How Much Do You Really Know About The French Revolution?

1. Who was king of France during the revolution?

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2. When did the storming of the Bastille take place?

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3. What was one major cause of the economic crisis at the root of the revolution?

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4. When was Louis XVI executed?

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5. Who was Louis XVI married to?

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6. Who came out of the Revolution looking like a hero?

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7. What song became the anthem of the revolution?

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8. Who is the phrase, "Let them eat cake," commonly attributed to?

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9. How long did the French Revolution last?

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10. What was the name of the French group that took control of the revolution in its first year?

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11. What was the "lower house" of the French legislative branch known as during the French Revolution?

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12. When was the first Festival of the Federation celebrated?

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13. What was the mass wave of nobles leaving France known as?

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14. True or false: Marie Antoinette was hanged during the French Revolution.

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15. During the 1790s, what countries were believed to be building alliances with French counterrevolutionaries?

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16. What group declared the end of the monarch?

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17. What group is responsible for eradicating Christianity from the country?

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18. What was the Reign of Terror?

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19. What group dominated the Third Estate?

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20. The Third Estate's agreement to not go their separate ways until agreeing on constitutional reform had been reached was known as the:

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21. Roughly how many people were involved in the raiding of the Bastille?

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22. When was the French flag adopted?

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23. True or False: The Palace of Versailles did not survive the revolution.

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24. The dismissal of what figure was one of the final straws that led to the storming of the Bastille?

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25. The state religion during the Revolution was what?

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26. The fledgling U.S. adopted a ______________ stance toward revolutionary France.

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27. What was another location (besides the Bastille) that was pillaged during the revolution?

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28. What was Napoleon's unofficial French anthem?

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29. What was the name of the prison Marie Antoinette was held at?

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30. Name one of the prevalent art styles during the revolution.

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31. Where did the national guard of Paris bless their flags at the beginning of the revolution?

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32. When did the destruction of the Bastille begin?

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33. What was the currency during the French Revolution called?

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34. True or False: The coronation of Napoleon took place at Notre Dame.

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35. "Ca ira" is a:

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36. What was France's new declaration of rights called?

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37. What was the noble class pre-Revolution known as?

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38. Who documented the Declaration of Rights?

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39. True or False: Slavery was abolished in the French Declaration of Rights.

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40. When did the royal family attempt to flee from Paris?

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41. What is "Vendémiaire?"

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42. True or False: The Declaration of Rights inspired French colony slave uprisings.

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43. Some members of the Jacobins political club broke away to form _____________.

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44. The French Declaration of Rights inspired what newer revolution?

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45. What was the proposed replacement religion of post-Revolution France?

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46. What was the post-Revolution French calendar called?

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47. When did Henri de la Rochejaquelein, the youngest general loyal to the royals, die?

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48. What was the Festival of the Supreme Being?

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49. Maximilien Robespierre did what as a profession?

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50. What form of government replaced the National Assembly?

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The French Revolution was a whole lot more than, “Let them eat cake.” It was a complicated, confusing, and for some, exciting time in history. How much do you actually know about the time period? Read more

1. Who was king of France during the revolution?

2. When did the storming of the Bastille take place?

3. What was one major cause of the economic crisis at the root of the revolution?

4. When was Louis XVI executed?

5. Who was Louis XVI married to?

6. Who came out of the Revolution looking like a hero?

7. What song became the anthem of the revolution?

8. Who is the phrase, "Let them eat cake," commonly attributed to?

9. How long did the French Revolution last?

10. What was the name of the French group that took control of the revolution in its first year?

11. What was the "lower house" of the French legislative branch known as during the French Revolution?

12. When was the first Festival of the Federation celebrated?

13. What was the mass wave of nobles leaving France known as?

14. True or false: Marie Antoinette was hanged during the French Revolution.

15. During the 1790s, what countries were believed to be building alliances with French counterrevolutionaries?

16. What group declared the end of the monarch?

17. What group is responsible for eradicating Christianity from the country?

18. What was the Reign of Terror?

19. What group dominated the Third Estate?

20. The Third Estate's agreement to not go their separate ways until agreeing on constitutional reform had been reached was known as the:

21. Roughly how many people were involved in the raiding of the Bastille?

22. When was the French flag adopted?

23. True or False: The Palace of Versailles did not survive the revolution.

24. The dismissal of what figure was one of the final straws that led to the storming of the Bastille?

25. The state religion during the Revolution was what?

26. The fledgling U.S. adopted a ______________ stance toward revolutionary France.

27. What was another location (besides the Bastille) that was pillaged during the revolution?

28. What was Napoleon's unofficial French anthem?

29. What was the name of the prison Marie Antoinette was held at?

30. Name one of the prevalent art styles during the revolution.

31. Where did the national guard of Paris bless their flags at the beginning of the revolution?

32. When did the destruction of the Bastille begin?

33. What was the currency during the French Revolution called?

34. True or False: The coronation of Napoleon took place at Notre Dame.

35. "Ca ira" is a:

36. What was France's new declaration of rights called?

37. What was the noble class pre-Revolution known as?

38. Who documented the Declaration of Rights?

39. True or False: Slavery was abolished in the French Declaration of Rights.

40. When did the royal family attempt to flee from Paris?

41. What is "Vendémiaire?"

42. True or False: The Declaration of Rights inspired French colony slave uprisings.

43. Some members of the Jacobins political club broke away to form _____________.

44. The French Declaration of Rights inspired what newer revolution?

45. What was the proposed replacement religion of post-Revolution France?

46. What was the post-Revolution French calendar called?

47. When did Henri de la Rochejaquelein, the youngest general loyal to the royals, die?

48. What was the Festival of the Supreme Being?

49. Maximilien Robespierre did what as a profession?

50. What form of government replaced the National Assembly?