WorksheetsThe French Revolution – 1
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
On the morning of (a) , the city of Paris was in a state of alarm.
The __________ is the national anthem of France composed by the poet ____________.
Marseillaise
Roget de L’Isle
Louis XVI was executed publicly at the Place de la Concorde?
True
False
All of the above
None of the above
Olympe de Gouges wrote a Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen?
True
False
All of the above
None of the above
The slave trade began in the __________ century.
seventeenth
nineteenth
eighteenth
eleventh
The burden of financing activities of the state through taxes was borne by the ________ estate alone.
Third
Fourth
Fifth
First
Louis XVI was sentenced to death by a court on the charge of treason?
True
False
All of the above
None of the above
Rousseau proposed a form of government based on a social contract between people and their representatives
True
False
All of the above
None of the above
Locke sought to refute the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the Monarch.
True
False
All of the above
None of the above
Jacobins came to be known as the sans-culottes.
True
False
All of the above
None of the above
When did France become constitutional monarchy?
1791
1971
1781
1719
What form of government was in practice in France in 1789?
Monarchy
Democracy
Socialism
Communism
Which term was used in France for newly elected assembly in 1791?
National Assembly
National Constituent Assembly
Assemblée Nationale Constituante
National Legislative Assembly
Write the name of any prominent revolutionary woman of France.
Olympe de Gouges
Madame Roland
Who followed the policy of severe control and punishment in France?
Robespierre
Antoine Barnave
Collot d'Herbois
Billaud-Varenne
Name the tax which was paid directly to the state in France.
Taille
Vector
Calculus
Jacobian ratio
In which year slavery was finally abolished in France?
1848
1884
1488
1849
Who wrote the book two treatises of government?
John Locke
Robespierre
Olympe de Gouges
Louis XVI
What was the main object of national assembly in France while drafting the constitution in 1791?
Its main object was to limit the powers of the monarch.
Its main object was to limit the powers of the government.
Its main object was to limit the powers of the people.
Its main object was to limit the powers of the leaders.
Who was the ruler of France in 1789?
John Locke
Robespierre
Olympe de Gouges
Louis XVI
What does a sceptre stand for?
Sceptre stands for symbol of royal power
Sceptre stands for symbol of the government
Sceptre stands for symbol of the country
Sceptre stands for symbol of monarch
What sort of clothes were worn by the Jacobins?
long striped trousers and red cap
striped trousers and red cap
long trousers and red cap
long striped trousers and maroon cap
Who wrote the book ‘The Social Contract’?
John Locke
Robespierre
Rousseau
Louis XVI
Who was defeated in the battle of waterloo?
John Locke
Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVI
Who wrote the spirit of the laws?
Montesquieu
Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVI
Which period is referred to as the reign of terror?
1793 to 1794
1973 to 1974
1379 to 1479
1794 to 1795
In which year French women got the right to vote?
1946
1496
1649
1964
Between which three countries was triangular slave trade held?v
Europe, Africa and the America.
Europe, Japan and the America.
Europe, Germany and the America.
Africa and the America.
