French Revolution Review

Which Estate (social class) in France consisted of the majority of the population of France? 

• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate

Which Estate (social class) in France consisted of clergy and other church officials? 

• First Estate 
• Second Estate
• Third Estate

Which Estate (social class) in France consisted of nobility? 

• First Estate 
• Second Estate
• Third Estate

What does the word "bourgeoisie" mean?

• Clergy
• Nobility
• Middle Class
• Poverty Stricken 

Prior to the French Revolution, which Estate or Estates paid all of the taxes in France? 

•  1st and 2nd Estates
• 3rd Estate 
• 2nd and 3rd Estates 
• 1st and 3rd Estates

How many votes did each Estate have in the Estates-General? 

• 3 votes
• one vote
• 10,000 votes
• 1,000,000 votes

When the Third Estate got locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General, they met on a tennis court and became...

• the Independent Republic of France
• The Second Estates-General
• The National Republic of France
• The National Assembly

What was the name of the French prison where people stormed at the beginning of the French Revolution to get gunpowder?

• the Louvre
• the Bastille
• the Eiffel 

The National Assembly adopted the Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen, written by ___________________.

• King Louis XVI
• Maximilian Robespierre 
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Marquis de Lafayette 

When France loses the war against Prussia and Austria, radicals took over the government and named it the _________________.

• French Republic
• Democratic Republic of France
• National Assembly 
• National Convention