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World History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The French Revolution 5 (Questions)

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The storming of the Bastille occurred during the French Revolution. The French Revolution was said to 'devour its children' because many of those who began the revolt were killed themselves.

See how much you have learned in your History classes by playing our final quiz on this subject.

Which word was not in the revolutionary slogan?

[ ]	Equality
[ ]	Fraternity
[ ]	Liberty
[ ]	Loyalty

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

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

Who lead the Committee of Public Safety?

[ ]	Danton
[ ]	Desmoulins
[ ]	Lafayette
[ ]	Robespierre

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

[ ]	Death
[ ]	Destruction
[ ]	Revenge
[ ]	Terror

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

[ ]	Girondins
[ ]	Jacobins
[ ]	Noisettes
[ ]	Salopettes

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

[ ]	Ardeche
[ ]	Dordogne
[ ]	Landes
[ ]	Vendee

Which revolutionary was stabbed to death in his bath?

[ ]	Carnot
[ ]	Danton
[ ]	Marat
[ ]	Quesnay

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

World History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The French Revolution 5 (Answers)

Which word was not in the revolutionary slogan?

[ ]	Equality
[ ]	Fraternity
[ ]	Liberty
[x]	Loyalty

Fraternity means 'brotherhood' - treating everyone with respect

Which Committee was set up to protect the new Republic?

[ ]	Committee of Public Concern
[ ]	Committee of Public Freedom
[ ]	Committee of Public Liberty
[x]	Committee of Public Safety

What were tumbrils?

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

Women used to knit while watching executions!

Who lead the Committee of Public Safety?

[ ]	Danton
[ ]	Desmoulins
[ ]	Lafayette
[x]	Robespierre

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

[ ]	Death
[ ]	Destruction
[ ]	Revenge
[x]	Terror

Many nobles and supporters of Louis were beheaded

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

[x]	Girondins
[ ]	Jacobins
[ ]	Noisettes
[ ]	Salopettes

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

[ ]	Ardeche
[ ]	Dordogne
[ ]	Landes
[x]	Vendee

They wanted to have a king back in control

Which revolutionary was stabbed to death in his bath?

[ ]	Carnot
[ ]	Danton
[x]	Marat
[ ]	Quesnay

Killed by Charlotte Corday, a member of the Girondins

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

[ ]	The Communards
[x]	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
[x]	Napoleon Bonaparte
[ ]	The Duke of Wellington

He used the army to defeat the mob