the Reign of Terror

What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen proclaim?

• The divine right of kings

• The abolition of the feudal system

• Individual rights and freedoms as fundamental

• The establishment of a new monarchy

What event shattered people's faith in King Louis XVI?

• His support for the American Revolution

• His attempt to flee the country

• His dismissal of Jacques Necker

• His lavish lifestyle

Who led the extremist Jacobins during the Reign of Terror?

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Jacques Necker

• Marie Antoinette

• Napoleon Bonaparte

What was the motto of the first French republic?

• Unity, strength, honor

• Justice, peace, freedom

• Vive la France

• Liberté, égalité, fraternité

Who took charge of France amidst the chaos and became Emperor?

• Jacques Necker

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Maximilien Robespierre

• King Louis XVI