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