This French Revolution quiz tests how well you really know the people, events, and radical changes that overturned the monarchy and reshaped all of France.
In which year did the French Revolution begin? Choices: 1789, 1776, 1799, 1804
Which French king was executed during the Revolution? Choices: Louis XV, Louis XIV, Louis XVI, Charles X
Which 1789 document outlined the basic rights of French citizens? Choices: Magna Carta, Bill of Rights, Napoleonic Code, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Which radical period of the Revolution, led by Robespierre, saw mass executions? Choices: The Thermidorian Reaction, The Reign of Terror, The Directory, The Consulate
Which device became the infamous method of execution during the Revolution? Choices: Firing squad, Gallows, Guillotine, Hanging
Which committee, led by Robespierre, directed the Reign of Terror? Choices: Committee of Public Safety, National Convention, Directory, Jacobin Club
Which event on July 14, 1789, is seen as the start of the French Revolution? Choices: Women's March on Versailles, Storming of the Bastille, Tennis Court Oath, Flight to Varennes
Which three-part social class system divided French society before the Revolution? Choices: The guild system, The feudal pyramid, The caste system, The Estates system
Which October 1789 event saw a crowd of women march to Versailles demanding bread? Choices: Women's March on Versailles, Storming of the Bastille, Flight to Varennes, Festival of the Supreme Being
Which queen, wife of Louis XVI, was also executed during the Revolution? Choices: Josephine Bonaparte, Madame de Pompadour, Marie Antoinette, Catherine de Medici
Which military leader rose to power after the Revolution's chaos and later crowned himself emperor? Choices: Maximilien Robespierre, Georges Danton, Lazare Carnot, Napoleon Bonaparte
Which assembly, formed by representatives of the common people, declared itself France's true government in 1789? Choices: National Assembly, Estates-General, Directory, Convention
Who was executed by guillotine after his own fall from power, ending the Reign of Terror? Choices: Louis XVI, Georges Danton, Maximilien Robespierre, Jean-Paul Marat
Which war broke out between France and much of Europe as a result of the Revolution? Choices: Napoleonic Wars, War of the First Coalition, Seven Years' War, Franco-Prussian War
Which French Caribbean colony saw its own revolution, inspired by France's, leading to the only successful slave-led nation? Choices: Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Haiti