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French Revolution

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The French Revolution began when King Louis XVI
a)
was executed
b)
had his troops attack Paris
c)
called the Estates General together
d)
abdicated
2.
The Second Estate was composed of 
a)
Church leaders
b)
Nobility
c)
Peasants
d)
none of the above
3.
Most of the people of France belonged to the 
a)
1st 
Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
4th Estate
4.
Why was voting in the Estates General unfair
a)
votes were not secret
b)
each estate voted by how many members there were
c)
each estate got the same number of votes
d)
the King got two votes
5.
When the other estates refused to change voting rules the 3rd Estate 
a)
met separately
b)
declared themselves the new government
c)
Created the National Assembly
d)
all of the above
6.
The National Assembly set down the ideas of the Revolution in 
a)
the Declaration of Independence
b)
the Declaration of the Rights of Man
c)
the US Constitution
d)
The Edict of Nantes
7.
The First Estate was made up of this group.
a)

clergy

b)
common people
c)
nobles
d)
kings and queens
8.
What was the Divine Right of Kings?
a)
right to not pay taxes
b)
God given right to rule
c)
predetermined rise to power
d)
enlightenment of kings
9.
What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?
a)
all the estates were taxed equally
b)
the upper classes paid the most taxes
c)
the poorest classes paid all the taxes
d)
the third estate was the wealthiest
10.
What is the significance of the Tennis Court Oath?
a)
it led to a new constitution for France
b)
it started the French Revolution
c)
it was the beginning of the Reign of Terror
d)
it marked the beginning of the rule of Napoleon
11.
How did the Enlightenment and the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?
a)
the people of France overthrew their absolute monarchy
b)
absolute monarchy was strengthened
c)
support for absolute monarchy increased
d)
France was divided into three estates
12.
Before the French Revolution, why did the representatives of the Third Estate form the National Assembly?
a)
voting in the Estates General was not fair
b)
the king had ordered them to do so
c)
they wanted an end to the Reign of Terror
d)
they demanded that the king be put on trial and executed
13.
Why were the people of France starving of hunger?
a)
They only had wine
b)
Agricultural crop failure caused a shortage of food
c)
They sold all the food to Germany
d)
The King wanted to punish the people
14.
Who was Louis XVI?
a)
Leader of Reign of Terror. 
b)
King of France when the French Revolution begins. 
c)
Became Emperor of France. 
d)
The Sun King. 
15.
What was the National Assembly? 
a)
Group of 5 men who ran France after the Reign of Terror
b)
Led the Reign of Terror. 
c)
Representatives from all 3 estates. 
d)
3rd estate after they broke away from Estates-General
16.
The Bastile was
a)
A fortified fort in Paris for the kids to play in
b)
A prison that also held weapons and gun powder
c)
A new place for Marie and Louis to go to have dinner
d)
Where King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette lived
17.

Social class consisting of the clergy.

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

The CHURCH!

18.

The bourgeoisie lead this estate and it was made up of merchants, artisans, cooks, servants, peasants etc.

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

1.2.3.. BOURGEOISIE!

19.

An assembly of representatives from all three estates that met for the first time in 175 years when Louis XVI called them together.

a)

Estates General

b)

National Assembly

c)

Legislative Assembly

d)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen

20.

A pledge made by members of France's National Assembly in 1789 in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drafted a new Constitution.

a)

Tennis Court Oath

b)

Handball Oath

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

The Declaration of the Rights of Man

21.

July 14, 1789, a French mob stormed a prison. The mob successfully captured the gunpowder they were after.

a)

Storming of the Bastille

b)

The Great Fear

c)

Storming of Pompei

d)

Sandstorm

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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

27.

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

28.

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

29.
France was deep in debt because
a)
money spent on the American Revolution
b)
Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
c)
the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
d)
all of the above
30.
In 1789, the hungry women of Paris marched to Versailles and 
a)
forced the King to return to Paris
b)
demanded that the King abdicate
c)
demanded that the King leave France
d)
all of the above
31.

In 1791, France's new constitution changed France's government to a(n) _________________.

a)

Republic

b)

Constitutional Monarchy

c)

Absolute Monarchy

d)

Dictatorship

32.
Why did the Parisian women march on Versailles in 1789?
a)
Find guns
b)
Right to vote
c)
Work conditions
d)
Price of Bread
33.

What did the National Assembly promise to do in the Tennis Court Oath?

a)

To execute the king

b)

To write a new constitution

c)

To stage a Coup d'etat

d)

To make France independent

34.

Which of the following wars helped to inspire the French Revolution?

a)

The American Civil War

b)

The French and Indian War

c)

American Revolution

d)

The Seven Years War

35.

What kind of leader was King Louis XVI?

a)

very militaristic

b)

weak and indecisive

c)

powerful and well respected

d)

friendly and well liked

36.

This newspaper publisher was a radical revolutionist who was killed in a bathtub by a woman who wanted to end the bloodshed of the Revolution.

a)

Jean Paul Marat

b)

Charlotte Corday

c)

Maximilien Robespierre

d)

Olympe de Gouges

37.

Which of the following best describes the group that makes up two percent of the population in France prior to the revolution and owns 25 percent of the land?

a)

2nd Estate

b)

1st Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

Nobility

38.

Which description best describes the Bourgeoisie of France?

a)

lowest level of the 3rd estate

b)

highest level of the 3rd estate

c)

middle level of the 3rd estate

d)

highest level of the 2nd estate (nobility)

39.

Which of the following statements best describes the Petty Bourgeoisie?

a)

highest level of the 3rd estate

b)

middle level of the 3rd estate

c)

lowest level of the 3rd estate

d)

2nd estate nobility

40.

Which of the following statements best describes the three groups of the 3rd Estate?

a)

clergy, nobility, bourgeoisie

b)

bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie, peasants

c)

clergy, nobility, royalty

d)

Petty bourgeoisie, nobility, clergy

41.

What document placed the Catholic Church under the control of the French government instead of the Pope?

a)

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

c)

The Directory

d)

The Constitution of 1791

42.

What percentage of people executed during the Reign of Terror were actually from the 3rd Estate?

a)

25

b)

15

c)

93

d)

85

43.

Known as the “Seven Years War” in the Americas, this war was fought partially on American soil from 1756-1763 and cost Louis XV (Louis XVI’s grandfather) and France millions. This was one of the conflicts responsible for the debts of France prior to the Revolution:

a)

French & Indian War

b)

American Revolution

c)

Austrian War of Succession

d)

Spanish-American War

44.

What document created a parliamentary monarchy in France, removing some of Louis XVI's power?

a)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

b)

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

c)

The Naploleonic Code

d)

The Constitution of 1791

45.

Who was the moderate Girondin assassin who killed Jean Paul Marat in his medicinal bathtub?

a)

Charlotte Corday

b)

Olympe de Gouges

c)

Maria Theresa

d)

Georges Danton

46.

What two political groups emerged from the Jacobins to disagree about the fate of Louis XVI

a)

The Mountain & Girondin

b)

Sans Culottes & Mountain

c)

Sans Culottes & Girondin

d)

Harpy & Vigilance

47.

The Estates General was an assembly called together by Louis XVI to do what?

a)

divide nobility into equal estates

b)

change the social order of France

c)

Establish a French Republic

d)

Raise revenues through new taxes

48.

The pledge of the 3rd Estate to write and establish a new form of government after being locked out of the Estates General:

a)

The Tennis Court Oath

b)

The Jacobin Pledge

c)

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

d)

The Great Fear

49.

To what country did Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette try to escape as the monarchy began to lose power?

a)

Prussia

b)

Austria

c)

Spain

d)

England

50.

The French Revolution can be divided into several time periods. During which of the following time periods were 40-50,000 people executed?

a)

The Great Fear

b)

The Age of Napoleon

c)

The Reign of Terror

d)

The Golden Age of France

51.

Marie Antoinette was from what country?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

Austria

d)

Prussia

52.

Which of the following figures of the French Revolution was assassinated?

a)

Danton

b)

Marat

c)

Corday

d)

Robespierre

53.

The guillotine was not the only form of execution during the French Revolution. Where were 1,800 “enemies of the revolution” executed by cannon fire?

a)

Lyon

b)

Nantes

c)

Paris

d)

Navarre

54.

Which of the following people was executed FIRST?

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Charlotte Corday

d)

Marat

e)

Robespierre

55.

What year do we consider to be the beginning of the French Revolution - as it was the year of the Tennis Court Oath and the year the Estates-General was called together

a)

1776

b)

1789

c)

1791

d)

1792

56.

This man was Louis XVI's finance minister and his firing was a final straw for the 3rd Estate

a)

Jacques Necker

b)

Robespierre

c)

Jean-Paul Marat

d)

Georges Danton