French Revolution Practice Quiz

⦁    Enlightenment ideas inspired….?

• Changes in the Catholic church.

• A tax-free policy. 

• Calls for changes in government

•  A civil war in Italy. 

The 2nd Estate in French society was made up of…?

• ⦁    Rich lawyers and doctors

• ⦁    Peasants and farmers 

• ⦁    Nobility and aristocracy 

• ⦁    Clergy and religious officials

⦁    What was a benefit of being part of France’s 1st social estate? 

• ⦁    Direct access to the French king 

• ⦁    Political connections 

• ⦁    Exemptions on all taxes 

• ⦁    Monthly balls and galas  

⦁    France’s 2nd estate constituted about how much of the population…?

• ⦁    10% 

• ⦁    2% 

• ⦁    1% 

• ⦁    3% 

⦁    Which French king was considered an absolute monarch but a weak ruler? 

• ⦁    King George III

• ⦁    King Louis XVI

• ⦁    King Philip X

• ⦁    King Henry IV

⦁    Marie Antoinette was known for being…?

• ⦁    King Louis XVI’s mistress 

• ⦁    An abusive mother 

• ⦁    a big spender 

• ⦁    a giver to the people 

⦁    Who inspired the 3rd estate to seek power?

• ⦁    Abee Sieyes 

• ⦁    Napoleon Bonaparte

• ⦁    Jacques Laconde 

• ⦁    Louis XIV

⦁    The Estates General was…?

• ⦁    A group of French military leaders

• ⦁    A type of representation 

• ⦁    A chamber of French government 

• ⦁    A yearly military gala 

⦁    What happened during The Great Fear?

• ⦁    Farmers lost all their crops 

• ⦁    Famine swept France 

• ⦁    Peasants rioted throughout France 

• ⦁    The King massacred any and all dissidents 

⦁    What particular event started the French Revolution?

• ⦁    The storming of the Bastille 

• ⦁    The creation of the Guillotine 

• ⦁    King Louis XIV’s massacre of the peasants 

• ⦁    Marie Antoinette’s increase in taxation for farmers