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The Red French Revolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were Danton's last words?

a)

"Don't forget to show my head to the people. It is well worth seeing."

b)

"My only regret is that I am going before that rat, Robespierre."

c)

"Oh my wife, my well-beloved, I shall never see thee more. Danton, no weakness!"

d)

"You will follow us shortly. Your house shall be beaten down and sowed with salt."

e)

"Vile Robespierre! you will follow me to the scaffold."

2.

Who was Robespierre's right hand man?

a)

Camille Desmoulins

b)

Louis Antoine Saint-Just

c)

Georges Danton

d)

Georges Couthon

e)

Augustine Robespierre

3.

Where was Robespierre from?

a)

Paris

b)

Aisne

c)

Arras

d)

Leon

e)

Marseille

4.

Who was the youngest member of the National Convention?

a)

Marie-Jean Herault de Sechelles

b)

Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois

c)

Georges Couthon

d)

Louis Antoine Saint-Just

e)

Augustine Robespierre

5.

What was Camille Desmoulins's son's name?

a)

Maximilien

b)

Camille

c)

Georges

d)

Jean

e)

Horace

6.

How many people were on the Committee of Public Safety?

a)

12

b)

10

c)

3

d)

20

e)

18

7.

Which philosopher was Robespierre a particular fan of?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Rousseau

c)

Diderot

d)

Descartes

e)

Malebranche

8.

Which "Les Miserables" character was said to go "as far as Robespierre" and "at the Convention, he would have been Saint-Just"?

a)

Javert

b)

Combeferre

c)

Enjolras

d)

Courfeyrac

e)

Gavroche

9.

Who did not write a newspaper?

a)

Camille Desmoulins

b)

Jean-Paul Marat

c)

Jaques Hebert

d)

Louis Antoine Saint-Just

e)

Pierre-Louis Ginguene

10.

On what day was Robespierre guillotined?

a)

4 Germinal

b)

16 Germinal

c)

25 Vendemiaire

d)

2 Pulviose

e)

10 Thermidor