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WH Quiz 1.6 - French Revolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI who was during the French Revolution

a)

Marie Antoinette

b)

Lady Bastille

c)

Napoleona Bonaparte

d)

Queen Elizabeth

2.

part of the French Revolution when people were arrested for not supporting the revolution and many were executed

a)

Reign of Terror

b)

Bastille Day

c)

Ancien Regime

d)

Guillotine

3.

device used during the Reign of Terror to execute thousands by beheading

a)

guillotine

b)

bourgeoisie

c)

suffrage

d)

Bastille

4.

King of France during the French Revolution

a)

Louis XIV (14)

b)

Charles V (5)

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte III (3)

d)

Louis XVI (16)

5.

Match the following

a)

old order; system of government in pre-revolution France

1.

ancien regime

b)

The social classes in France

2.

estates

c)

the right to vote

3.

suffrage

d)

person who flees his or her country for political reasons

4.

émigré

e)

A person with extreme views

5.

radical

6.

What was the king of France's authority based on?

a)

Divine Right

b)

Estates-General

c)

Constitution

d)

Terror

7.

Which Estate (social class) paid taxes to the king?

a)

Third Estate (Peasants & the Middle Class)

b)

Second Estate (Nobles)

c)

First Estate (Clergy/Church)

d)

All Three Estates

8.

Parisians showed their anger towards the king by

a)

Storming the Bastille

b)

Invading the Estates-General

c)

Refusing to eat bread

d)

Burning the palace at Versailles

9.

Overthrew the French revolutionary government and became emperor of France.

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Louis XVI

c)

Maximilien Robespierre

d)

Marie Antoinette

10.

Changes to the calendar, street names, and religion were examples of:

a)

The King's unpopular policies

b)

Radical actions taken by the Jacobins

c)

Napolean's policies

d)

The National Assembly’s policies