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Quiz about French Revolution and Napoleon

French Revolution and Napoleon Quiz

This quiz contains questions on the French Revolution and Napoleon. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by Getzen. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Getzen

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
23,408

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
15 / 25

Plays
4468

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Question 1 of 25

1. Which of the following was not an estate? Hint

Clergy

Upper middle class

Hereditary aristocrats or nobles

Everyone else

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Question 2 of 25

2. Why did Louis XVI call a meeting for the Estates-General? Hint

He needed money

He wanted to construct a constitutional monarchy

He wanted to create laws regarding employment

He wanted to create a law enforcement team to discourage bread theft

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Question 3 of 25

3. According to Abb� Sieyes, what was the Third Estate? Hint

Everything

Nothing

Unworthy

Peasants

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Question 4 of 25

4. According to Abb� Sieyes, what had the Third Estate been in the political order until the Revolution? Hint

Unworthy

Everything

Nothing

The Moral Majority

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Question 5 of 25

5. According to Abbe Sieyes, what did the Third Estate demand? Hint

Bread

To throw a party at Versailles

Money

To become something

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Question 6 of 25

6. What was captured by the Paris mob on July 14, 1789?

Answer: (One Word, a prison)

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Question 7 of 25

7. What did the French Constitution of 1791 establish? Hint

A constitutional monarchy

A support system for the peasants

The right for all people over 25 to vote

The ability to form unions

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Question 8 of 25

8. Which, in the following, is NOT true about Louis XVI? Hint

Louis XVI was killed by the guillotine

Louis XVI tried to flee the country

His fleeing strengthened the loyalties the people had for him

Louis XVI was captured at Varennes

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Question 9 of 25

9. Which of the following was NOT a political faction? Hint

Feuillants

Jacobins

Retrousses

Girondins

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Question 10 of 25

10. What was the name of the 35-year-old lawyer who led the group called the 'Republic of Virtue'? Hint

Robespierre

Wollstonecraft

Necker

Bonaparte

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Question 11 of 25

11. What was 'The Reign of Terror'? Hint

The execution of the clergy

The invasion by Austria

The execution of approximately 17,000 "enemies of the people"

Random executions used to decrease surplus population

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Question 12 of 25

12. What republic did Napoleon establish? Hint

Republic of Elba

Cistine Republic

Cisalpine Republic

Republic Corsica

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Question 13 of 25

13. Who was in the 'coup d'etat' that overthrew the existing Government? Hint

Napoleon's brother

Napoleon's uncle

Napoleon's cousin

Napoleon's son

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Question 14 of 25

14. What was Napoleon's FIRST title as a leader of the New Triumvirate? Hint

Consul for life

King

Emperor

First Consul

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Question 15 of 25

15. Who was added to the David's painting, 'Coronation of Napoleon' (1806), because he or she couldn't attend? Hint

Napoleon's nephew

Napoleon's mother

Napoleon's father

Napoleon's brother

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Question 16 of 25

16. What was finalized in 1804, and embodied many of the values of the revolution?

Answer: (Two Words ... started by Napoleon)

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Question 17 of 25

17. What did Napoleon NOT believe about women? Hint

They should be obedient mothers

They should be obedient housewives

They should think for themselves

They should be educated

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Question 18 of 25

18. What did NOT take place within five years of the announcement of the Concordat? Hint

The Battle of Waterloo

Napoleon was named Consul for Life

The declaration of peace with Britain

He was proclaimed Hereditary Emperor

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Question 19 of 25

19. What was the system that banned all British trade from 'the continent'? Hint

The Continental Drift

The European Union

Customs

The Continental System

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Question 20 of 25

20. How many people approximately, were in Napoleon's Grand Army when he invaded Russia in 1812? Hint

12,000

1,000,000

600,000

25,000

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Question 21 of 25

21. Who was the Marquis de Caulaincourt? Hint

Head of Napoleon's political police

One of Napoleon's generals and a diplomat

One of the soldiers in the Grand Army

The rival of Napoleon

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Question 22 of 25

22. When was Napoleon forced to abdicate? Hint

1816

1813

1814

1812

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Question 23 of 25

23. Where was Napoleon exiled to in 1814? Hint

Corsica

St. Helena

Siberia

Elba

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Question 24 of 25

24. When did Napoleon come back to France, and where was he later exiled to? Hint

1815, the island of St. Helena

1816, the island of St.Helena

1815, the island of Elba

1816, the island of Elba

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Question 25 of 25

25. When did Napoleon die? Hint

1822

1821

1820

1819

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following was not an estate?

Answer: Upper middle class

The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate the nobles and the Third Estate was the rest of the population.

2. Why did Louis XVI call a meeting for the Estates-General?

Answer: He needed money

Louis was a bit of a spendthift. He bankrupted the treasury and wanted to create new taxes to build it up again.

3. According to Abb� Sieyes, what was the Third Estate?

Answer: Everything

4. According to Abb� Sieyes, what had the Third Estate been in the political order until the Revolution?

Answer: Nothing

5. According to Abbe Sieyes, what did the Third Estate demand?

Answer: To become something

The Third Estate had the majority of the French population in it (about 97 percent) yet their votes did not count if the First and Second Estates voted against them.

6. What was captured by the Paris mob on July 14, 1789?

Answer: Bastille

The mob thought that there were arms and hundreds of political prisoners inside so they 'Stormed the Bastille'. In reality there were no arms inside and about six prisoners.

7. What did the French Constitution of 1791 establish?

Answer: A constitutional monarchy

8. Which, in the following, is NOT true about Louis XVI?

Answer: His fleeing strengthened the loyalties the people had for him

Louis and Marie wrote to her brother, the ruler of Austria, but he refused to give them asylum.

9. Which of the following was NOT a political faction?

Answer: Retrousses

10. What was the name of the 35-year-old lawyer who led the group called the 'Republic of Virtue'?

Answer: Robespierre

Robespierre let power go to his head and was responsible for the deaths of thousands during 'The Reign of Terror'.

11. What was 'The Reign of Terror'?

Answer: The execution of approximately 17,000 "enemies of the people"

Not even children were safe at this time if their parents were thought to be enemies of the state. They would be killed as well.

12. What republic did Napoleon establish?

Answer: Cisalpine Republic

13. Who was in the 'coup d'etat' that overthrew the existing Government?

Answer: Napoleon's brother

14. What was Napoleon's FIRST title as a leader of the New Triumvirate?

Answer: First Consul

He later became Consul for Life and subsequently Emperor. At first he did not want the people to realize that he wanted sole power in France, so he took his power and these titles gradually.

15. Who was added to the David's painting, 'Coronation of Napoleon' (1806), because he or she couldn't attend?

Answer: Napoleon's mother

16. What was finalized in 1804, and embodied many of the values of the revolution?

Answer: Napoleonic Code

17. What did Napoleon NOT believe about women?

Answer: They should think for themselves

He believed that women should be able to read and write, but they should never go against a man's decision.

18. What did NOT take place within five years of the announcement of the Concordat?

Answer: The Battle of Waterloo

19. What was the system that banned all British trade from 'the continent'?

Answer: The Continental System

Napoleon did not want his subjects to buy British goods. He wanted them to buy goods that were produced within his empire only.

20. How many people approximately, were in Napoleon's Grand Army when he invaded Russia in 1812?

Answer: 600,000

21. Who was the Marquis de Caulaincourt?

Answer: One of Napoleon's generals and a diplomat

22. When was Napoleon forced to abdicate?

Answer: 1814

He abdicated on 11 April 1814 and was exiled to the island of Elba.

23. Where was Napoleon exiled to in 1814?

Answer: Elba

24. When did Napoleon come back to France, and where was he later exiled to?

Answer: 1815, the island of St. Helena

25. When did Napoleon die?

Answer: 1821

Source: Author Getzen

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