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Total questions: 72

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Name

Class

Date

1.

Which type of government ruled France before the Revolution?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Republic

d)

Military Dictatorship

2.

Who was the king of France when the Revolution began in 1789?

a)

Louis XIII

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Louis XV

d)

Louis XVI

3.

Which queen of France was famously known as "Madame Deficit"?

a)

Catherine de Medici

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Anne of Austria

d)

Eleanor of Aquitaine

4.

Before the Revolution, French society was divided into ______.

a)

2 Estates

b)

3 Estates

c)

4 Estates

d)

5 Estates

5.

The First Estate consisted of:

a)

Nobility

b)

Clergy

c)

Commoners

d)

Merchants

6.

The Third Estate represented:

a)

Nobles

b)

Peasants, workers, and middle class

c)

Priests

d)

Aristocrats only

7.

Which social group paid the most taxes under the Ancien Régime?

a)

Nobility

b)

Clergy

c)

Third Estate

d)

Aristocracy

8.

The French economy faced severe crisis mainly due to:

a)

Agricultural failure

b)

Costly wars

c)

Extravagant royal expenses

d)

All of the above

9.

The philosophers who influenced the French Revolution were known as:

a)

Impressionists

b)

Jacobin

c)

Enlightenment Thinkers

d)

Realists

10.

Which Enlightenment thinker's concept of "social contract" inspired revolutionaries?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Voltaire

c)

Rousseau

d)

Diderot

11.

Which body did Louis XVI call in 1789 to discuss taxation reforms?

a)

Parliament of Paris

b)

Estates-General

c)

National Assembly

d)

Directory

12.

The Third Estate proclaimed itself as the:

a)

Council of People

b)

National Assembly

c)

Senate of France

d)

Estates House

13.

The "Tennis Court Oath" was taken in:

a)

1787

b)

1788

c)

1789

d)

1790

14.

What did the Tennis Court Oath declare?

a)

Support for the king

b)

Loyalty to the Pope

c)

Not to separate until a Constitution was written

d)

To dissolve National Assembly

15.

On which date was the Bastille prison stormed?

a)

July 14, 1789

b)

May 5, 1789

c)

August 4, 1789

d)

September 22, 1792

16.

The storming of the Bastille is considered a symbol of:

a)

King's mercy

b)

End of monarchy

c)

End of feudal oppression

d)

Beginning of Reign of Terror

17.

Which document was adopted in August 1789 guaranteeing rights to men?

a)

Declaration of Pillnitz

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

The Civil Code

18.

Who drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

a)

Rousseau

b)

National Assembly

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Napoleon

19.

Which event forced Louis XVI and his family to move from Versailles to Paris?

a)

Bastille Storming

b)

Women's March on Versailles

c)

Tennis Court Oath

d)

Champ de Mars Massacre

20.

In which year was the first French Constitution completed?

a)

1789

b)

1790

c)

1791

d)

1792

21.

The Legislative Assembly replaced the National Assembly in:

a)

1790

b)

1791

c)

1792

d)

1793

22.

Louis XVI and his family attempted to flee France but were captured at:

a)

Versailles

b)

Tuileries

c)

Varennes

d)

Bastille

23.

France declared war on Austria in:

a)

1790

b)

1791

c)

1792

d)

1793

24.

When was the monarchy formally abolished?

a)

1789

b)

1790

c)

September 21, 1792

d)

January 21, 1793

25.

What form of government was declared after monarchy's fall?

a)

Absolute Monarchy

b)

Constitutional Monarchy

c)

Republic

d)

Empire

26.

The radical leaders of the Revolution were called:

a)

Moderates

b)

Feuillants

c)

Jacobin

d)

Royalists

27.

The most famous leader of the Jacobins was:

a)

Robespierre

b)

Danton

c)

Marat

d)

Sieyès

28.

Louis XVI was executed on:

a)

July 14, 1789

b)

January 21, 1793

c)

August 10, 1792

d)

September 21, 1792

29.

The guillotine became a symbol of:

a)

Justice and Equality

b)

Fear and Revolutionary Terror

c)

King's Power

d)

Democracy only

30.

Marie Antoinette was executed in:

a)

1792

b)

1793

c)

1794

d)

1799

31.

The period from 1793-1794 in France is known as the:

a)

Reign of Freedom

b)

Reign of Terror

c)

Age of Enlightenment

d)

Age of Napoleon

32.

The Reign of Terror was led by:

a)

Danton

b)

Robespierre

c)

Lafayette

d)

Napoleon

33.

Which group supported radical economic reforms for the sans-culottes?

a)

Girondins

b)

Jacobin

c)

Royalists

d)

Feuillants

34.

What was the "Committee of Public Safety"?

a)

A police unit of the King

b)

A revolutionary government body

c)

Secret monarchist society

d)

Court of Justice

35.

The key purpose of the Committee of Public Safety was:

a)

Drafting the constitution

b)

Protecting France from internal and external threats

c)

Organizing elections

d)

Negotiating with nobles

36.

The Revolutionary Calendar introduced in France started with the year:

a)

1789

b)

1791

c)

1792

d)

1793

37.

The Reign of Terror ended with the:

a)

Execution of Danton

b)

Execution of Robespierre

c)

Rise of Napoleon

d)

Adoption of first Constitution

38.

After the fall of Robespierre, the government formed was known as the:

a)

National Assembly

b)

Directory

c)

Legislative Assembly

d)

Congress

39.

The Directory lasted between:

a)

1789-1792

b)

1792-1794

c)

1795-1799

d)

1800-1804

40.

The Directory was headed by:

a)

2 Directors

b)

3 Directors

c)

5 Directors

d)

10 Directors

41.

Which of these was a main weakness of the Directory?

a)

Too much power for the King

b)

Financial instability and corruption

c)

Foreign occupation of France

d)

Excessive unity and strength

42.

Who overthrew the Directory in 1799?

a)

Robespierre

b)

Danton

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Lafayette

43.

Which event marked Napoleon's seizure of power in 1799?

a)

The Battle of Austerlitz

b)

Coup of 18 Brumaire

c)

Storming of Bastille

d)

Fall of Robespierre

44.

What governing system replaced the Directory after Napoleon's coup?

a)

National Assembly

b)

The Consulate

c)

The Republic

d)

Committee of Safety

45.

The slogan of the French Revolution was:

a)

Power and Victory

b)

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

c)

Justice for All

d)

Strength and Honor

46.

The Revolution abolished:

a)

Slavery in all colonies immediately

b)

Feudal privileges

c)

Freedom of speech

d)

Scientific academies

47.

The French Revolution inspired revolts in:

a)

America only

b)

Latin America, Europe, and colonies

c)

Asia only

d)

Africa only

48.

The calendar introduced during the Revolution was called:

a)

Revolutionary Calendar

b)

Roman Calendar

c)

Gregorian Calendar

d)

Metric Calendar

49.

The French Revolution created a new sense of:

a)

Internationalism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Religious supremacy

50.

The revolution marked the rise of:

a)

Aristocracy

b)

Middle class

c)

Clergy

d)

Monarchy

51.

Which statement about women during the Revolution is true?

a)

Women gained the right to vote immediately

b)

Women like Olympe de Gouges demanded rights

c)

Women became queens

d)

Women were nobility only

52.

Olympe de Gouges wrote:

a)

Rights of Man and Citizen

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Woman

c)

Social Contract

d)

Spirit of Laws

53.

The Revolution ended the dominance of:

a)

Peasants

b)

Nobles and Clergy

c)

Middle class

d)

Trade unions

54.

The Estates-General had not been called in France since:

a)

1604

b)

1614

c)

1700

d)

1780

55.

The King's palace at Versailles symbolized:

a)

Poverty

b)

Royal extravagance

c)

Common housing

d)

Revolution

56.

Sans-culottes literally meant people without:

a)

Hats

b)

Knee-breeches

c)

Shoes

d)

Headgear

57.

The revolutionary slogan "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" influenced:

a)

American Civil War

b)

European liberal movements

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Indian Rebellion

58.

Louis XVI belonged to which dynasty?

a)

Habsburg

b)

Bourbon

c)

Tudor

d)

Valois

59.

Execution in France during the revolution was by:

a)

Hanging

b)

Firing squad

c)

Guillotine

d)

Burning

60.

French revolutionary wars created fear in:

a)

Only France

b)

Entire Europe, especially monarchies

c)

America

d)

China

61.

The revolution spread the concept of:

a)

Equality before law

b)

Feudalism

c)

Absolute monarchy

d)

Slavery

62.

The French Revolution inspired the rise of modern:

a)

Democracy and Nationalism

b)

Dictatorships

c)

Colonial powers

d)

Feudalism

63.

The ultimate long-term impact of the French Revolution was the:

a)

Permanent monarchy in France

b)

Growth of modern nation-states

c)

Aristocratic control

d)

End of all wars

64.

Which system of weights and measures was introduced during the French Revolution?

a)

Imperial System

b)

Metric System

c)

Roman System

d)

Traditional Units

65.

The terms "left wing" and "right wing" in politics originated from:

a)

Seating arrangements in the Estates-General

b)

Positions during battles

c)

Napoleon's reforms

d)

Clergy vs Nobility conflicts

66.

In the French revolutionary calendar, each week consisted of:

a)

5 days

b)

7 days

c)

10 days

d)

12 days

67.

The Revolutionary Calendar had how many months?

a)

10

b)

12

c)

13

d)

11

68.

Months in the revolutionary calendar were named after:

a)

Saints

b)

Roman gods

c)

Nature and agricultural cycles

d)

French monarchs

69.

The national symbol of France, adopted during the Revolution, is the:

a)

Red Rose

b)

Tricolor Flag (Blue, White, Red)

c)

Fleur-de-lis

d)

White Cross

70.

The red Phrygian cap worn by revolutionaries represented:

a)

Royal authority

b)

Freedom and liberty

c)

Religion

d)

Military power

71.

Which accessory was commonly pinned to hats or caps to signal revolutionary allegiance?

a)

Silk rosette

b)

Tricolor cockade (blue, white, red)

c)

Golden tassel

d)

Silver clasp

72.

Which garment was associated with militant popular revolutionaries alongside the Phrygian cap?

a)

Carmagnole jacket

b)

Tailcoat with epaulettes

c)

Court robe

d)

Hussar pelisse

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