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Question	Answer	% Correct
When the 1st and 2nd Estates needed money, they taxed the _________ estate.	3rd	90%
France was out of money after helping the __________ Revolution	American	90%
Marie Antoinette's home country	Austria	90%
What device was invented to behead people?	Guillotine	90%
What French queen was beheaded in 1793?	Marie Antoinette	90%
What is name of the period (1793 - 94) in which thousands were executed?	The Reign of {Terror}	90%
In which decade did most of the French Revolution occur?	1790	80%
What does "fraternity" mean?	Brotherhood	80%
What did that queen supposedly say that people should eat if they had no bread?	Cake	80%
After the revolution, Napoleon ruled as _________	Emperor	80%
The three social classes were called "The Three _________"	Estates	80%
On what day of the year was that prison attacked?	July 14	80%
What French king was beheaded in 1793?	Louis XVI	80%
Who did the "second estate" include?	Nobility	80%
The city where most of it happened	Paris	80%
The 3rd estate wanted less _______	tax	80%
What palace was mobbed by peasant women looking for food?	Versailles	80%
What prison was stormed in 1789?	Bastille	70%
What class comprised the "first estate" prior to the revolution?	Clergy	70%
What class comprised the "third estate" prior to the revolution?	Commoners	70%
Napoleon used this same title as the "Presidents" of the Roman Republic	consul	70%
A government ruled by a king or a queen	Monarchy	70%
Who became "First Consul" in 1799, then Emperor?	Napoleon Bonaparte	70%
When the king refused to meet, the people met without him at the	Tennis Court	70%
Clergy = officials working for the _______	church	60%
What organization led France during the terror?	Committee of Public {Safety}	60%
A widespread food shortage	famine	60%
What revolutionary motto from 1790 is still the national motto of France?	Liberté, egalité, {fraternité}	60%
Who led the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution?	Maximilien Robespierre	60%
A group of peasant ____________ invaded the Palace in Versailles looking for grain.	women	60%
What Charles Dickens novel is set in London and Paris during the time of the French Revolution?	A Tale of Two Cities	40%