The French Revolution 05

1. Which word was not in the revolutionary slogan?

   • Equality
   • Fraternity
   • Liberty
   • Loyalty

2. Which Committee was set up to protect the new Republic?

   • Committee of Public Concern
   • Committee of Public Freedom
   • Committee of Public Liberty
   • Committee of Public Safety

3. What were tumbrils?

   • Carts that took victims to the guillotine
   • Catapult-like weapons
   • Drums played by the mob
   • Slogan boards to carry during the riots

4. Who led the Committee of Public Safety?

   • Danton
   • Desmoulins
   • Lafayette
   • Robespierre

5. Attacks on nobles and royalists was the Reign of .......

   • Death
   • Destruction
   • Revenge
   • Terror

6. Who were the moderate party who resented the power that Paris now had?

   • Girondins
   • Jacobins
   • Noisettes
   • Salopettes

7. In 1793 where did peasants rise in revolt against the new government?

   • Ardeche
   • Dordogne
   • Landes
   • Vendee

8. Which revolutionary was stabbed to death in his bath?

   • Carnot
   • Danton
   • Marat
   • Quesnay

9. Which small group briefly ran France after Robespierre's execution?

   • The Communards
   • The Directory
   • The Executive
   • The Gendarmes

10. Who brought law and order back to France by ending the Revolution?

    • Charles de Gaulle
    • King Louis XVII
    • Napoleon Bonaparte
    • The Duke of Wellington

Quiz written by Jan Crompton