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French Revolution Quiz

Authored by Anthony Ross

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7th Grade

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French Revolution Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who had total power over the government and the people of France before the French Revolution?

The clergy

The nobles

The king

The commoners

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the major financial crisis that the French government was facing in 1789?

Famine

Taxes

Bread prices

Debt

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which social class had to pay the majority of the taxes in France before the revolution?

The king

The commoners

The nobles

The clergy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What caused higher taxes to anger the common people of France?

The cost of bread skyrocketed

The government was in a financial crisis

The king borrowed heavily

The nobles didn't have to pay their share

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What new ideas began to emerge in the 1700s that contributed to the French Revolution?

The Era of Enlightenment

The American Revolution

A new type of government

Liberty and equality

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who formed the National Assembly to force the king to make reforms?

The king

The commoners

The nobles

The clergy

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the tax on salt called that the commoners resented?

The Storming of the Bastille

The gabelle

The corvee

The Ancien Regime

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