French Revolution Quiz

What was the feudal assembly that represented the Three Estates called?

• Parlements

• Estates General

• First Estate

• Third Estate

Which estate consisted of the middle class, urban artisans, and unskilled workers?

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Third Estate

• Nobles of the robe

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

• A promise to support the king

• A vow to remain united until a constitution was established

• A pledge to disband the National Assembly

• A commitment to restore the monarchy

What event involved 7,000 women marching from Paris to Versailles in October 1789?

• Storming of the Bastille

• Tennis Court Oath

• Women’s March on Versailles

• Great Fear

What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

• A religious document

• A constitutional blueprint for France

• A military strategy

• A trade agreement

What was the Flight to Varennes?

• A military campaign

• Louis XVI's attempt to escape France

• A peace treaty

• A trade mission

Who was Georges-Jacques Danton?

• A radical leader of the revolutionary Paris Commune

• A conservative politician

• A military general

• A foreign diplomat

What was the Cult of the Supreme Being?

• A radical political faction

• A deistic natural religion

• A military strategy

• A new economic policy

What did the Revolutionary Calendar aim to reduce?

• Economic problems

• Religious and royalist influences

• Military conscription

• Political factions

Who helped establish the Consulate in France after the overthrow of the Directory?

• Louis XVI

• Robespierre

• Napoleon

• Lafayette