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