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Reign of Terror kkjerLPHS

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this device used to cause terror and fear during the Reign of Terror?

a)

Flamethrower

b)

Spear

c)

Guillotine

d)

Gallows

2.

Thousands of people were accused of disloyalty to the revolution and guillotined for their crimes during...

a)

the Reign of Napoleon

b)

the Reign of Louis XVI

c)

the Reign of Benevolence

d)

the Reign of Terror

3.

The Reign of Terror took place during what major historical event?

a)

American Revolution

b)

World War I

c)

Hundred Year's War

d)

French Revolution

e)

Napoleonic Wars

4.

What group ran the country during the Reign of Terror?

a)

Second Estate

b)

Committee of Public Safety

c)

French Nobles

d)

Estates General

e)

King Louis XVI and his advisors

5.

Who was the main French leader during the Reign of Terror?

a)

Marquis de Lafayette

b)

King Louis XVI

c)

Marie Antoinette

d)

Maximilien Robespierre

e)

Stanislas Maillard

6.

What law said that anyone suspected as an enemy of the revolution could be arrested?

a)

Law of the Enemy

b)

Law of the Revolution

c)

Law of Suspects

d)

Law of Robespierre

e)

Law of Loyalty

7.

Every one who was killed or imprisoned during the Reign of Terror was given a fair trial.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

Around how many people were officially executed by the government during the Reign of Terror?

a)

79

b)

145

c)

900

d)

1540

e)

17,000

9.

Many revolutionaries used the Reign of Terror to have their rivals executed.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What happened to Robespierre after the Reign of Terror came to an end?

a)

He retired to his country estate

b)

He became king of France

c)

He was executed on the Guillotine

d)

He wrote a book about his experience and became wealthy

e)

He continued to work in the government

11.

What was the guillotine?

a)

A revolutionary newspaper

b)

A political club

c)

The official uniform of the revolutionaries

d)

A device used to execute people by beheading them

e)

The building where the revolutionaries met

12.

What was the new religion that the Committee of Public Safety created?

a)

Atheism

b)

Cult of the Supreme Being

c)

Church of All Worlds

d)

Scientology

e)

Heaven's Gate