French Revolution Quiz

Members of the First Estate were peasants and farmers.

• True

• False

• Not mentioned

• Uncertain

The Declaration of the Rights of Man was a document demanding the end of many of the abuses suffered by the French people.

• True

• False

• Not mentioned

• Uncertain

The Third Estate formed the National Assembly.

• True

• False

• Not mentioned

• Uncertain

What was the only political body in France with the authority to reform the nation’s tax system?

• The National Assembly

• The Estates-General

• The Senate

• The Parliament

Name the period of mass execution that occurred during the French Revolution.

• The Great Fear

• The Reign of Terror

• The Enlightenment

• The Renaissance

French aristocrats and nobles were members of the ______.

• First Estate

• Second Estate

• Third Estate

• Fourth Estate

Why did the French turn from loving Louis XVI to hating him?

• He led France to war.

• He supported the Third Estate.

• He was ineffective and spent lavishly.

• He married Marie Antoinette.