Culture | ||
#1 | Athough he spent a great deal of time in England, where was George Friederic Handel from? | Germany |
#2 | Although he spent a great deal of time in England, where was Franz Joseph Haydn from? | Hungary |
#3 | Which well-known classical composer composed the Marriage of Figaro? | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
#4 | Which well-known baroque composer composed the Mass in B Minor? | Johann Sebastian Bach |
#5 | By 1730, which artistic style began to replace the baroque and neoclassical styles? | Rococo |
Three Estates of France | ||
#1 | To which estate did the nobles belong? | Second |
#2 | To which estate did the peasants belong? | Third |
#3 | To which estate did the clergy belong? | First |
#4 | To which estate did the bourgeoisie belong? | Third |
#5 | To which estate did middle class bankers, merchants, and professionals belong? | Third |
French Revolutionay Government | ||
#1 | Which national legislature was called to meet by King Louis XVI on May 5, 1789? | Estates General |
#2 | On June 17, 1789, which new legislative body did the Third Estate declare that it now was and that made laws for France? | National Assembly |
#3 | Which five member executive committee ruled France under the First Republic? | Directory |
#4 | When members of the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath in 1789 at the start of the French Revolution, what were they vowing to complete? | Draft a new Constitution |
#5 | What was the name given to the list of individual rights and liberties of the people of France, established on August 26, 1789? | Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen |
Radical Revolution | ||
#1 | Which killing device was invented to make executions quicker and to execute people more humanely during the French Revolution? | Guillotine |
#2 | Which famous Jacobin took control of France’s Committee of Public Safety in 1793? | Maximilien Robespierre |
#3 | The Committee of Public Safety crushed opposition to the Revolution and executed 40,000 people in what became known as what? | Reign of Terror |
#4 | Which royal prison and armory was defeated and dismantled by the rebels during the French Revolution? | Bastille |
#5 | The overthrow of the government often goes by what French term? | Coup d'etat |
Napoleon | ||
#1 | Napoleon’s Great Army was defeated when it attempted to invade which nation? | Russia |
#2 | Which country defeated the French-Spanish fleet in 1805 at Trafalgar and never fell to Napoleon? | Great Britain |
#3 | After his return from exile, Napoleon lost to a combined British and Prussian army under the Duke of Wellington at which famous battle in Belgium on June 18, 1815? | Waterloo |
#4 | Napoleon’s plan to stop British goods from reaching the European continent and being sold there in order to economically weaken Great Britain was known as what? | Continental System |
#5 | Which island was Napoleon Bonaparte originally from? | Corsica |
Final Question | |
Which king and queen of France were executed by guillotine on January 21, 1793 (must have both names)? | Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette |