George Washington's Mount Vernon Key to the Bastille Quiz

Who originally gave the key to the Bastille to George Washington?

• Thomas Paine

• Marquis de Lafayette

• John Augustine Washington III

• John Rutledge Jr.

In which city did the key to the Bastille arrive in the United States?

• Yorktown

• Boston

• Washington D.C.

• New York

Who was the head of the National Guard during the storming of the Bastille?

• Thomas Paine

• John Rutledge Jr.

• George Washington

• Marquis de Lafayette

What was the Bastille a symbol of

• The abusive monarchy (king)

• French liberty

• The American Revolution

• The National Guard

Who sent the key to the Bastille to George Washington after receiving it from Marquis de Lafayette?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Rutledge Jr

• Henry Necker

• George Washington

What did the Marquis send with the key?

• A stone from the Bastille carved wtih the key symbol

• the Bastille gate

• A painting of the Bastille being torn down

• George Washington

What is currently being done to the original case of the key to the Bastille?

• It's being replaced

• It's being sold

• It's being cleaned

• It's being disgarded

The key is a great symbol:

• The French people breaking free from their king

• American Independence

• The English people breaking free from their king.

• The Spanish people breaking free