French Revolution and Napoleon Test Review

Class Period:

• 1
• 2
• 4
• 6

Which of the following is an Enlightenment ideal that helped fuel the French Revolution? (3.1)

• A king should have absolute power over the country.
• The nobility has a right to own all the land.
• There should be a full-scale revolution.
• All men are free and created equal.

The most populous segment of French society was the __________ (3.1)

• First Estate (clergy)
• Second Estate (nobles)
• Third Estate (peasants and commoners)

One of the main causes of the economic crisis that caused the French Revolution was_______. (3.1)

• an economic slowdown.
• economic expansion.
• a shortage of food.
• the new United States of America.

What was the name of the special committee put in charge of crises at the beginning of the French Revolution? (3.1)

• the Republic of Virtue
• the Committee of Public Safety
• the sans-culottes
• the bourgeoisie

On July 14, 1789, about 900 Parisians gathered to take over an old fortress used as a prison and armory. What event is this? (3.1)

• The meeting of the Congress of Vienna
• The storming of the Bastille
• The storming of the Palace of Versailles
• The Tennis Court Oath

What was the name of the special committee put in charge of crises during the French Revolution? (3.2)

• the Republic of Virtue
• the Committee of Public Safety
• the sans-culottes
• the National Convention

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution ? (3.2)

• the use of violent methods to eliminate their opponents
• Thousands of individuals were executed by guillotine
• social stability and economic growth
• widespread fear and paranoia

The______________governed France from 1795 - 1799, but ultimately failed due to corruption and the reliance on the military to keep order. (3.2)

• Directory
• Republic
• Bastille
• Jacobins

In 1799, _________ led a coup d'état to destroy the Directory. (3.2)

• Maximillian Robespierre
• King Louis XVIII
• Marie Antoinette
• Napoleon Bonaparte