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