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CDF - FRENCH REVOLUTION

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the law that came into effect soon after the storming of the Bastille in

the summer of 1789

a)

abolition of censorship

b)

abolition of feudalism

c)

abolition of privileges

d)

None of the above

2.

________was one of the most important politically active women in

revolutionary France.

a)

Olympe de germania

b)

Marrianne

c)

Olympe liberty

d)

Olympe de Gouges

3.

A device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person is

beheaded is known as

a)

Juillotine

b)

Guillotine

c)

Machine blade

d)

Cutter

4.

Louis XVI was executed publicly at the place _____

a)

de la Versailles

b)

de la Concorde

c)

le citoyen

d)

de la denorde

5.

When was Louis XVI was executed?

a)

On 21 January 1793

b)

On 21 January 1792

c)

On 20 January 1793

d)

On 20 January 1792

6.

What was name of newly elected assembly was called?

a)

Convection

b)

Convention

c)

Convocation

d)

National assembly

7.

What is the national anthem of France?

a)

La Marseillaise

b)

La citoyen

c)

La Mersal

d)

De la isle

8.

Who composed the national anthem of France?

a)

Robert de L’Isle

b)

Roget de Gouges

c)

Roget de L’Isle

d)

Ravindranath tagore

9.

When was National assembly formed?

a)

1789

b)

1791

c)

1792

d)

1794

10.

When was the Assembly passed a decree abolishing the feudal

system of obligations and taxes?

a)

4 August 1789

b)

4 August 1791

c)

4 August 1792

d)

4 August 1793

11.

In which year , Louis XVI of the Bourbon family of Kings ascended the throne of France?

a)

1789

b)

1764

c)

1774

d)

1784

12.

The term_________is used to describe the society and institutions of France

before 1789.

a)

Old system

b)

Old regime

c)

New regime

d)

Old estates

13.

Who wrote "The spirit of the laws"?

a)

Rousseau

b)

Montesquieu

c)

John Locke

d)

Robespierre

14.

When was Louis XVI called together an assembly of the Estates General to

pass proposals for new taxes?

a)

On 5 July 1789

b)

On 5 June 1789

c)

On 5 May 1789

d)

On 5 April 1789

15.

In _______in the early morning, the city of Paris was in a state of alarm. Rumours

spread that king would soon order the army to open fire upon the citizens.

a)

1789

b)

1791

c)

1792

d)

1774