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French Revolution

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these helped inspire the French Revolution?

a)

The American Revolution

b)

Enlightenment ideas

c)

Poor people getting sick and tired of rich people having everything

d)

all of those

2.

Out in the countryside, the _______________ rose up against the _________.

a)

peasants, nobles

b)

toymakers, children

c)

landowners, artists

d)

army, Lumberjacks' Union

3.

A new government was formed, called the _____________________.

a)

National Convention

b)

New Government

c)

Le Gouvernement Nouveau

d)

the People's Assembly

4.

The Jacobins, a powerful group in the National Convention, insisted that:

a)

the revolution had gone too far

b)

the revolution had not gone far enough

c)

dogs made better pets than cats

d)

a peasant named Hercule Poirot be made President.

5.

The Convention had King Louis put on trial and ____________________.

a)

executed on the guillotine

b)

locked in the Bastille for life

c)

banished from France

d)

paddled

6.

The head of the Committee for Public Safety, __________________, was even executed, eventually.

a)

Mr. Poore's brother George

b)

Maximilien Robespierre

c)

Captain Kirk

d)

Lemoveiet Eau

7.

In what year did the French Revolution begin?

a)

1688

b)

1754

c)

1776

d)

1789

e)

1815

8.

Who became the leading figurehead for the revolutionaries?

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Maximilien Robespierre

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

9.

What marked the official outbreak of the revolution?

a)

Tennis Court Oath

b)

storming of the Bastille

c)

signing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man

d)

execution of Louis XVI

10.

What act formed the National Assembly?

a)

storming of the Bastille

b)

execution of Louis XVI

c)

Tennis Court Oath

d)

institution of the Terror

e)

signing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man

11.

What as the popular method of execution during the Revolution?

a)

hanging

b)

guillotine

c)

burning

d)

torture

e)

poison

12.

What new method of execution was primarily used during the Reign of Terror?

a)

By hangin

b)

Firing squad

c)

Guillotine

d)

Burned at the stake

13.

Who was the Kings Wife

a)

Charlotte Louis

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Marie Simmons

d)

Annabelle Owens

14.

How old was Marie Antoinette when she married Louis XVI?

a)

30

b)

21

c)

14

d)

7

15.

How far away is Versailles from Paris?

a)

50 miles

b)

1 mile

c)

13 miles

d)

1,000 miles