The French Revolution

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Quiz on The French Revolution, created by Aleena Joshy on 16/10/2016.
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Question 1

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Name the class system pre-revolutionary France?
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  • Estates System
  • Feudal System
  • Magna Carta
  • French System

Question 2

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Who was in the First Estate?
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  • Clergy
  • Poor
  • King
  • Knights

Question 3

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What was the name given to the period before the revolution?
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  • Old France
  • Ancien Regime
  • Regime Ancien
  • Francais

Question 4

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Name the King and Queen at the time of the Revolution.
Answer
  • Lousi VI and Ellie Antoinette
  • Henry XVI and Marie Antoinette
  • Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette
  • Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

Question 5

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What war did the French help the Americans fight against the British?
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  • World War I
  • World War II
  • American War of Independence
  • War of the Roses

Question 6

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Name the parliament which was recalled by Louis in 1788.
Answer
  • Estates General
  • National Assembly
  • Tennis Court Oath
  • Parliament

Question 7

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Which group formed in June 1789 and wanted a new constitution saying how France should be run?
Answer
  • Estate System
  • National Assembly
  • Estate Assembly
  • Tennis Court Oath

Question 8

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20th June 1789 what did members of the new assembly swear?
Answer
  • National Assembly
  • Tennis Court Oath
  • The Bastille
  • Estates General

Question 9

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Name the prison which was stormed in 1789.
Answer
  • The Dungeons
  • The Royals
  • The Bastille
  • Prison

Question 10

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What date did the storming of the prison take place- a national holiday now.
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  • 4th July
  • 14th July
  • 15th August
  • 14th June

Question 11

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In August 1789 what document was produced with aims to increase rights and equality?
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  • Declaration of the Rights of Man
  • Declaration of the Rights of a Human
  • Magna Carta
  • Law of France

Question 12

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October 1789 thousands of women marched where to complain about their grievances and bring the king to Paris?
Answer
  • Versailles
  • Girondins
  • The Bastille
  • Jacobins

Question 13

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Who were the moderate revolutionaries in the elected assemblies of this period?
Answer
  • Girondins
  • Jacobins
  • Versailles
  • Guillotine

Question 14

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Who were the radical revolutionaries in the elected assemblies of this period?
Answer
  • Jacobins
  • Girondins
  • Versailles
  • The Bastille

Question 15

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What was the name given to the urban workers who were hard-line revolutionaries?
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  • Sans culottes
  • Committee of Public Safety
  • Jacobins
  • Maximilien Robespierre

Question 16

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A Jacobin who was the leading member of the Convention: the man most strongly associated with the execution of the king and queen and other enemies of the Revolution.
Answer
  • Maximilien Robespierre
  • Louis XVI
  • Napolean Bonaparte
  • Henry VIII

Question 17

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The Convention set up which twelve member group which dealt set up tribunals and ordered executions?
Answer
  • Committee of Terror
  • Committee of Public Saftey
  • Girondins
  • Jacobins

Question 18

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Name given to the period of time when many thousands were put to death 1793-4.
Answer
  • The Terror
  • Mechant
  • The Bastille
  • guillotine

Question 19

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Name the 'humane' killing machine used for many executions.
Answer
  • guillotine
  • drill
  • hanger
  • stretcher

Question 20

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Give the name of the military leader who took over the government of France in 1799
Answer
  • Napoleon Bonaparte
  • William the Conqueror
  • Phillip II
  • Charles V
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