01·Who was the leader of the Jacobin Club and a principal figure during the Reign of Terror, often called 'The Incorruptible'?
02·Which queen, the wife of Louis XVI, was famously executed by guillotine in 1793?
03·This radical journalist, publisher of the newspaper 'L'Ami du peuple' (The Friend of the People), was assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday.
04·Who was the popular finance minister whose dismissal by King Louis XVI in July 1789 sparked public outrage and contributed to the storming of the Bastille?
05·A leading orator and a founder of the Cordeliers Club, this revolutionary figure was eventually guillotined after being accused of being too lenient by Robespierre's faction.
06·Who wrote the influential 1789 pamphlet titled 'What Is the Third Estate?', which became a de facto manifesto of the Revolution?
07·Which French general, a hero of the American Revolution, commanded the National Guard but later fled France after being declared a traitor by the Jacobins?
08·Which military leader rose to prominence during the latter stages of the Revolution, staging the Coup of 18 Brumaire to become First Consul of France?
09·Who was the King of France at the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789?
10·A close associate of Robespierre, this young and uncompromising Jacobin leader was known as the 'Archangel of Terror'.
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