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Louis XIV of France
Contributed by: Thorpe
  • 1. When was Louis XIV born?
A) 1666
B) 1600
C) 1701
D) 1638
  • 2. Louis XIV became king of France at what age?
A) 12
B) 18
C) 4
D) 25
  • 3. Which royal palace did Louis XIV famously expand and develop?
A) Fontainebleau
B) Versailles
C) Chateau de Chambord
D) Louvre
  • 4. What was Louis XIV's nickname?
A) Moon Prince
B) Sun King
C) Cloud Monarch
D) Star Emperor
  • 5. Which of the following did Louis XIV famously say?
A) L'État, c'est moi
B) Veni, vidi, vici
C) Cogito, ergo sum
D) Eureka
  • 6. Louis XIV's reign is associated with which style of art and architecture?
A) Baroque
B) Neoclassical
C) Renaissance
D) Gothic
  • 7. Who was Louis XIV's famous finance minister?
A) Nicolas Fouquet
B) Cardinal Dubois
C) Louis de Pontchartrain
D) Jean-Baptiste Colbert
  • 8. Which treaty marked the end of a major war involving Louis XIV?
A) Treaty of Versailles
B) Treaty of Utrecht
C) Treaty of Paris
D) Treaty of Tordesillas
  • 9. In what year did Louis XIV die?
A) 1789
B) 1643
C) 1750
D) 1715
  • 10. Which famous playwright had Louis XIV as a patron?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Voltaire
C) Molière
D) Jean Racine
  • 11. Louis XIV reigned for how many years?
A) 90
B) 50
C) 30
D) 72
  • 12. Louis XIV's reign saw the construction of which famous royal residence?
A) Buckingham Palace
B) Kremlin
C) Forbidden City
D) Palace of Versailles
  • 13. Who was Louis XIV's mother?
A) Catherine de Medici
B) Marie Antoinette
C) Eleanor of Aquitaine
D) Anne of Austria
  • 14. Which royal house did Louis XIV belong to?
A) Stuart
B) Romanov
C) Bourbon
D) Habsburg
  • 15. Who was Louis XIV's chief minister early in his reign?
A) Cardinal Ludovisi
B) Cardinal Mazarin
C) Cardinal Fleury
D) Cardinal Richelieu
  • 16. In which century did Louis XIV reign?
A) 20th
B) 17th
C) 18th
D) 19th
  • 17. Who was Louis XIV's father?
A) Louis XIII
B) Louis XV
C) Philip IV of Spain
D) Napoleon Bonaparte
  • 18. Which European conflict did Louis XIV consolidate power through?
A) Opium Wars
B) Napoleonic Wars
C) Crimean War
D) Thirty Years' War
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