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The French Revolution – 1

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On the morning of (a)   , the city of Paris was in a state of alarm.

2.

The __________ is the national anthem of France composed by the poet ____________.

a)

Marseillaise

b)

Roget de L’Isle

3.

Louis XVI was executed publicly at the Place de la Concorde?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

4.

Olympe de Gouges wrote a Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

5.

The slave trade began in the __________ century.

a)

seventeenth

b)

nineteenth

c)

eighteenth

d)

eleventh

6.

The burden of financing activities of the state through taxes was borne by the ________ estate alone.

a)

Third

b)

Fourth

c)

Fifth

d)

First

7.

Louis XVI was sentenced to death by a court on the charge of treason?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

8.

Rousseau proposed a form of government based on a social contract between people and their representatives

a)

True

b)

False

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

9.

Locke sought to refute the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the Monarch.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

10.

Jacobins came to be known as the sans-culottes.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

11.

When did France become constitutional monarchy?

a)

1791

b)

1971

c)

1781

d)

1719

12.

What form of government was in practice in France in 1789?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Socialism

d)

Communism

13.

Which term was used in France for newly elected assembly in 1791?

a)

National Assembly

b)

National Constituent Assembly

c)

Assemblée Nationale Constituante

d)

National Legislative Assembly

14.

Write the name of any prominent revolutionary woman of France.

a)

Olympe de Gouges

b)

Madame Roland

15.

Who followed the policy of severe control and punishment in France?

a)

Robespierre

b)

Antoine Barnave

c)

Collot d'Herbois

d)

Billaud-Varenne

16.

Name the tax which was paid directly to the state in France.

a)

Taille

b)

Vector

c)

Calculus

d)

Jacobian ratio

17.

In which year slavery was finally abolished in France?

a)

1848

b)

1884

c)

1488

d)

1849

18.

Who wrote the book two treatises of government?

a)

John Locke

b)

Robespierre

c)

Olympe de Gouges

d)

Louis XVI

19.

What was the main object of national assembly in France while drafting the constitution in 1791?

a)

Its main object was to limit the powers of the monarch.

b)

Its main object was to limit the powers of the government.

c)

Its main object was to limit the powers of the people.

d)

Its main object was to limit the powers of the leaders.

20.

Who was the ruler of France in 1789?

a)

John Locke

b)

Robespierre

c)

Olympe de Gouges

d)

Louis XVI

21.

What does a sceptre stand for?

a)

Sceptre stands for symbol of royal power

b)

Sceptre stands for symbol of the government

c)

Sceptre stands for symbol of the country

d)

Sceptre stands for symbol of monarch

22.

What sort of clothes were worn by the Jacobins?

a)

long striped trousers and red cap

b)

striped trousers and red cap

c)

long trousers and red cap

d)

long striped trousers and maroon cap

23.

Who wrote the book ‘The Social Contract’?

a)

John Locke

b)

Robespierre

c)

Rousseau

d)

Louis XVI

24.

Who was defeated in the battle of waterloo?

a)

John Locke

b)

Robespierre

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Louis XVI

25.

Who wrote the spirit of the laws?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Robespierre

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Louis XVI

26.

Which period is referred to as the reign of terror?

a)

1793 to 1794

b)

1973 to 1974

c)

1379 to 1479

d)

1794 to 1795

27.

In which year French women got the right to vote?

a)

1946

b)

1496

c)

1649

d)

1964

28.

Between which three countries was triangular slave trade held?v

a)

Europe, Africa and the America.

b)

Europe, Japan and the America.

c)

Europe, Germany and the America.

d)

Africa and the America.