French Revolution Quiz

Which of the following caused the most social unrest in France?

• a. The nobility still treated peasants in a manner similar to medieval serfdom.

• b. The Estates-General made most of the important decisions for France.

• c. The French court spent so much money that people did not respect the king.

• d. The peasants owned more land than the nobility.

Many aristocrats and members of the bourgeoisie were attracted to some of which criticized France's absolutist system.

• a. the Tennis Court Oath

• b. Enlightenment philosophies

• c. the ideas of the National Assembly

• d. the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

One economic cause of the French Revolution was an increase in prices, which

• a. channeled more money to merchants and salesmen.

• b. depleted the government's monetary reserves.

• c. led to an equivalent increase in wages among the nobility.

• d. left people unable to purchase essential goods, such as food.

What were the key functions of the newly elected National Convention?

• a. It drafted a new constitution and served as the governing body.

• b. It reasoned with radicals and rallied for peasants.

• c. It collected taxes and built bridges.

• d. It tried and persecuted counterrevolutionaries and traitors.

Which countries formed a coalition against France after the execution of Louis XVI?

• a. Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Britain, and the Dutch Republic

• b. Britain and the United States

• c. Italy, Spain, and the Ottoman Empire

• d. Spain, Portugal, the United States, and the Dutch Republic

Under Robespierre, the Convention pursued a policy of de-Christianization because its members believed

• a. religion supported the monarchy.

• b. religion encouraged superstition rather than the use of reason.

• c. other religions should be represented in France.

• d. church and state should be separate.

During most of the French Revolution, Napoleon was

• a. negotiating with the Catholic Church.

• b. codifying the French laws.

• c. studying in a military school.

• d. serving in the French military.

Napoleon's Civil Code treated women

• a. as legal equals to men.

• b. as co-owners of property with their husbands.

• c. equally in divorce proceedings.

• d. as less equal than men.

Promotion within Napoleon's new bureaucracy was

• a. based on height and weight.

• b. given to those Napoleon favored but taken away when they fell out of favor.

• c. based on ability only, not rank or birth.

• d. designed to benefit the nobility and keep the middle class in its place.

The Russians defeated Napoleon's Grand Army by

• a. retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside.

• b. waiting to attack during the brutal Russian winter.

• c. splitting their meager forces in half and attacking from two sides.

• d. joining with Egypt, which attacked Turkey to draw Napoleon from Russia.