- 1. When did the French Revolution begin?
A) 1776
B) 1789
C) 1805
D) 1799
- 2. Who was the Queen of France during the French Revolution?
A) Isabella of Spain
B) Marie Antoinette
C) Catherine the Great
D) Elizabeth of Russia
- 3. Which event marked the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution?
A) Storming of the Bastille
B) Execution of Louis XVI
C) Reign of Terror
D) Battle of Waterloo
- 4. Which king was executed during the French Revolution?
A) Louis XVI
B) Louis XIII
C) Louis XV
D) Charles X
- 5. What was the 'Reign of Terror'?
A) Peace treaty between France and Britain
B) Period of mass executions during the French Revolution
C) Declaration of war on neighboring countries
D) Famine leading to social unrest
- 6. Who was the leader of the Jacobins during the French Revolution?
A) Georges Danton
B) Napoleon Bonaparte
C) Maximilien Robespierre
D) Jean-Paul Marat
- 7. What assembly declared itself as the ruling body of France during the French Revolution?
A) Royal Assembly
B) Parliamentary Assembly
C) National Assembly
D) Constituent Assembly
- 8. Who was the first president of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte
B) Georges Danton
C) Marie Antoinette
D) Robespierre
- 9. What was the name of the prison that was stormed by Parisians on July 14, 1789?
A) Bastille
B) Alcatraz
C) Devil's Island
D) Tower of London
- 10. Who was known as the 'Incorruptible' during the French Revolution?
A) Danton
B) Marat
C) Barère
D) Robespierre
- 11. Which European country declared war on France in 1792, leading to the French Revolutionary Wars?
A) Austria
B) Britain
C) Prussia
D) Spain
- 12. During the French Revolution, what was the motto of the revolutionaries?
A) Liberté, égalité, fraternité
B) Pour le peuple
C) Vive la Révolution
D) Liberté ou la mort
- 13. Which city became the capital of France during the French Revolution?
A) Nice
B) Paris
C) Marseille
D) Versailles
- 14. Who was the radical journalist who was assassinated by Charlotte Corday during the French Revolution?
A) Jean-Paul Marat
B) Maximilien Robespierre
C) Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
D) Georges Danton
- 15. What marked the end of the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution?
A) Execution of Robespierre
B) Invasion by foreign armies
C) Coup d'état by Napoleon Bonaparte
D) Revolt of the sans-culottes
- 16. Who led the royal armies against the French Revolutionaries during the War of the First Coalition?
A) Duke of Wellington
B) King Frederick William II
C) Tsar Alexander I
D) Duke of Brunswick
- 17. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte exiled following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo?
A) Elba
B) Corsica
C) Saint Helena
D) Malta
- 18. During the French Revolution, which group led the radical phase of the revolution?
A) Hébertists
B) Girondins
C) Jacobins
D) Cordeliers
- 19. In what year was Napoleon Bonaparte crowned Emperor of France?
A) 1812
B) 1815
C) 1804
D) 1799
- 20. Who was the leader of the Girondins during the French Revolution?
A) Brissot
B) Danton
C) Saint-Just
D) Marat
- 21. In what year was the Directory established in France to replace the National Convention?
A) 1799
B) 1795
C) 1801
D) 1792
- 22. Who led the military coup that ended the Directory and established the Consulate in France?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte
B) Robespierre
C) Danton
D) Louis XVIII
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