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What do you know about most important events in the history of France?
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1. What was the name of the first major dynasty of the Franks?
Clovinian ✓
Carolingian ✓
Capetian ✓
Merovingian ✓
2. Who was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler?
Clovis I ✓
Hugh Capet ✓
Carloman ✓
Charlemagne ✓
3. What Frankish king was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by the pope?
Louis I ✓
Charlemagne ✓
Clovis ✓
Merovech ✓
4. Who was the first king of Carolingian dynasty?
Desiderius ✓
Pepin III ✓
Dagobert I ✓
Louis the Pious ✓
5. Who did France fight in the Battle of Agincourt in 1413?
Denmark ✓
England ✓
Spain ✓
Germany ✓
6. What city was Joan of Arc defending when she was captured?
Nice ✓
Orleans ✓
Compiegne ✓
Rouen ✓
7. What did the English find Joan of Arc guilty of?
Dressing like a man ✓
Spying ✓
Murder ✓
High treason ✓
8. How was Joan of Arc killed in 1431 at age of 19?
Hung ✓
Starved to death ✓
Burned alive at the stake ✓
Drown and quartered ✓
9. What was the concluding battle of the Hundred Years' War?
Battle of Poitiers ✓
Battle of Crécy ✓
The Siege of Orleans ✓
Battle of Castillon ✓
10. Which country Napoleon, as a general in the French military, invaded five years before the Napoleonic Wars?
Portugal ✓
Egypt ✓
Algeria ✓
Italy ✓
11. What did Napoleon Bonaparte become when the French Directory was overthrown?
First Consul of France ✓
Emperor of French ✓
King of Italy ✓
Protector of the Confederation ✓
12. In which town did Napoleon play a major role in 1793, which also significantly improved his reputation as a soldier?
Toulon ✓
Avignon ✓
Nice ✓
Orleans ✓
13. Where was Napoleon exiled in 1814 and then returned the following year?
Malta ✓
Elba ✓
Crete ✓
Cyprus ✓
14. What was the name of the period after Napoleon’s return from exile until King Louis XVIII retook the throne?
Triumvirate ✓
The French Revolution ✓
The Hundred Days ✓
Third Estate ✓
15. What was the symbol of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars?
Black hand ✓
Golden eagle ✓
Red star ✓
White cross ✓
16. Napoleon's invasion of what country turned out to be his downfall?
Austria ✓
Prussia ✓
Britain ✓
Russia ✓
17. Which battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815?
Battle of Wagram ✓
Battle of Borodino ✓
Battle of Austerlitz ✓
Battle of Waterloo ✓
18. Who did French army fight in the Battle of Austerlitz?
Austrians and Prussians ✓
Italians and Russians ✓
Russians and Austrians ✓
Prussians and Italians ✓
19. What Russian novel provides a broad panorama of Russian society against the backdrop of the 1812 Napoleonic army's invasion?
Anna Karenina ✓
And Quiet Flows the Don ✓
War and Peace ✓
Crime and Punishment ✓
20. What were the people during the Women's March on Versailles protesting?
Right to vote ✓
High taxes ✓
Dishonest politicians ✓
Price of bread ✓
21. What is considered the starting point of the French Revolution?
The Storming of Versailles ✓
The Storming of Paris ✓
The Storming of Marseille ✓
The Storming of the Bastille ✓
22. Which of the following best describes the Second Estate during French Revolution?
Peasants and laborers ✓
Nobility ✓
Priests, monks, and nuns ✓
Majority of the population ✓
23. Who was King of France when the French Revolution began?
King James I ✓
King Louis XVI ✓
King George V ✓
Napoleon Bonaparte ✓
24. Who was the main French leader during the Reign of Terror?
Maximilien Robespierre ✓
Marie Antoinette ✓
Marquis de Lafayette ✓
King Louis XVI ✓
25. A scandal over what item damaged Marie Antoinette's reputation with the people?
Golden bracelet ✓
Diamond necklace ✓
Silk dress ✓
Sapphire brooch ✓
26. Where did Napoleon die after six years of exile on May 5, 1821?
Saint Helena ✓
Elba ✓
Malta ✓
Ajaccio ✓
27. Who was elected first president of the French Republic in the 1848?
Louis Jules Trochu ✓
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte ✓
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac ✓
Maximilien Robespierre ✓
28. Who was the president of France during World War I?
Georges Clemenceau ✓
Charles de Gaulle ✓
Raymond Poincaré ✓
Philippe Pétain ✓
29. Who did France fight in the Battle of Verdun in 1916?
Germany ✓
Russia ✓
Austro-Hungary ✓
Spain ✓
30. Who led Free France, the government-in-exile during the World War II?
Georges Clemenceau ✓
René Coty ✓
Charles de Gaulle ✓
31. In which city in France the evacuation of British army occurred in 1940?
Dunkirk ✓
Le Havre ✓
Gravelines ✓
Calais ✓
32. What was not one of code names for the landing beaches on D-Day in Normandy in WWII?
Juno ✓
Omaha ✓
Silver ✓
Utah ✓
33. Which President became famous for abolishing the death penalty in France?
Charles de Gaulle ✓
Albert Lebrun ✓
François Mitterrand ✓
Vincent Auriol ✓
34. Which French president was convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years?
Emmanuel Macron ✓
Nicolas Sarkozy ✓
François Hollande ✓
Georges Pompidou ✓
35. Who is the youngest president in the history of France?
Alain Poher ✓
Georges Pompidou ✓
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ✓
Emmanuel Macron ✓
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