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World History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The French Revolution 4 (Questions)

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Revolution can be defined as a complete, drastic and usually far-reaching change. History tells us that was certainly the case during the French Revolution!

Test yourself with this, our fourth quiz on the subject.

1. What happened to the Church under the new Constitution?
[ ] All the church buildings were demolished
[ ] All the Priests were banished
[ ] Catholicism was banned
[ ] Its land was given to the State
2. When the King fled Paris in 1791 he was caught where?
[ ] Artenay
[ ] Beauvais
[ ] Chantilly
[ ] Varennes
3. Many sans-culottes wore a red .......
[ ] Beret of Defiance
[ ] Cap of Liberty
[ ] Scarf of Freedom
[ ] Shirt of Blood
4. At which palace was Louis XVI arrested in 1791?
[ ] Evian Palace
[ ] Palace of Fontainebleau
[ ] Palace of Versailles
[ ] Tuileries Palace
5. Many blamed the King for France's defeat by which country in a war of 1792?
[ ] Austria
[ ] Italy
[ ] Portugal
[ ] Spain
6. When the starving could not afford bread Marie Antoinette is claimed to have said .......
[ ] 'Can't they have toast instead'
[ ] 'Let them bake their own'
[ ] 'Let them eat cake'
[ ] 'The peasants are revolting'
7. September 1791 saw France announced as what?
[ ] A Democracy
[ ] A Republic
[ ] Bankrupt
[ ] Being in a state of emergency
8. When Louis went on trial what was he not charged with?
[ ] Bankrupting France
[ ] Being disloyal to the new Constitution
[ ] Murder
[ ] Plotting with France's enemies
9. How was Louis executed in January 1793?
[ ] By firing squad
[ ] By guillotine
[ ] By hanging
[ ] By the electric chair
10. What word means the killing of a king?
[ ] Crownicide
[ ] Palicide
[ ] Regicide
[ ] Rulicide
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World History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The French Revolution 4 (Answers)
1. What happened to the Church under the new Constitution?
[ ] All the church buildings were demolished
[ ] All the Priests were banished
[ ] Catholicism was banned
[x] Its land was given to the State
2. When the King fled Paris in 1791 he was caught where?
[ ] Artenay
[ ] Beauvais
[ ] Chantilly
[x] Varennes
He was recognized despite being in disguise!
3. Many sans-culottes wore a red .......
[ ] Beret of Defiance
[x] Cap of Liberty
[ ] Scarf of Freedom
[ ] Shirt of Blood
4. At which palace was Louis XVI arrested in 1791?
[ ] Evian Palace
[ ] Palace of Fontainebleau
[ ] Palace of Versailles
[x] Tuileries Palace
5. Many blamed the King for France's defeat by which country in a war of 1792?
[x] Austria
[ ] Italy
[ ] Portugal
[ ] Spain
The war caused higher food prices and starvation
6. When the starving could not afford bread Marie Antoinette is claimed to have said .......
[ ] 'Can't they have toast instead'
[ ] 'Let them bake their own'
[x] 'Let them eat cake'
[ ] 'The peasants are revolting'
7. September 1791 saw France announced as what?
[ ] A Democracy
[x] A Republic
[ ] Bankrupt
[ ] Being in a state of emergency
This means the monarchy was abolished
8. When Louis went on trial what was he not charged with?
[ ] Bankrupting France
[ ] Being disloyal to the new Constitution
[x] Murder
[ ] Plotting with France's enemies
9. How was Louis executed in January 1793?
[ ] By firing squad
[x] By guillotine
[ ] By hanging
[ ] By the electric chair
His wife was guillotined in October of the same year
10. What word means the killing of a king?
[ ] Crownicide
[ ] Palicide
[x] Regicide
[ ] Rulicide