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Test Name:	French Revolution Quiz
Subject Category:	World History
Test Type:	Online MCQs Based Quiz
Total Score / Questions:	30 / 30
Time Limit:	20 Min
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French Revolution Quiz (1789–1799) Questions Answers Online MCQs Test

1. The time period between July 22 and August 6, 1789 at the bringing of the French Revolution is known as??

The Great War

The Great Fear

Reign of Terror

The Great Panic

2. What were the main causes of French revolution that began on July 14, 1789?

Political conflict

Financial Crisis

All options

Social Inequality due to the French Estates

3. What social class was made up of nobility in French society?

Second Estate

Third Estate

First Estate

Fourth Estate

4. When did the French Revolution begin in France??

1789

1689

1700

1799

5. How long did the French Revolution of 1789 last??

10 years

100 years

20 years

5 years

6. What type of government did France have before the French revolution in 1789?

Monarchy

Dictatorship

Democracy

Communism

7. Which of the following document nationalized the French church??

Constitution of the Year III

Constitution de 1789

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

French Constitution of 1793

8. Which of the following document created a limited/constitutional monarchy in France??

Constitution of the Year III

Constitution of 1791

French Constitution of 1793

Constitution de 1789

9. Which of the following was the king of France during the French revolution?

Louis XVI

Henry II

Charles X

Francis I

10. A period of violence during the French revolution between 1793 to 1794; is known as? Hint: 17000 people were executed by the guillotine.

Reign of Terror

Warring States Period

France Civil War

The Great Fear

11. When did the royal family decide to escape to Austria and they were arrested in Varennes?

1799

1893

1791

1700

12. What name was given to the social classes in French society before the French revolution?

Estates

Status

States

Ranks

13. Which of the following type of government was established after the French revolution in 1792?

Communism

Republic

Dictatorship

Monarchy

14. What major event happened on 14 July 1789 in Paris during the French revolution?

Tuileries was attacked

Reign of Terror

King Louis XVI was executed

Bastille was attacked

15. Which of the following currency was used during the French Revolution??

Livre

Mandats

Assignat

Euro

16. When did the Republican soldiers and the people of Paris storm the Palace of the Tuileries during the French revolution to abolish the monarchy??

September 30, 1799

July 7, 1780

August 10, 1792

August 5, 1770

17. Which of the following human civil rights document was issued on 26 August 1789 at the time of the French Revolution?

Declaration of the Rights of the Man and of the Citizen

Declaration of equality

Declaration of Sentiments

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

18. Which of the following is NOT a key figure of the French Revolution?

Thomas Jefferson

Jean-Paul Marat

Maximilien Robespierre

Napoleon Bonaparte

19. When was the feudal system abolished by the National Constituent Assembly?

4 August 1789

4 July 1800

4 September 1799

4 July 1780

20. Which of the following leader led the coup of 18 Brumaire that ended the French Directory in 1799??

Jean-Paul Marat

Thomas Jefferson

Napoleon Bonaparte

Maximilien Robespierre

21. What social class was made up of merchants and skilled artisans in the French society?

Second Estate

Third Estate

First Estate

22. Which of the following was the leader of the French Revolution in 1799??

Napoleon Bonaparte

Jacques-Pierre Brissot

Maximilien Robespierre

Louis XVI

23. Which of the following was the slogan of people during the French Revolution?

Liberty, Peace, Facilities

Bread, Liberty, Fraternity

Food, Equality, Peace

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

24. Why did thousands of women march to Versailles on the morning of October 5 1789??

Scarcity of oil

Scarcity of medicine

Scarcity of bread

Scarcity of water

25. What factors contributed to the French financial crisis before the French revolution?

Unfair tax structure

All options

War with England

Aiding the Americans during the American Revolution

26. When the last king of France Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette was executed by the guillotine?

1793

1789

1791

1799

27. When did the Tennis Court Oath happen in Versailles, France?

July 7, 1780

June 20, 1789

August 5, 1770

September 30, 1799

28. When did the Revolution of 1789 end??

1700

1800

1789

1799

29. How many people were killed by a guillotine including the Former King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France during the Reign of Terror?

7000

50000

5000

17000

30. How many years did Napoleon rule in France after overthrowing the French Directory??

15 years

30 years

10 years

20 years