Louis XVI
  • 1. When was Louis XVI born?
A) 1726
B) 1804
C) 1789
D) 1754
  • 2. Which queen was Louis XVI married to?
A) Marie Antoinette
B) Isabella of Spain
C) Catherine de Medici
D) Anne of Austria
  • 3. In which year did Louis XVI become the King of France?
A) 1789
B) 1815
C) 1793
D) 1774
  • 4. What was the title of Louis XVI before he became king?
A) Count of Provence
B) Duke of Burgundy
C) Prince of Wales
D) Dauphin of France
  • 5. In which year was Louis XVI deposed?
A) 1789
B) 1801
C) 1792
D) 1794
  • 6. Which famous pamphleteer criticized Louis XVI in 'Rights of Man'?
A) Rousseau
B) Karl Marx
C) Voltaire
D) Thomas Paine
  • 7. What was Louis XVI's fate?
A) Executed by guillotine
B) Abdicated and fled to Austria
C) Exiled to England
D) Imprisoned for life
  • 8. Which war did Louis XVI support financially, contributing to the economic crisis in France?
A) Wars of Religion
B) Seven Years' War
C) War of the Spanish Succession
D) American Revolutionary War
  • 9. Who was Louis XVI's finance minister known for his failed attempts to reform the French finances?
A) Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud
B) Francois-Michel Le Tellier
C) Jacques Necker
D) Jean-Baptiste Colbert
  • 10. Which treaty did Louis XVI sign with the United States, recognizing its independence?
A) Treaty of Tordesillas
B) Treaty of Westphalia
C) Treaty of Versailles (1871)
D) Treaty of Paris (1783)
  • 11. Which document was famously written during Louis XVI's reign?
A) Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
B) Magna Carta
C) Emancipation Proclamation
D) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • 12. Who was Louis XVI's youngest brother who became King after his execution?
A) Charles X
B) Louis Philippe I
C) Napoleon III
D) Louis XVIII
  • 13. What was the name of the political body that stripped Louis XVI of his powers and put him on trial?
A) Committee of Public Safety
B) National Convention
C) Legislative Assembly
D) Estates-General
  • 14. Which location became the final residence of Louis XVI before his execution?
A) Bastille
B) Tuileries Palace
C) Temple Prison
D) Versailles Palace
  • 15. In what year was Louis XVI executed?
A) 1805
B) 1793
C) 1776
D) 1865
  • 16. Where was Louis XVI executed?
A) Tower of London
B) Place de la Révolution
C) Red Square
D) Alcatraz Island
  • 17. Which monarchy preceded Louis XVI's reign in France?
A) Bourbon
B) Romanov
C) Hohenzollern
D) Habsburg
  • 18. How many children did Louis XVI have?
A) 1
B) 4
C) 7
D) 2
  • 19. Where was Louis XVI born?
A) Vienna
B) London
C) Paris
D) Versailles
  • 20. Which of the following terms does NOT refer to Louis XVI?
A) Louis Auguste
B) Citizen Louis Capet
C) Louis the Desired
D) Sun King
  • 21. What was the name of the legislative body called by Louis XVI in 1789?
A) National Assembly
B) Duma
C) Estates-General
D) Parliament
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