WorksheetsThe French Revolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who was the king France at the time of the French Revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVI
Louis XIV
Nicholas I
Who was the wife of Louis XVI?
Helena Bonham Carter
Anne-Marie
Elizabeth Olsen
Marie Antoinette
What was livre?
A unit of currency in France
A tax lieved by the church
A group of privileged people
A tax to be paid directly to the state
What was taille known as?
Indirect tax
Direct tax
Agricultural produce
Extreme poverty
Who constituted the third estate?
Philosophers and authors
Clergy and nobility
Peasants and artisans
Illiterate men and women
Who is the author of "Two Treatises of the Government"?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Montesquieu
Mirabeau
John Locke
Whose name is associated with the pamphlet called 'What is the Third Estate'?
Maximilian Robespierre
Abbé Sieyès
Montesquieu
Mirabeau
When was the Bastille destroyed?
14 July 1789
14 July 1989
20 June 1789
5 August 1989
Who were 'active citizens'?
Citizens entitled to protest
Citizens entitled to vote
Citizens entitled to accumulate wealth
Citizens entitled to be free
What did Bastille symbolise as?
Military strength of France
Humanity
Despotic power of the king
Cowardice act of the king
What was 'Sceptre'?
Symbol of strength
Symbol of eternity
Symbol of deep knowledge
Symbol of royal power
What was the main objective of the Constitution of 1791?
To dethrone the king
To limit the powers of the nobility and clergy
To limit the powers of the king
To make the king more powerful
What are the national colours of France?
White-red-purple
Blue-red-black
Blue-white-red
Red-yellow-green
By whom was the phrygian cap worn and on what occasion?
By a man on becoming a slave
By a slave on becoming free
By a slave on becoming victorious
By a soldier on accepting defeat
What was the Marseillaise?
A slogan
A poem
A tale
A song
When was France declared a republic?
On 21 September 1792
On 21 September 1793
On 21 May 1792
On 5 August 1793
Whose name is associated with the reign of terror?
Mirabeau
Dr. Guillotin
Napoleon Bonaparte
Robespierre
When did the French women get the right to vote?
1803
1940
1946
1789
Which among the following was not introduced by Napoleon Bonaparte?
A uniform system of weight and measures
A law for the protection of private property
Decimal system
Slavery
When did the Jocabins storm the palace of the Tuileries?
10 August 1792
10 August 1789
10 August 1793
10 August 1791
