Can you beat them?
The French Revolution Quiz
Ten questions on the revolution that brought down the French monarchy, from the storming of the Bastille in 1789 to Napoleon's rise. Each answer comes with a short explanation.
- 10 questions
- About 3 minutes
- Easy
- Includes 2 photos
About this quiz
In 1789 France was the most populous kingdom in Western Europe, ruled by a king who claimed his power came from God. Within five years that king had been put to death and the Republic had rewritten the calendar. The quiz covers the high points: the fall of the Bastille, the king and queen, the guillotine, the Terror, the new weights and measures and Napoleon.
It is meant as an easy start. It sticks to famous names and events, but several questions check stories everyone has heard, such as "Let them eat cake", against what the sources say.
Topics in this quiz
Read up first
-
Encyclopedia
Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was the 18th-century movement that argued human reason, not tradition or authority, should decide how societies are governed.
-
Encyclopedia
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre was a French lawyer who led the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution and was guillotined in 1794.
-
Encyclopedia
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code is the French civil code Napoleon enacted in 1804 to unify the country's laws, now the basis for legal systems in over 100 countries.
