1.

The great palace which Louis XIV built at Versailles near Paris was of symbol
of what?

Ans: A symbol of his absolute power.

2. Why did Louis XIV build Versailles in the Roman classical style?

Ans: Because he thought that he was a Roman emperor.

3. How long of The Hall of Mirrors?

Ans: 72 metres long.

4. How wide is The Hall of Mirrors?

Ans: 11 metres wide.

5. How high is the Hall of Mirrors?

Ans: 13 metres high.

6. What is the Orangery?

Ans: A part of the palace made mainly of glass.

7. How many metres long is The Orangery?

Ans: 155 metres long.

8. How many trees did The Orangery hold?

Ans: 1,500 orange and other trees.

9. What are some luxurious things that could be found in Versailles?

Ans: The statues, furniture, tapestries, decorations, fountains, and gardens.

10. Who lived and played in Versailles?

Ans: The king and thousands of nobles.

11. What amusements were there in the Versailles?

• There were ballets, theatre performances in which the nobles took part – Louis
himself usually playing the leading part of God, hero or emperor.

• Hidden musicians played all over the huge gardens (where the flowers were changed
twice a day).

• At night, great firework displays lit up the sky.

12. What was life at Versailles like?

Ans: A fairy story.

13. What would the king do every evening in Versailles?

Ans: He would look round the court to see which noble would have the honour to carry
his candle.

14. What would the noble do in the king's bedroom?

Ans: One noble would take off his shoes, another his socks and so on.

15. What was all of king Louis's garment wrapped in for the night?

Ans: Red silk.

16. Who brought out the king’s nightgown?

Ans: The prince.

17. Why did the king need immense money?

Ans: To enjoy his and the noble's lavish life and to pay the pensions of the nobles.

18. Why did the peasants and the workers have to pay more and more taxes?

Ans: For the nobles' entertainment.

19. Who saw the lack of freedom and justice in France?

Ans: Thinkers outside the court.

20. Why did some thinkers flee to foreign countries?

Ans: To point out the lack of freedom and justice in France and to point out the great
gap between the lives of the nobles and ordinary people.

21. For how long did King Louis XIV have more power than any European monarch?

Ans: For a quarter of the century.

22. From 1688 onwards, with which countries was France at war with?

Ans: With different alliances of her neighbours - Spain, Holland, Britain, the German
states, and the Holy Roman Empire.

23. What is the Edict of Nantes?

Ans: This law allowed the Protestants to worship freely.

24. What was the profession of the Protestants in France?

Ans: Highly-skilled workers.

25. Why were the Protestants of France persecuted?

Ans: Because King Louis XIV cancelled the Edict of Nantes which allowed the
Protestants to worship freely.
26. The Protestants of France emigrated to which countries after the Edict of
Nantes was cancelled?

Ans: To Britain and Germany.

27. Why did trade almost stop in Germany?

Ans: Because the government had controlled industry very tightly and the highly-skilled
workers were either persecuted or had emigrated to other countries.

28. What did the people do at King Louis XIV's funeral?

Ans: They laughed and jeered.

29. How many years ahead was France on course of Revolution?

Ans: 74 years ahead.

30. Why did tens and thousands of people die in France?

Ans: Because of starvation as they were forced to pay more and more taxes for the
war and for the luxuries of the court.

31. How did the royal armies stop the rebellions of the peasants?

Ans: With great savagery.