Question 1
Which Paris fortress-prison was stormed by crowds in 1789, becoming a symbol of the uprising?
- Bastille
- Louvre Palace
- Les Invalides
- Conciergerie
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Bastille
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French Revolution trivia quiz
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What the French Revolution questions cover
- Directory
- Bastille
- Church Reform
- Republic
- Tennis Court
- Thermidor
- Women's Rights
- Assignats
- August Decrees
- Brumaire
- Napoleonic Rise
- National Assembly
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Question 2
On which date did the famous Paris fortress-prison fall to revolutionaries?
- November 9, 1799
- July 14, 1789
- January 21, 1793
- May 5, 1789
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July 14, 1789
Question 3
Which French monarch was executed during the revolutionary period in 1793?
- Louis XIV
- Louis XV
- Louis XVI
- Charles X
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Louis XVI
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