French Revolution Quiz

What was the name of the assembly that represented the three social classes of France under the Ancien Régime?

• Estates General

• Revolutionary Convention

• National Assembly

• Constituent Assembly

Who was the finance minister of France who was dismissed in 1787 after submitting a series of needed reforms to the king?

• Charles de Calonne

• Jacques Necker

• Etienne Brienne

• A-R-J Turgot

What was the name of the group of noblemen or senior members of the Church that was summoned by the king to deal with emergencies?

• Assembly of Notables

• Revolutionary Convention

• National Assembly

• Constituent Assembly

Which Enlightenment thinker was critical of despotism and advocated for a system of checks and balances in government?

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Diderot

• Rousseau

What was the name of the fortress in Paris where the leaders of the 'opposition' were imprisoned, leading to countrywide protests?

• Bastille

• Versailles

• Louvre

• Chateau d'If

Who was the king of France during the period of 1774-1792?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Louis XV

• Louis XIV

• Louis XVI

Which event marked the start of the financial and political crisis that eventually led to the revolution?

• Banishment of the parlement members to the provinces

• Dismissal of the Assembly of Notables

• Arrest of the Paris parlement members

• Meeting of the Estates General

Who was the foreign minister of France who advised the king to form an alliance with the colonists in America?

• Comte de Vergennes

• Charles de Calonne

• A-R-J Turgot

• Jacques Necker

What was the name of the document that was signed by King Louis XVI under duress, marking the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of representative government in France?

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

• Constitution of 1791

• Edict of Nantes

• Tennis Court Oath

Which French Revolutionary leader played a key role in the establishment of the Reign of Terror?

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Georges Danton

• Jean-Paul Marat

• Louis Antoine de Saint-Just