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The French Revolution

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Introduction:
"The French Revolution is one of the most important events in French and World History. This is a quiz over some of its events and key people."


1. What year did the French Revolution begin?
    1793
    1776
    1787
    1789


2. What was the event that started the Revolution?
    The storming of Versailles
    Bread riots
    The storming of the Bastille
    The Tennis Court Oath


3. Who was the king of France during this time period?
    Jean-Jacques I
    Louis XVI
    Henri IV
    Edouard IX


4. How did the King of France die?
    he was tortured
    he was hanged
    he was guillotined
    he was shot


5. How did the son of the King of France son die?
    he was murdered
    he was tortured
    he died in prison
    he was run over by a carriage


6. Who was the leader of the Commitee of Public Safety?
    Robespierre
    Marie Antoinette
    Danton
    Marquis de Lafayette


7. Who was Marat?
    an aristocrat
    a spy
    a priest
    a newspaper editor


8. Where was Marat murdered?
    at the guillotine
    in the bathtub
    in the sewers
    at the king's palace


9. Who was one of Robespierre's closest friends whom he would later send to the guillotine?
    George Washington
    Marat
    Danton
    King Louis


10. Who was the queen of France at the time of the Revolution?
    Madame de Pompadour
    Marie Antoinette
    Madame du Barry
    Gabrielle de Polignac


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