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WorksheetsBastille Day - TCS Taster
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
When did the famous French Revolution begin?
1878
1789
1879
1798
What is the 'La prise de la Bastille'?
The Bastille day prize
The storming of the Bastille prison
The Bastille prison
The Bastille president
On which day did the storming of the Bastille take place?
le quatorze juillet
le quatorze juin
le quatre juillet
le quatre juin
What were the lower class citizens called?
les culottes
les cent culottes
les sans-culottes
les colletes
What were the middle-upper class citizens called?
Les bourguignons
Les bouillabaisse
Les boulangeries
Les bourgeois
Which group was NOT one of the social classes of the “old regime” of French society?
Nobles (rich & royalty)
Clergy (religious class)
Commoners
Poodle owners
Name the King and Queen of France reigning during the storming of the Bastille.
King Louie and Baloo the Bear
Louis XVI (16th) & Marie Antoinette
Louis XIV (14th) & Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI (16th) & Mary Queen of Scots
Where did the King & Queen live during the time of the Revolution?
Warsaw
Marseille
Versailles
Vaseline
What idea did the King suggest to solve the problem of people starving & dying in the streets?
To raise the taxes of the rich
To raise the taxes of the commoners
To put them all in prison
To give out free bread and cheese
During The Revolution, what was the main method of putting someone to death?
le guillotine
la guillaune
le gilletine
la guillotine
How do you spell the title of the French national anthem?
Le Marseillais
La Marselaise
La Marseillaise
Le Marseillaise
What is the French flag called?
Le français drapeau
La tricouleure
Les trois couleurs
Le tricolore
What do the 3 colours on the French flag represent?
l'éternité, légalité et liberté
le libité, la fraternité et l'égalité
la liberté, la fraternité et l'égalité
la liberté, la fraternité et l'éternité
What is 'le défilé militaire'?
The military parade
Defying the military
The militia
The parade of convicts
What are the fireworks called?
La fer d'artifice
Le feu d'artifice
Le feu d'artificial
Le feu artificiel
What does 'abreuver' mean?
to roar
to march
to water
to slaughter
What does 'égorger' mean?
to roar
to march
to water
to slaughter
Complete the line: "Allons enfant de la Patrie, le jour de gloire est...
arriver
arrivée
arrivant
arrivé
Complete the line: "Contre nous de la tyrannie, l'étendard ... est levé."
sanglant
sans blanc
sans gant
sans gland
Complete the line: "Formez vos..."
bataillant
batayons
bataillons
bataillon
