MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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“I am the state.”
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“Then let them eat cake”
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“After me, the deluge”
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“I feel like the universe is going to fall on me”
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Detailed explanation-1: -"Let them eat cake” is the traditional translation of the French phrase “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche", said to have been spoken in the 18th century by “a great princess” upon being told that the peasants had no bread. The French phrase mentions brioche, a bread enriched with butter and eggs, considered a luxury food.
Detailed explanation-2: -Initially, the public had a positive opinion of Marie Antoinette. Her disposition and beauty easily enraptured the people. However her position on the good side of the people became precarious with the many years spent waiting for the queen to produce an heir.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ways of saying that you do not care. please yourself.
Detailed explanation-4: -Queen of France before the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette (1755–93) is famous for being overthrown by revolutionaries and being publicly guillotined following the abolition of the monarchy in France.
Detailed explanation-5: -As Marie Antoinette ascended the stairs to the scaffold, she accidentally trod on the foot of her executioner. A lady to the very end, she apologized to him; her final words were “I did not do it on purpose.” The former queen of France lost her head at 15 minutes past midday. Marie Antoinette’s death was now complete.