Question: By 1811, what was the population of Napoleon's Empire?
Answer: over 70 million people

Question: What nation did Napoleon invade in 1812 to enforce his blockade?
Answer: Russia

Question: The 1812 invasion of Russia resulted in the collapse of which military unit?
Answer: the Grand Army

Question: In what year was the Sixth Coalition formed?
Answer: 1813

Question: In addition to Russia, the Sixth Coalition consisted of forces from which two nations?
Answer: Prussia and Austria

Question: In what year did the Allies capture Paris and force Napoleon's abdication?
Answer: 1814

Question: Who was Napoleon's father?
Answer: Carlo Maria di Buonaparte

Question: Who was Napoleon's mother?
Answer: Maria Letizia Ramolino

Question: On what island was the Bonaparte ancestral home located?
Answer: Corsica

Question: What was the name of Napoleon's family home?
Answer: Casa Buonaparte

Question: Napoleon was most likely named after what family relation?
Answer: an uncle

Question: When did Napoleon begin religious schooling in Autun?
Answer: January 1779

Question: Where was the first military academy Napoleon attended located?
Answer: Brienne-le-Château

Question: What was Napoleon's first language?
Answer: Corsican

Question: Why did other students often tease Napoleon?
Answer: his accent

Question: According to a school examiner, Napoleon was best at which academic subject?
Answer: mathematics

Question: When did Napoleon graduate?
Answer: September 1785

Question: What commission did Napoleon receive upon his graduation?
Answer: second lieutenant

Question: What military unit did Napoleon first serve in after his graduation?
Answer: La Fère artillery regiment

Question: What Corsican leader did Napoleon write in 1789 expressing his nationalist sentiments?
Answer: Pasquale Paoli

Question: When did the Revolution begin?
Answer: 1789

Question: Where was Napoleon put under house arrest?
Answer: Nice

Question: What historical event brought about the fall of the Robespierres?
Answer: the Thermidorian Reaction

Question: When did the Thermidorian Reaction take place?
Answer: July 1794

Question: At the time of his house arrest, Napoleon was serving with what military entity?
Answer: the Army of Italy

Question: After his house arrest, who was the commissar that Napoleon sent a letter to protesting innocence?
Answer: Salicetti

Question: Who did Napoleon become engaged to in 1795?
Answer: Désirée Clary

Question: In April 1795, what military organization was Napoleon assigned to?
Answer: the Army of the West

Question: At the time of Napoleon's assignment, what military struggle was the Army of the West engaged in?
Answer: the War in the Vendée

Question: Which older brother of Napoleon's did Désirée Clary's sister Julie marry?
Answer: Joseph

Question: What excuse did Napoleon use to avoid being assigned to an infantry command?
Answer: poor health

Question: After his move to the Committee of Public Safety, where did Napoleon unsuccessfully attempt to be transferred to?
Answer: Constantinople

Question: Inspired by his own relationship, what romantic tale did Napoleon author?
Answer: Clisson et Eugénie

Question: On what date was Napoleon taken off the list of generals in service due to his refusal to serve in Vendée?
Answer: 15 September

Question: In which department of the Committee of Public Safety did Napoleon serve?
Answer: the Bureau of Topography

Question: Napoleon's novella "Clisson et Eugénie" was based on his relationship with whom?
Answer: Désirée

Question: After his marriage, Napoleon left Paris to lead what army?
Answer: the Army of Italy

Question: In which series of battles did Napoleon eliminate the forces of Piedmont from the war?
Answer: the Montenotte Campaign

Question: When did the French victory at Rivoli occur?
Answer: January 1797

Question: Up to how many Austrian soldiers died at Rivoli?
Answer: 14,000

Question: Around how many casualties did the French suffer at Rivoli?
Answer: 5,000

Question: In what year were the French defeated in Southern Germany by the Archduke Charles?
Answer: 1796

Question: After Napoleon's attack, the Archduke pulled back his forces to defend which city?
Answer: Vienna

Question: What was the first noteworthy confrontation between Napoleon and the Archduke Charles?
Answer: the Battle of Tarvis

Question: When did the Battle of Tarvis take place?
Answer: March 1797

Question: Approximately how close did the French incursion into Leoben come to reaching Vienna?
Answer: 100 km

Question: What was Napoleon's favorite strategy?
Answer: envelopment

Question: How many prisoners did Napoleon's army capture in the Italian campaign?
Answer: 150,000

Question: How many cannons did Napoleon's army capture in the Italian campaign?
Answer: 540

Question: In what area did the French army display superior technology to its opponents?
Answer: artillery

Question: How many standards did Napoleon's army capture in the Italian campaign?
Answer: 170

Question: For what action during the Italian campaign did the royalists condemn Bonaparte?
Answer: looting

Question: About how much money did Napoleon's army take from Italy during the conflict there?
Answer: $45 million

Question: Approximately how many valuable paintings and sculpture's did Napoleon's forces loot from Italy during the campaign there?
Answer: three-hundred

Question: What was the name of the general sent to Paris by Napoleon to organize a coup against the royalists there?
Answer: Pierre Augereau

Question: Napoleon's peace negotiations with Austria brought about what treaty?
Answer: the Treaty of Campo Formio

Question: Before landing at Alexandria, Napoleon succeeded in evading what military entity?
Answer: the Royal Navy

Question: On what date did Napoleon land at Alexandria?
Answer: 1 July

Question: What battle did Napoleon fight against the Mamluks?
Answer: the Battle of Shubra Khit

Question: What was the name of Egypt's dominant military class?
Answer: the Mamluks

Question: Roughly how many Egyptians lost their lives in the Battle of the Pyramids?
Answer: 2,000

Question: In what battle did the British fleet seize or destroy most of the French vessels in Egypt?
Answer: the Battle of the Nile

Question: Who led the British during the Battle of the Nile?
Answer: Horatio Nelson

Question: In what year did Napoleon lead his army into Damascus?
Answer: 1799

Question: During the battles in Damascus, the attack on which city was know for its brutality?
Answer: Jaffa

Question: Approximately how many troops were in the army Napoleon led into Damascus?
Answer: 13,000

Question: How many men were in Napoleon's army when the battle began?
Answer: 13,000

Question: How many soldiers in Napoleon's army died in combat?
Answer: 1,200

Question: How many soldiers from Napoleon's army were reported missing?
Answer: 1,500

Question: What disease took the heaviest toll on Napoleon's army?
Answer: bubonic plague

Question: To speed his retreat to Egypt, Napoleon ordered the poisoning of sick men with what substance?
Answer: opium

Question: Napoleon's ally Roger Ducos was the speaker for what organization?
Answer: the Council of Five Hundred

Question: On what date did Napoleon's alliance overthrow the Directory?
Answer: 9 November 1799

Question: Napoleon's successful coup against the directory resulted in the closure of what organization?
Answer: the council of five hundred

Question: After his successful coup against the Directory, what political office did Napoleon assume?
Answer: "first consul"

Question: What was the count of the popular vote in favor of the "Constitution of the Year VIII"?
Answer: 3,000,000

Question: What was historian Martin Lyons' term for the political system created by Napoleon?
Answer: "dictatorship by plebiscite."

Question:  What was the name of the constitution drafted by Napoleon?
Answer: the Constitution of the Year VIII