French Revolution Quiz

What were the three distinct social classes in France during the 1700s?

• Clergy, Nobility, Commoners
• Merchants, Traders, Nobility
• Kings, Queens, Peasants

The Third Estate was made up of these people.

• nobles
• common people
• kings and queens

The Second Estate was made up of the these people.

• clergy
• common people
• nobles

The First Estate was made up of this group.

• clergy
• common people
• nobles

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution
• Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
• the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
• all of the above

The National Assembly set down the ideas of the Revolution in

• the Declaration of Independence
• the Declaration of the Rights of Man
• The Napoleonic Code

The Radicals eliminated anyone accused of being against the Revolution during

• the Reign of Terror
• the Great Scare
• The Tower of Terror

What was the result of King Louis XVI's trial for treason in front of the National Convention?

• Guilty and Exiled
• Innocent and restored as King
• Guilty and Executed with the Guillotine

How did Napoleon Bonaparte take power in France in 1799?

• Democratically elected
• A coup de'tat (He took it for himself)
• appointed First Consul in Notre Dame Cathedral

What did the Third Estate rename themselves at the time of the Tennis Court Oath?

• First Estate
• French Republic
• National Assembly