#1
Who was the king of France at the outbreak of the French Revolution?
Louis XIV
Louis XVI
Louis XV
Louis XIII
#2
Which event is often considered as the starting point of the French Revolution?
The Storming of Bastille
The Tennis Court Oath
The Reign of Terror
The Execution of Louis XVI
#3
What was the name of the social class made up of the clergy in pre-revolutionary France?
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Fourth Estate
#4
Which Enlightenment philosopher greatly influenced revolutionary thought with his ideas of liberty and equality?
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
#5
Which event marked the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution?
The Storming of the Bastille
The execution of Louis XVI
The Tennis Court Oath
The Women's March on Versailles
#6
What was the slogan of the French Revolution?
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
Vive la Révolution!
L'État, c'est moi
Pour le roi et la patrie
#7
Who wrote the influential pamphlet 'What is the Third Estate?'
Marquis de Lafayette
Jean-Paul Marat
Maximilien Robespierre
Abbe Sieyes
#8
Which legislative body replaced the Estates-General during the French Revolution?
National Assembly
National Convention
Directory
Committee of Public Safety
#9
Who was the leader of the radical Jacobins during the French Revolution?
Maximilien Robespierre
Georges Danton
Jean-Paul Marat
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
#10
Which document declared the rights and freedoms of the French citizens during the Revolution?
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Constitution of 1791
Napoleonic Code
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
#11
Who was the famous female figure associated with the Women's March to Versailles?
Marie Antoinette
Olympe de Gouges
Charlotte Corday
Thérésa Tallien
#12
What was the primary cause of the financial crisis that led to the calling of the Estates-General in 1789?
Excessive spending on military campaigns
Crop failures and famine
Widespread corruption within the monarchy
Heavy taxation on the Third Estate
#13
Which faction dominated the National Convention after the fall of the monarchy?
Girondins
Montagnards
Feuillants
Jacobins
#14
What was the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution?
A period of severe economic downturn
A time when the monarchy was restored
A period of mass executions and political purges
A time when France was ruled by a military dictatorship
#15
Which event marked the end of the French Revolution?
The execution of Maximilien Robespierre
The rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
The signing of the Treaty of Amiens
The coronation of Louis XVIII
#16
Who led the coup d'état that ended the French Revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVIII
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon III
#17
What was the significance of the guillotine during the Reign of Terror?
It was used as a method of torture
It was a symbol of aristocratic power
It was a humane form of execution
It was used for public executions of perceived enemies of the Revolution
#18
Who led the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution?
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Marat
Danton
#19
Which country was France's primary adversary during the Revolutionary Wars?
Spain
Austria
Prussia
Russia
#20
Who was the prominent figure who led the Thermidorian Reaction against the radical excesses of the Reign of Terror?
Jean-Paul Marat
Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Paul Barras