French Revolution Quiz

Which best describes France's political system before the revolution?

• A fair democratic government

• A monarch and the people (representatives) shared power equally

• Absolutism played a central role in how the country was ruled

• A monarch with no power and senators ruled the country

Some of the causes of France being in debt was because of

• Giving financial aid to the American colonies

• The overspending by the King on luxuries

• Bad harvest and famine

• unemployment

• All of the choices

Most of the French population belonged to the

• 1st estate

• 3rd Estate

• 2nd Estate

Which French social class paid the majority of taxes?

• Clergy

• The rich

• nobility

• peasants

Who was the French military leader that procalimed himself emperor?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Robespierre

• Louis XVI

• Christopher Columbus

Which of these is NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

• The 3rd estate was being heavily taxed

• The 1st and 2nd estae did not pay any taxes

• Poor harvests led to there not being enough food

• The King gave the 3rd estate food when there wasn't enough

Which of the French Estates classes was made up of clergy from the Roman Catholic Church?

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

During The Enlightenment, people developed new ideas about ...

• the level of control they should have over their government

• the level of control the Sun exerts on Earth's orbit

• how their food crops should be grown

What is the name of the machine depicted in this cartoon and what was its purpose?

• It is the guillotine and its purpose was execution

• It is the coup d'é·tat and it's purpose was cutting bread

• It is the Ancien Regime and its purpose was to inspire fear

• It is a stilleto and its purpose is to encourage conspirators to tell their secrets

Which was NOT an event that occurred during the French Revolution

• The Reign of Terror started by Robespierre

• King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were exiled to Austria

• National Assembly drafting the Declaration of the Rights of Man

• Parisians storming the Bastille prison