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The French Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the king France at the time of the French Revolution?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Louis XVI

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Nicholas I

2.

Who was the wife of Louis XVI?

a)

Helena Bonham Carter

b)

Anne-Marie

c)

Elizabeth Olsen

d)

Marie Antoinette

3.

What was livre?

a)

A unit of currency in France

b)

A tax lieved by the church

c)

A group of privileged people

d)

A tax to be paid directly to the state

4.

What was taille known as?

a)

Indirect tax

b)

Direct tax

c)

Agricultural produce

d)

Extreme poverty

5.

Who constituted the third estate?

a)

Philosophers and authors

b)

Clergy and nobility

c)

Peasants and artisans

d)

Illiterate men and women

6.

Who is the author of "Two Treatises of the Government"?

a)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Mirabeau

d)

John Locke

7.

Whose name is associated with the pamphlet called 'What is the Third Estate'?

a)

Maximilian Robespierre

b)

Abbé Sieyès

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Mirabeau

8.

When was the Bastille destroyed?

a)

14 July 1789

b)

14 July 1989

c)

20 June 1789

d)

5 August 1989

9.

Who were 'active citizens'?

a)

Citizens entitled to protest

b)

Citizens entitled to vote

c)

Citizens entitled to accumulate wealth

d)

Citizens entitled to be free

10.

What did Bastille symbolise as?

a)

Military strength of France

b)

Humanity

c)

Despotic power of the king

d)

Cowardice act of the king

11.

What was 'Sceptre'?

a)

Symbol of strength

b)

Symbol of eternity

c)

Symbol of deep knowledge

d)

Symbol of royal power

12.

What was the main objective of the Constitution of 1791?

a)

To dethrone the king

b)

To limit the powers of the nobility and clergy

c)

To limit the powers of the king

d)

To make the king more powerful

13.

What are the national colours of France?

a)

White-red-purple

b)

Blue-red-black

c)

Blue-white-red

d)

Red-yellow-green

14.

By whom was the phrygian cap worn and on what occasion?

a)

By a man on becoming a slave

b)

By a slave on becoming free

c)

By a slave on becoming victorious

d)

By a soldier on accepting defeat

15.

What was the Marseillaise?

a)

A slogan

b)

A poem

c)

A tale

d)

A song

16.

When was France declared a republic?

a)

On 21 September 1792

b)

On 21 September 1793

c)

On 21 May 1792

d)

On 5 August 1793

17.

Whose name is associated with the reign of terror?

a)

Mirabeau

b)

Dr. Guillotin

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Robespierre

18.

When did the French women get the right to vote?

a)

1803

b)

1940

c)

1946

d)

1789

19.

Which among the following was not introduced by Napoleon Bonaparte?

a)

A uniform system of weight and measures

b)

A law for the protection of private property

c)

Decimal system

d)

Slavery

20.

When did the Jocabins storm the palace of the Tuileries?

a)

10 August 1792

b)

10 August 1789

c)

10 August 1793

d)

10 August 1791