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WorksheetsFrench Revolution & Napoleon
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Louis XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly’s decrees because
a)
the army turned against him and threatened to execute him.
b)
it was the only way he would be allowed to remain mayor of Paris.
c)
thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the palace and captured him and his family.
d)
his attempt to escape to Poland had failed.
2.
What were the two major reasons that Napoleon’s Grand Empire collapsed?
a)
Napoleon’s greed and laziness within his
bureaucracy
b)
the survival of Great Britain and the force of
nationalism
c)
the resentment of the clergy and the plotting of
the accountants
d)
France’s weak economy and the drain of
Napoleon’s many wars
3.
In his final battle, Napoleon was defeated by
a)
the bitter Russian winter.
b)
a combined French and Swiss army.
c)
the Duke of Wellington.
d)
the superior British navy.
4.
Who seized political power from the Legislative Assembly?
a)
National Assembly
b)
Henry VIII
c)
Paris Commune
d)
Marie Antoinette
5.
The difference between the Girondins and the Mountain was that
a)
the Girondins were members
of the Tennis Court, while the Mountain was not.
b)
the Girondins leaned toward
keeping the king alive, while the Mountain wanted
the king executed.
c)
the Girondins were radicals
in the city of Amsterdam, while the Mountain
represented Germany.
d)
the Girondins were
legitimately elected by the people, while the Mountain seized
power by force.
6.
_________________ was the brutal head of the Committee of Public Safety.
a)
Maximilien Robespierre
b)
Jean-Paul Marat
c)
Jean Valjean
d)
Victor Hugo
7.
The National Assembly’s Constitution of 1791
a)
set up a limited monarchy.
b)
abolished the monarchy.
c)
gave all men a vote.
d)
satisfied the priests and
lower classes.
8.
Who led the coup d’etat that ended the Directory?
a)
Paris Commune
b)
Napoleon
c)
Committee of Public Safety
d)
Georges Danton
9.
The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute
a)
Austrian prisoners.
b)
the sans-culottes.
c)
enemies of the republic
d)
Robespierre’s followers
10.
Napoleon’s Continental System was designed to
a)
defeat Prussia.
b)
stop British trade with Europe.
c)
unify Italy.
d)
conquer Protestantism.
11.
What group paid 100% of the taxes in France?
a)
Girondins
b)
Second Estate
c)
First Estate
d)
Third Estate
12.
Reflecting Enlightenment thought, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaimed
a)
the importance of the Bastille.
b)
an end to aristocratic privileges.
c)
a movement to restore the monarchy.
d)
equal rights for women in political life.
13.
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.
14.
The British and other European countries defeated Napoleon at
a)
Trafalgar.
b)
Elba.
c)
St. Helena.
d)
Waterloo.
15.
The ________, led by Danton and Robespierre, was responsible for sending approximately 16,000 people to the guillotine.
a)
French Foreign Legion
b)
Commonwealth of Nations
c)
Committee of Public Safety
d)
Legislative Assembly
16.
In their rebellions of 1789, the French peasants were reacting to the high cost of bread, high taxes, and
a)
political inequality.
b)
religious persecution.
c)
foreign intervention
d)
treatment of women.
17.
What is a country’s sense of unique identity?
a)
principle of legitimacy
b)
heritage
c)
conservatism
d)
nationalism
18.
When news of Louis XVI’s plan to use military force against the National Assembly reached Paris on July 14, 1789, Parisians stormed the ___________________.
a)
Tuileries Palace
b)
Versailles Palace
c)
Bastille
d)
Eiffel Tower
19.
What was the main reason that several thousand women marched on Versailles in October 1789?
a)
bread shortages in Paris
b)
an influenza outbreak
c)
universal suffrage for men and women
d)
an exhibition of
Marie Antoinette’s fashions
20.
According to the principles of intervention,
a)
the great powers did not have the right to
interfere in the internal affairs of other states.
b)
people should be as free as possible from
government restraint.
c)
a government’s power comes from the rule of law.
d)
the great powers had the
right to send armies into countries under revolution to restore legitimate
monarchs.
21.
What was the meeting of European powers to arrange a final peace settlement to the Napoleonic Wars?
a)
Tennis Court Oath
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Congress of Vienna
d)
National Convention
22.
The ____ Estate was a privileged class, containing the nobility.
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
23.
What was the middle class that included professionals?
a)
coup d’etat
b)
electors
c)
bourgeoisie
d)
taille
24.
What was the French Parliament under Louis XVI?
a)
Assembly of 500
b)
Directory
c)
Estates-General
d)
Jacobin
Club
25.
What was the consulate?
a)
committee of five men that ruled the government
b)
Napoleon’s government after 1799
c)
the
governing body of the Catholic Church after government took it over
d)
kingdoms ruled by Napoleon’s relatives
26.
How did the Reign of Terror finally end?
a)
The corruption in France ended, so there was no
more need for the Terror to exist.
b)
Foreign
armies took control of those causing the Terror.
c)
Robespierre
was executed and the Jacobins lost power.
d)
The
peasants overpowered the king and ended the revolution.
27.
Who was the influential leader at the Congress of Vienna that advocated restoring the monarchy throughout Europe?
a)
Duke of Wellington
b)
Olympe de Gouges
c)
George
Danton
d)
Klemens von Metternich
28.
Which of the following is an Enlightenment ideal that helped fuel the French Revolution?
a)
The nobility has a right to own all the land.
b)
There should be a full-scale revolution.
c)
A king should have absolute power over the country.
d)
All men are free and created equal.
29.
What philosophy maintains the belief that people should be free from government restraint?
a)
liberalism
b)
militarism
c)
conservatism
d)
mercantilism
30.
What was the immediate cause of the French Revolution?
a)
Napoleon led a coup d’etat
b)
Louis XVI executed a church leader
c)
financial collapse
d)
natural disaster
31.
What philosophy is based on tradition and favors obedience to political authority?
a)
conservatism
b)
liberalism
c)
humanism
d)
imperialism
32.
The French National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which was
a)
a promise to destroy all of the nation’s tennis bracelets.
b)
a vow to continue to meet until they had produced a French constitution.
c)
an oath of loyalty to Jean Valjean
d)
. a promise not to rest until all members of the clergy were tried and executed.
33.
In its attempts to create a new order that reflected its belief in reason, the National Convention
a)
declared new national holidays celebrating great French cuisine.
b)
ordered the building of several new libraries and universities, even though the treasury was empty.
c)
pursued a policy of dechristianization, going so far as to adopt a new calendar.
d)
drafted yet another Constitution to reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment.
34.
The three major parts of Napoleon’s Grand Empire were
a)
France, Morocco, and Algeria.
b)
Austria, Prussia, and Serbia.
c)
the First Estate, the Second Estate, and the Third Estate.
d)
the French Empire, the dependent states, and the allied states.
35.
Many Paris radicals called themselves sans-culottes to show that
a)
their votes would reflect the monarchy’s wishes.
b)
the monarchy could not force them to vote its way
c)
they were ordinary people and patriots.
d)
all men were allowed to vote
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