Daily Quiz | On Bastille Day

Q: What was the archetypal intent of the Bastille fortress earlier it became a authorities prison?

A: It was built arsenic a fortress to support the eastbound entranceway of Paris during the Hundred Years’ War.

Q: Which American founding begetter was contiguous successful Paris during the aboriginal years of the French Revolution and observed the events surrounding Bastille Day?

A: Thomas Jefferson

Q: How galore prisoners were held successful the Bastille astatine the clip it was stormed connected July 14, 1789?

A: Seven

Q: Who was the commandant of the Bastille connected the time it was stormed and was aboriginal killed by the mob?

A: Bernard-René de Launay

Q: Which extremist paper exertion and revolutionary fig was assassinated successful his bath the time aft Bastille Day’s archetypal anniversary?

A: Jean-Paul Marat