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Ch. 9 The French Revolution & Napoleon

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The name given to the French middle class.

a)

First Estate

b)

Bourgeoisie

c)

Directory

d)

Aristocrats

2.

Which French estate was less than 1% of the population in France, and represented the Clergy?

a)

Third Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

First Estate

d)

Bourgeoisie

3.

All of the following were causes of the French Revolution EXCEPT?

a)

Weak Leader

b)

Economic/Financial Trouble

c)

Enlightenment Ideals

d)

Discontented First Estate

4.

What was the nickname given to Marie Antoinette by the people?

a)

Madame Greedy

b)

Bourbon Queen

c)

Madame Deficit

d)

Madame Cake

5.

This early event was where the people attacked an old prison and began the onset of the revolution?

a)

The Bastille

b)

The Women's March on Versailles

c)

Tennis Court Oath

d)

Directory

6.

The French Parliament who had not met for 175 years until King Louis XVI called a meeting?

a)

National Assembly

b)

National Convention

c)

Paris Commune

d)

Estates-General

7.

An estimated __________ percent of France's population belonged to the First & Second Estates.

a)

97

b)

50

c)

3

d)

15

8.

The slogan of the French Revolution was: Liberty, Equality, and _____________ ?

a)

Fraternity

b)

Justice

c)

Democracy

d)

Revenge

9.

What Enlightenment event contributed to the bankruptcy of France?

a)

War of 1812

b)

American Revolution

c)

The Russian Revolution

d)

The French & Indian War

10.

The King was forced to sign this document, which brought free & equal rights to the people?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

c)

Holy Alliance

d)

Declaration of the Rights of Frenchman

11.

Why was King Louis XVI forced to accept the National Assembly's ideas?

a)

His army turned against him.

b)

He was allowed to live at Versailles if he did.

c)

Thousands of armed Parisians surrounded his palace.

d)

Marie Antoinette forced him to.

12.

Which body of France was responsible for the Tennis Court Oath?

a)

National Assembly

b)

National Convention

c)

Legislative Assembly

d)

Directory

13.

Members of the Paris commune who wore long pants to identify with the people?

a)

The Clergy

b)

Jacobins

c)

Sans-culottes

d)

The Mountain

14.

Radical policies that were used to defend France from domestic threats?

a)

Coup d'état

b)

Continental System

c)

The Great Fear

d)

Reign of Terror

15.

Which man ruled France as a dictator during the Reign of Terror?

a)

Napoleon

b)

Marat

c)

Danton

d)

Robespierre

16.

The final governing body of France that was overthrown by Napoleon?

a)

National Convention

b)

Legislative Assembly

c)

Consulate

d)

Directory

17.

Which revolutionary leader came to oppose the excessive violence of the Revolution?

a)

Jean-Paul Marat

b)

George-Jacques Danton

c)

Maximilien Robespierre

d)

Olympe de Gouges

18.

The initial new government established under Napoleon?

a)

Directory

b)

Consulate

c)

Continental System

d)

Estates General

19.

A sudden overthrow of the government?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Liberalism

c)

Coup d'état

d)

Civil Code

20.

Napoleon restored the relationship between the state & church by signing the ___________?

a)

Napoleonic Code

b)

Tennis Court Oath

c)

Plebiscite

d)

Concordat of 1801

21.

Countries of the French Empire that were forced to join Napoleons struggle against Great Britain?

a)

Allied States

b)

Dependent States

c)

Enlarged Fracne

d)

Continental System

22.

Countries that Napoleon defeated and then were ruled over by people he put in charge, like relatives for example?

a)

Allied States

b)

Dependent States

c)

Enlarged France

d)

Continental System

23.

Promotion within Napoleon's new bureaucracy was based on?

a)

Keeping the middle class out of office

b)

Given to Napoleon's favorites

c)

Ability

d)

Rank in society

24.

All of the following were ways Napoleon's Laws (Civil Code) preserved the Revolution EXCEPT:

a)

Equality of citizens

b)

Religious toleration

c)

Abolished serfdom

d)

Women were treated as less equal

25.

Napoleons plan to weaken the economy of Great Britain?

a)

Scorched earth policy

b)

Consulate

c)

British Blockade of 1803

d)

Continental System

26.

Napoleon's biggest mistake was invading which country?

a)

Austria

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

Prussia

27.

What strategy did the Czar of Russia use to defeat Napoleon?

a)

Neogtiations

b)

Guerrilla Warfare

c)

Outflanking the enemy

d)

Scorch earth policy

28.

The person most responsible for the accomplishments at the Congress of Vienna?

a)

Prince Klemens von Metternich

b)

Czar Alexander I

c)

Emperor Francis I

d)

King Frederick William III

29.

What was the goal set by the powerful nations at the Congress of Vienna?

a)

Destroy France

b)

Execute Napoleon

c)

Establish a balance of Power in Europe

d)

Restore Napoleon back in power

30.

After being defeated at Waterloo, where was Napoleon Exiled to?

a)

St. Helena

b)

Elba

c)

Prussia

d)

Haiti