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