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The French Revolution

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Enlightenment was also known as the

(a)  

2.

Most people of France belonged to the

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

4th Estate

3.

The National Assembly set down the ideas of the Revolution in

a)

the Declaration of Independence

b)

the U.S. Constitution

c)

the Declaration of the Rights of Man

d)

the Edict of Nantes

4.

French King who was executed during the Revolution

a)

Napoleon

b)

Louis XVI

c)

King George III

d)

Maximillien Robespierre

5.

The Second Estate was composed of

a)

church leaders

b)

nobility

c)

peasants

d)

none of the above

6.

About what percentage of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?

a)

1%

b)

98%

c)

10%

d)

50%

7.

What oath did the National Assembly swear on the tennis court?

a)

Never to separate until they established a constitution.

b)

To reconcile with the First and Second Estate.

c)

Always pay taxes.

d)

Worship Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

8.

Which of these was the first event in the course of the French Revolution?

a)

The Storming of the Bastille

b)

The Drafting of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

c)

The Meeting of the Estates General

d)

The March of the Women of Paris

9.

The militia formed during the storming of Bastille were called the

(a)  

10.

Finish this article from the Declaration of the Rights of Man: All men are born free and

(a)  

11.

In what palace was the King when the women marched on Paris

a)

Versailles

b)

Tuileries

c)

The Bastille

12.

What relation was Marie Antoinette to the Austrian Emperor

a)

He was her cousin

b)

He was her brother

c)

He was her son

d)

He was her friend

13.

Where was the King and Queen captured when they tried to flee Paris?

a)

Varennes

b)

Vienna

c)

Valletta

d)

Venice

14.

How was Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette executed?

a)

By hanging

b)

By gunfire

c)

By Guillotine

d)

By lethal injection