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Lesson 2-French Revolution-Radical Revolution and Reaction

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people.

a)

National Assembly

b)

The Estates

c)

New Regime

d)

Feudalism

2.

Statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by France's National Assembly.

a)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Constitution

d)

Articles of Confederation

3.

Radical political club during the French Revolution that wanted to remove the king and establish a republic. Both middle class men and women joined.

a)

Sans-Cullotes

b)

Radicals

c)

Emigres

d)

Jacobins

4.

A radical group of Parisian wage-earners and small shopkeepers who wanted a greater voice in government, lower prices and an end of food shortages.

a)

Sans-Cullotes

b)

Moderates

c)

Emigres

d)

Jacobins

5.

A machine for beheading people used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.

a)

Beheader

b)

National Razor

c)

Guillotine

d)

Head chopper-offer 3000

6.

Leader of the Committee of Public Safety, he and his followers tried to wipe out all traces of France's past monarchies.

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Maximillien Robespierre

c)

Jean-Paul Marat

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

7.

A committee established during the French Revolution to identify "enemies of the republic."

a)

Committee of Public Safety

b)

National Assembly

c)

Legislative Assembly

d)

Estates General

8.

The period from mid-1793 to mid-1794, when Maximilien Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed.

a)

Great Fear

b)

French Revolution

c)

Reign of Terror

d)

Tennis Court Oath

9.

The political faction who feared the sans-culottes and wanted to avoid a trial for the king

a)

Mountain

b)

Girondins

c)

Jacobins

10.
What was the job of the Committee of Public Safety?
a)
To ensure the nobility is protected 
b)
To save the Revolution
c)
To protect the public from the revolutionaries
d)
To establish law and order for the nobles
11.
Which of the following was NOT a radical step that the National Convention took?
a)
They established a republic
b)
They had the king beheaded
c)
They made Napoleon president
d)
They gave power to the Committee of Public Safety
12.

The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute

a)

Austrian prisoners

b)

The sans-culottes and other member of the Paris Commune

c)

Counter-revolutionaries and traitors

d)

Robespierre's followers

13.
During which phase of the French Revolution did the Reign of Terror occur?
a)
National Assembly (1789-1791)
b)
Legislative Assembly (1791-1792)
c)
National Convention (1792-1795)
d)
Directory (1795-1799)
14.

What is the name of the general who emerges as a strong leader to lead France into its next phase of revolution in 1795?

a)

Napoleon

b)

Hannibal

c)

Robespierre

d)

Sieyes

15.

What is the name of the individual who oversaw the Reign of Terror. He was eventually named a traitor himself and guillotined.

a)

Maximilien Robespierre

b)

Olympe de Gouge

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

16.
What did Napoleon do in 1804 after winning major Military Battles with the full support of the French people?
a)
Married his third Wife
b)
Cut all ties with the Roman Catholic Church
c)
Crowned himself Emperor of France
d)
Invaded Russia
17.
After Napoleon escaped from Elba Island and regained control of his armies and rallied his allies, where was he finally defeated for the last time?
a)
Madrid, Spain
b)
Waterloo, Belgium
c)
Moscow, Russia
d)
Paris France
18.

Napoleon spread the ideas of the French Revolution throughout Europe by doing all of the following except

a)

establishing constitutional democracies across Europe.

b)

establishing public schools.

c)

creating a class system which allowed peasants to keep lands taken during the French Revolution.

d)

controlling prices and encouraging industrial growth.