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Bastille Battle🇫🇷⚔️

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Bastille used for before it was stormed?

(À quoi servait la Bastille avant sa prise)

a)

Parliament house

b)

Royal palace

c)

State prison

d)

Arsenal

2.

Who was the king of France during the French Revolution? (Qui était le roi de France pendant la révolution française)

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Louis XV

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Charles X

3.

What was the name of the French queen during the revolution ? (Quel était le nom de la reine de France pendant la Révolution)

a)

Catherine de Medici

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Joan of Arc

d)

Anne of Austria

4.

Which document was adopted in 1789 guaranteeing individual rights? (Quel document adopté en 1789 garantit les droits individuels)

a)

Civil Constitution

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

d)

Napoleonic Code

5.

Who led the Reign of Terror? ( Qui a dirigé la Terreur)

a)

Robespierre

b)

Lafayette

c)

Danton

d)

Napoleon

6.

What happened to King Louis XVI? (Qu'est-il arrivé au roi Louis XVI)

a)

Sent to exile

b)

Escaped to Austria

c)

Executed by guillotine

d)

Abdicated peacefully

7.

Who was Olympe de Gouges? ( Qui était Olympe de Gouges)

a)

Queen's sister

b)

Women's rights activist

c)

Revolutionary soldier

d)

Royal advisor

8.

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed in the general will of the people? (Quel philosophe des Lumières croyait en la volonté générale du peuple)

a)

Rousseau

b)

Voltaire

c)

Locke

d)

Montesquieu

9.

Which group made up the majority of France's population before the revolution? (Quel groupe formait la majorité de la population française avant la Révolution)

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Royal family

10.

When was 14 July officially declared a national holiday in France ? ( Quand le 14 juillet a-t-il été officiellement déclaré fête nationale en France)

a)

1789

b)

1799

c)

1880

d)

1914

11.

What was the Bastille's condition at the time of its storming? ( Quel était la condition de la Bastille au moment de sa prise)

a)

It was a royal palace

b)

It was mostly abandoned with few prisoners

c)

It was fully operational with many prisoners

d)

It was a military training ground

12.

What was the fate of Bernard-René de Launay after the Bastille was stormed? (Quel a été le sort de Bernard-René de Launay après la prise de la Bastille)

a)

He was celebrated as a hero

b)

He was executed by the crowd

c)

He negotiated a peace treaty

d)

He escaped to England