Quiz  /  Napoleon I: Fact or Fiction?

  • 1. 
    Napoleon I sided with royalty during the French Revolution.

  • true
  • false

  • 2. 
    Napoleon was made second lieutenant of artillery in his regiment when he was only 16 years old.

  • true
  • false

  • 3. 
    Napoleon gained territory for the French with the Treaty of Campo Formio.

  • true
  • false

  • 4. 
    Napoleon thwarted a plot to overthrow the Directory, the government during the French Revolution, in 1799.

  • true
  • false

  • 5. 
    After the Directory was overthrown, Napoleon became the first consul of France.

  • true
  • false

  • 6. 
    The Napoleonic Code, which streamlined the French legal system, was Napoleon’s greatest political achievement.

  • true
  • false

  • 7. 
    In 1809 Napoleon held France’s first free election in order to choose his successor.

  • true
  • false

  • 8. 
    Napoleon strengthened the French navy until they were able to defeat the British fleet under Horatio Nelson.

  • true
  • false

  • 9. 
    After Paris was taken by the allied coalition in 1814, Napoleon was forced to abdicate.

  • true
  • false

  • 10. 
    In 1815 Napoleon escaped from exile in Elba and reclaimed the throne with the Hundred Days campaign.

  • true
  • false
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