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French Revolution Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the assembly that represented the three social classes of France under the Ancien Régime?

a)

Estates General

b)

Revolutionary Convention

c)

National Assembly

d)

Constituent Assembly

2.

Who was the finance minister of France who was dismissed in 1787 after submitting a series of needed reforms to the king?

a)

Charles de Calonne

b)

Jacques Necker

c)

Etienne Brienne

d)

A-R-J Turgot

3.

What was the name of the group of noblemen or senior members of the Church that was summoned by the king to deal with emergencies?

a)

Assembly of Notables

b)

Revolutionary Convention

c)

National Assembly

d)

Constituent Assembly

4.

Which Enlightenment thinker was critical of despotism and advocated for a system of checks and balances in government?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Diderot

d)

Rousseau

5.

What was the name of the fortress in Paris where the leaders of the 'opposition' were imprisoned, leading to countrywide protests?

a)

Bastille

b)

Versailles

c)

Louvre

d)

Chateau d'If

6.

Who was the king of France during the period of 1774-1792?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Louis XV

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Louis XVI

7.

Which event marked the start of the financial and political crisis that eventually led to the revolution?

a)

Banishment of the parlement members to the provinces

b)

Dismissal of the Assembly of Notables

c)

Arrest of the Paris parlement members

d)

Meeting of the Estates General

8.

Who was the foreign minister of France who advised the king to form an alliance with the colonists in America?

a)

Comte de Vergennes

b)

Charles de Calonne

c)

A-R-J Turgot

d)

Jacques Necker

9.

What was the name of the document that was signed by King Louis XVI under duress, marking the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of representative government in France?

a)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

b)

Constitution of 1791

c)

Edict of Nantes

d)

Tennis Court Oath

10.

Which French Revolutionary leader played a key role in the establishment of the Reign of Terror?

a)

Maximilien Robespierre

b)

Georges Danton

c)

Jean-Paul Marat

d)

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

11.

What was the name of the radical political group that emerged during the French Revolution and was led by Maximilien Robespierre?

a)

The Jacobins

b)

The Girondins

c)

The Cordeliers

d)

The Feuillants

12.

What was the name of the radical political group that was the rival of the Jacobins and was more moderate in their views?

a)

The Girondins

b)

The Cordeliers

c)

The Feuillants

d)

The Sans-culottes

13.

What was the name of the political club during the French Revolution that was known for its radical views and direct democracy?

a)

The Jacobins

b)

The Cordeliers

c)

The Girondins

d)

The Feuillants

14.

Who was the French Revolutionary leader known for his role in the Reign of Terror and his eventual execution during the Thermidorian Reaction?

a)

Maximilien Robespierre

b)

Georges Danton

c)

Jean-Paul Marat

d)

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

15.

What was the name of the document that was a fundamental document of the French Revolution and defined the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal?

a)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

b)

Constitution of 1791

c)

Edict of Nantes

d)

Tennis Court Oath

16.

What was the name of the document that was a fundamental document of the French Revolution and defined the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal?

a)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

b)

Constitution of 1791

c)

Edict of Nantes

d)

Tennis Court Oath