QZZ: History of Guillotine

Who proposed the guillotine as a more humane method of execution?

• Anatoly Dibler

• Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

• Louis XVI

• Marie Antoinette

When did France use the guillotine for the last time?

• 1980

• 1990

• 1977

• 1965

What was the "nickname" of the guillotine during the French Revolution?

• The National Razor

• The Revolutionary Blade

• The French Cutter

• The Cleaver

Which of the following is the best description of why the guillotine was invented as a new, more "enlightened" death penalty method?

• To create a spectacle for public entertainment.
• To provide a humane and efficient method of execution.

• To eliminate the use of all forms of execution.
• To punish criminals more severely than before.

True/False: The Guillotine was only used during the French Revolution.

• True

• False

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Executions by the guillotine were often private events with few spectators, limited to close family or those involved with the crime being punished.

• True

• False

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