- 1. Which year is commonly referred to as the 'Year of Revolutions' in Europe?
A) 1789
B) 1776
C) 1914
D) 1848
- 2. Which city saw the beginning of the 1848 revolutions with the February Revolution?
A) Vienna
B) Berlin
C) Paris
D) London
- 3. Who was the leader of the Italian unification movement that emerged during the 1848 revolutions?
A) Otto von Bismarck
B) Giuseppe Garibaldi
C) Klemens von Metternich
D) Napoleon Bonaparte
- 4. Which monarch abdicated the throne as a result of the 1848 revolutions in France?
A) Tsar Nicholas I
B) Louis-Philippe
C) Queen Victoria
D) Pope Pius IX
- 5. Which country's revolution of 1848 was known as the 'Springtime of the Peoples'?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) Russia
D) Austria
- 6. Who famously declared 'Let there be light!' during the 1848 revolutions in Hungary?
A) Franz Joseph I
B) Lajos Kossuth
C) Giuseppe Mazzini
D) Camillo di Cavour
- 7. Who was known as the 'Iron Chancellor' and played a significant role in German unification after the 1848 revolutions?
A) Kaiser Wilhelm I
B) Giuseppe Garibaldi
C) Otto von Bismarck
D) Camillo di Cavour
- 8. Which famous author wrote about the 1848 revolutions in his book 'The Communist Manifesto'?
A) Leo Tolstoy
B) Karl Marx
C) Charles Dickens
D) Friedrich Nietzsche
- 9. Which city saw intense fighting during the 1848 revolutions and became a symbol of the struggle for democratic rights?
A) Munich
B) Rome
C) Vienna
D) Prague
- 10. Who was the British Prime Minister during the 1848 revolutions in Europe?
A) William Gladstone
B) Lord John Russell
C) Robert Peel
D) Queen Victoria
- 11. Which country's revolution in 1848 was led by the 'June Days' uprising and resulted in a brutal government crackdown?
A) France
B) Hungary
C) Austria
D) Denmark
- 12. Which country's revolution in 1848 was known as the 'Revolution of the Seven Islands' and sought to achieve independence?
A) Finland
B) Poland
C) Greece
D) Belgium
- 13. Who was the Austrian Foreign Minister who resigned in March 1848 due to pressure from revolutionaries?
A) Giuseppe Garibaldi
B) Franz Joseph I
C) Klemens von Metternich
D) Lajos Kossuth
- 14. Which city witnessed a violent uprising by workers and students in March 1848, leading to the abdication of King Frederick William IV of Prussia?
A) Warsaw
B) Rome
C) Berlin
D) Vienna
- 15. Which country's revolution in 1848 led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy and the abolition of feudalism?
A) Russia
B) Greece
C) Austria
D) Turkey
- 16. What was the outcome of the revolution in Denmark in 1848?
A) Dictatorship
B) Constitutional monarchy
C) Military rule
D) Communist government
- 17. Who became the President of the French Second Republic in 1848?
A) Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
B) Jules Ferry
C) Clémenceau
D) Georges Cuvier
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