A revision quiz on the French Revolution, from the Bastille to Napoleon's coup, for middle school and early high school students. 12 questions, about 5 minutes.
Frage 1 · Einfachauswahl · 20 s · 1 Pkt.
In which year was the Bastille stormed in Paris?
Frage 2 · Einfachauswahl · 20 s · 1 Pkt.
Which social order made up the vast majority of the population in the Estates General?
- The Third Estate
- The clergy
- The nobility
- The royal court
Frage 3 · Einfachauswahl · 20 s · 1 Pkt.
What is the name of the document approved in August 1789 that proclaimed the liberty and equality of citizens?
- Albertine Statute
- Napoleonic Code
- Magna Carta
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Frage 4 · Einfachauswahl · 20 s · 1 Pkt.
What did the deputies of the Third Estate swear in the Tennis Court in June 1789?
- To abolish the monarchy
- To march on the Bastille
- Not to separate until France had a constitution
- To pay off the state's debt
Frage 5 · Wahr / Falsch · 20 s · 1 Pkt.
King Louis XVI was sentenced to death and guillotined in January 1793.
Frage 6 · Einfachauswahl · 20 s · 1 Pkt.
Which politician was the dominant figure of the Committee of Public Safety during the Terror?
- Maximilien Robespierre
- Georges Danton
- Jean-Paul Marat
- Lafayette
Frage 7 · Einfachauswahl · 20 s · 1 Pkt.
In which year was the First French Republic proclaimed?
Frage 8 · Mehrfachauswahl · 20 s · 1 Pkt.
Which of the following were among the causes of the French Revolution?
- A severe financial crisis of the state
- Defeat in the Thirty Years' War
- The spread of Enlightenment ideas
- The discovery of America
Frage 9 · Einfachauswahl · 20 s · 1 Pkt.
Which military song of 1792 became the French national anthem?
- The Song of the Italians
- La Marseillaise
- La Carmagnole
- Ça ira
Frage 10 · Wahr / Falsch · 20 s · 1 Pkt.
On the night of 4 August 1789 the Assembly abolished feudal privileges.
Frage 11 · Einfachauswahl · 20 s · 1 Pkt.
Which general seized power in the coup of 18 Brumaire (1799)?
- Louis XVIII
- Jean-Baptiste Kléber
- Charles de Gaulle
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Frage 12 · Einfachauswahl · 20 s · 1 Pkt.
What was the motto of the French Revolution?
- God, country, family
- Peace, land, bread
- Liberty, equality, fraternity
- Order and progress