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The French Revolution Quiz Test (1789 to 1799).

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Practice Quiz Test of French Revolution

1. In what year does the French revolution begin?

  1. 1889
  2. 1798
  3. 1788
  4. 1789

Option 4. 1789

2. Before 1789, when was the Estates-General last gathered?

  1. 1614
  2. 1416
  3. 1764
  4. 1674

Option 1. 1614

3. What did the Second Estate comprise?

  1. The clergy
  2. The bourgeoisie
  3. The peasantry
  4. The nobility

Option 4. The nobility

4. Who really wants society to change?

  1. Fourth state
  2. Third state
  3. Half state
  4. None of the above.

Option 2. Third state

5. What happened on August 26, 1789?

  1. Declaration of the Rights of Man
  2. Storming of Bastille
  3. Assembly Meeting
  4. Terror

Option 1. Declaration of the Rights of Man

6. What is the “Tennis Court Oath”?

  1. The promise of the deputies of the Third States not to separate the creation of a new Constitution.
  2. The oath of the deputies of the Third Estate to convince the people to take the Bastille and release their prisoners.
  3. The oath of the Third Estate would not accept the tax burden.
  4. The fall of the monarchy.

Option 1. The promise of the deputies of the Third States not to separate the creation of a new Constitution.

7. What form of government did France have before the beginning of the French Revolution?

  1. Republic
  2. Monarch
  3. Socialism
  4. Democracy

Option 2. Monarch

8. On October 5, 1789, the “Parisiennes went to seek the king from Versailles”. But where are they taking him?

  • In Saint-Cloud
  • At the Louvre
  • At the Bastille fort
  • At the Palace of Tuileries

Option 4. At the Palace of Tuileries

9. France feasts July 14 as a celebration because it is the anniversary of?

  • The Tennis Court Oath
  • End of Ancien Régime
  • The death of Robespierre
  • The storming of the Bastille

Option 4. The storming of the Bastille

10. What was the name of the radical newspaper published by the Marat?

  1. Le Père Duchesne (Father Duchesne)
  2. L’Ami du Peuple (The Friend of the People)
  3. Le Journal de Paris (The first French daily)
  4. Gazette nationale

Option 2. L’Ami du Peuple (The Friend of the People)

11. The king tried to escape in June 1791. But where is he stopped?

  • In Varennes
  • In Jemappes
  • In Valmy
  • In Vendee

Option 1. In Varennes

12. What is the regime led by Maximilien Robespierre?

  1. National Convention
  2. Storming of Bastille
  3. Reign of Terror
  4. The Paris commune

Option 3. Reign of Terror

13. Who murdered Marat in his bath?

  1. Marie-Antoinette
  2. Olympe de Gouges
  3. Madame Roland
  4. Charlotte Corday

Option 4. Charlotte Corday

14. Which list of events is in the correct chronological order?

  1. Reign of Terror > Execution of King Louis XVI > Storming Of The Bastille > Founding of National Convention
  2. Storming Of The Bastille > Founding of National Convention >Execution of King Louis XVI > Reign of Terror
  3. Reign of Terror > Storming Of The Bastille > Founding of National Convention >Execution of the King Louis XVI
  4. Storming Of The Bastille > Reign of Terror > Founding of National Convention >Execution of the King Louis XVI

Option 2. Storming Of The Bastille > Founding of National Convention >Execution of King Louis XVI > Reign of Terror

15. In what year was Louis XVI guillotined?

  1. 1892
  2. 1789
  3. 1793
  4. 1791

Option 3. 1793

16. Who paid the majority of the taxes in the French kingdom?

  1. King
  2. Church
  3. Army
  4. Commoners

Option 4. Commoners

17. In which year does the Ancien Régime end?

  1. 1789
  2. 1804
  3. 1800
  4. 1803

Option 1.1789

18. What building in Paris was taken over by the citizens, becoming the starting point of the Revolution?

  1. Bastille Fort
  2. Palace of Versailles
  3. City Hall
  4. Meeting Hall

Option 1. Bastille Fort

19. What was the Chapelier Law?

  • Suppresses Corporations
  • Prohibiting labor groups
  • Working coalitions
  • All of the above

Option 4. All of the above

20. What major event takes place on August 10, 1792?

  1. Execution of Marie-Antoinette
  2. Execution of Louis XVII
  3. Execution of Robespierre
  4. Execution of The Last King of The Bourbon Dynasty

Option 4. Execution of The Last King of The Bourbon Dynasty

21. What event marks the start of the French Revolution?

  1. American independence: 1783
  2. Tennis Court Oath: June 20, 1789
  3. Storming of the Bastille: July 14, 1789
  4. Great Terror: June 10, 1794

Option 3. Storming of the Bastille: July 14, 1789

22. Which law allowed to keep under arrest all the suspected enemies of the Revolution even who were not involved of any crime but could charge it?

  1. Chapelier Law
  2. Law of Suspects
  3. Civil Law
  4. Law of Terror

Option 2. Law of Suspects

23. Which club is Robespierre a member of?

  1. The Jacobins Club
  2. The Cordeliers Club
  3. The Revolutionary Club
  4. Member of Directory.

Option 1. The Jacobins Club

24. What is the date of the proclamation of the first French republic?

  1. September 21, 1793
  2. August 2, 1792
  3. September 21, 1792
  4. May 12, 1792

Option 3. September 21, 1792

25. Which list of French leaders is in the correct chronological order?

  1. Louis XVI > Napoleon > Robespierre
  2. Louis XVI > Robespierre > Napoleon
  3. Robespierre > Napoleon > Louis XVI
  4. Napoleon > Louis XVI > Robespierre

Option 2. Louis XVI > Robespierre > Napoleon

26. What is the name of national song of France declared on July 14, 1795?

  1. La Marseillaise
  2. Land der Berge, Land am Strome
  3. Marcha Real
  4. Il Canto degli Italiani

Option 1. La Marseillaise

27. In what year Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of the France?

  1. In 1799
  2. In 1802
  3. In 1803
  4. In 1804

Option 4. In 1804

28. Which of the following was a significant cause of the French Revolution?

  1. Scarcity of food
  2. Politics
  3. Debt & taxes
  4. All of the above

Option 4. All of the above

29. The revolution ends with what form of government?

  1. Republic
  2. Directory Rule
  3. Consulate
  4. Democracy

Option 3. Consulate

30. How does the Revolution end?

  1. Bonaparte carries out a coup d’etat
  2. The victory of the Royalists over Directory in elections
  3. France proclaimed a republic
  4. Assassination of Marat

Option 1. Bonaparte carries out a coup d’etat

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