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Bastille Day - TCS Taster

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the famous French Revolution begin?

a)

1878

b)

1789

c)

1879

d)

1798

2.

What is the 'La prise de la Bastille'?

a)

The Bastille day prize

b)

The storming of the Bastille prison

c)

The Bastille prison

d)

The Bastille president

3.

On which day did the storming of the Bastille take place?

a)

le quatorze juillet

b)

le quatorze juin

c)

le quatre juillet

d)

le quatre juin

4.

What were the lower class citizens called?

a)

les culottes

b)

les cent culottes

c)

les sans-culottes

d)

les colletes

5.

What were the middle-upper class citizens called?

a)

Les bourguignons

b)

Les bouillabaisse

c)

Les boulangeries

d)

Les bourgeois

6.

Which group was NOT one of the social classes of the “old regime” of French society?

a)

Nobles (rich & royalty)

b)

Clergy (religious class)

c)

Commoners

d)

Poodle owners

7.

Name the King and Queen of France reigning during the storming of the Bastille.

a)

King Louie and Baloo the Bear

b)

Louis XVI (16th) & Marie Antoinette

c)

Louis XIV (14th) & Marie Antoinette

d)

Louis XVI (16th) & Mary Queen of Scots

8.

Where did the King & Queen live during the time of the Revolution?

a)

Warsaw

b)

Marseille

c)

Versailles

d)

Vaseline

9.

What idea did the King suggest to solve the problem of people starving & dying in the streets?

a)

To raise the taxes of the rich

b)

To raise the taxes of the commoners

c)

To put them all in prison

d)

To give out free bread and cheese

10.

During The Revolution, what was the main method of putting someone to death?

a)

le guillotine

b)

la guillaune

c)

le gilletine

d)

la guillotine

11.

How do you spell the title of the French national anthem?

a)

Le Marseillais

b)

La Marselaise

c)

La Marseillaise

d)

Le Marseillaise

12.

What is the French flag called?

a)

Le français drapeau

b)

La tricouleure

c)

Les trois couleurs

d)

Le tricolore

13.

What do the 3 colours on the French flag represent?

a)

l'éternité, légalité et liberté

b)

le libité, la fraternité et l'égalité

c)

la liberté, la fraternité et l'égalité

d)

la liberté, la fraternité et l'éternité

14.

What is 'le défilé militaire'?

a)

The military parade

b)

Defying the military

c)

The militia

d)

The parade of convicts

15.

What are the fireworks called?

a)

La fer d'artifice

b)

Le feu d'artifice

c)

Le feu d'artificial

d)

Le feu artificiel

16.

What does 'abreuver' mean?

a)

to roar

b)

to march

c)

to water

d)

to slaughter

17.

What does 'égorger' mean?

a)

to roar

b)

to march

c)

to water

d)

to slaughter

18.

Complete the line: "Allons enfant de la Patrie, le jour de gloire est...

a)

arriver

b)

arrivée

c)

arrivant

d)

arrivé

19.

Complete the line: "Contre nous de la tyrannie, l'étendard ... est levé."

a)

sanglant

b)

sans blanc

c)

sans gant

d)

sans gland

20.

Complete the line: "Formez vos..."

a)

bataillant

b)

batayons

c)

bataillons

d)

bataillon