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The French Rev. & Napoleon

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Napoleon over threw which government of France:
a)
Reign of Terror
b)
Legislative Assembly
c)
National Assembly
d)
The Directory
2.

Democratic nation composed of citizens, - vision of the Committee of Public Safety- Robespierre's vision

a)

The Directory

b)

Republic of Virtue

c)

Reign of Terror

d)

National Assembly

3.
Which of the following was not a wife of Napoleon
a)
Marie Antoinette
b)
Marie Louise
c)
Josephine
4.
Favored execution device of Paris during the Reign of Terror
a)
grapeshot in cannon
b)
firing squad
c)
mass poisoning
d)
guillotine
5.

Why was the Bastille taken?

a)

rumors of political prisoners/arms and symbolized oppression

b)

French women were fed up with starving children

c)

Robespierre was guillotined

d)

Marie Antoinette said "let them eat cake"

6.
NOT part of the French Rev slogan:
a)
Liberty
b)
Equality
c)
Justice
d)
Fraternity
7.
What was the purpose of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
a)
To expose the king's wrong doing
b)
To expose the truth about all men being equal
c)
To humiliate the king for not producing an heir
d)
To declare all women were equal to men
8.
Who made up the largest Estate in the Old Regime?
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Monarchy
9.
What did the Third Estate find unfair at the meeting of the Estates General?
a)
where to meet
b)
topics of discussion
c)
how many votes each Estate received
d)
whether the Third Estate would be represented
10.
NOT a trait of Napoleon
a)
Courage
b)
humility
c)
brilliant military mind
d)
inspiring
11.
Tactic used to defeat Napoleon in Russia
a)
endless negotiations
b)
guerrilla tactics
c)
scorched-earth
d)
divide and conqueor
12.
Why did Louis XVI accept the National Assembly's decrees?
a)
Storming of the Bastille
b)
March to Versailles
c)
Threat of guillotine
d)
He lost a child
13.
Sans-Culottes means without breeches, and implied what about the members of the political group:
a)
they were women, who did not wear pants during this time period
b)
extremely poor
c)
pacifists who did not fight
d)
ordinary patriots w/out fine clothes
14.
Argued against the Declaration of the Rights of Man
a)
Marie Antoinette
b)
Olympe de Gauges
c)
Charlotte Coroday
d)
Admiral Nelson
15.
Defeated Napoleon in his final battle
a)
bitter Russian winter
b)
Admiral Nelson
c)
Louis XVIII
d)
The Duke of Wellington
16.
Not a part of Napoleon's Grand Empire:
a)
Dependent States
b)
Allied States
c)
The French Empire
d)
Great Britain
17.

Why did Louis XVI originally call for the Estates General to meet?

a)

end the revolution

b)

raise taxes

c)

issue flour rations

d)

equal taxes

18.
NOT a reason for the French Revolution
a)
lack of a male heir
b)
unfair tax system
c)
government debt
d)
inflation
19.

Leader of the Committee of Public Safety that was disfigured by disease and a bull

a)

Maximellion Robespierre

b)

Jean-Paul Marat

c)

Napoleon

d)

Georges Danton

20.

Queen of France, misquoted "let them eat cake", trendsetter with wide dresses/big wigs, invented the handkerchief, guillotined during the Reign of Terror, Married at 15, org. Austrian

a)

Jean-Paul Marat

b)

Olympe de Gauges

c)

Marie Antoinette

d)

Marie Louise

21.

Napoleon was often referred to as _________ because of his lower rank in his early military career

a)

the Boggie Man

b)

le petit corporal

c)

tiny general

d)

Grand Emperor

22.

Bourgeoisie differed from others in the Third Estate by

a)

having the ability to buy political power

b)

Being "enlightened"

c)

Having noble titles available for purchase

d)

having Napoleon's back

23.

Government of Pre-Revolution France (since the Middle Ages)

a)

Constitutional Monarchy

b)

Old Regime

c)

French Republic

d)

Dictatorship

24.

Not a nickname of Napoleon

a)

La Petite Corporal

b)

The Boney Man

c)

The Boogie Man

d)

Skin & Bones General

25.

"Men are born and remain free and equal" is part of what document?

a)

Napoleonic Code

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Man

c)

Declaration of the Rights of Woman

d)

National Convention's Constitution

26.

Napoleon was exiled to

a)

Elba

b)

Italy

c)

St. Helena

d)

Waterloo

27.

Population % exempt from taxes pre-Rev France

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

98

28.

Where did the National Assembly meet after being locked out of the Estates-General Meeting?

a)

Madame Geoffrin's Salon

b)

A Bar

c)

A tennis court

d)

outside Versailles

29.

Canned food, Right side of the road driving, promotion based on ability/merit, abolishing serfdom, universal weights/measurements, Educational improvements, France's law code can all be attributed to

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Louis XVIII

c)

Napoleon

d)

The Duke of Wellington

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