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The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire (1789-1814)

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

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1.

Which of the following measures was NOT taken by the Jacobins under "The Terror"?

a)

1793 Constitution

b)

Popular Army

c)

Law of Maximum

d)

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

2.

What did the Civil Constitution of the Clergy intend to make all priests?

a)

to become main enemies of the Revolution

b)

to become the main revolutionary leaders

c)

to be paid by the state and elected by the people: to become civil servants

d)

Let priests remaining obedient only to the Pope

3.

What happened during the “Great Fear”?

a)

The Terror

b)

Louis XVI’s death sentence

c)

Marie-Antoinette's death sentence

d)

Peasants attacked noblemen’s proprieties (manors, lands)

4.

Trying to find a solution for economic and political problems, Louis XVI called a meeting of...

a)

The Convention

b)

The National Constituent Assembly

c)

The Estates General

d)

The Directorate

5.

Which of the following legal reforms was offered by the National Constituent Assembly?

a)

Civil Code

b)

Abolition of feudal privileges and tithes

c)

Bayonne Constitution

d)

Universal suffrage

6.

Mark what does not match with the Reign of the Terror (1793-1794):

a)

A widespread repression of counterrevolutionaries

b)

Anyone suspected to oppose the revolution could be executed

c)

... It was a real dictatorial regime led by Robespierre

d)

It put a new currency into circulation, the franc

7.

Law of Maximum established...

a)

... food shortages

b)

... maximum (the latest) prices for basic products (bread, milk, salt, etc.)

c)

... the maximum wages or salaries

d)

... the age to join the Popular Army

8.

In order to solve the French state's financial problems the Constituent Assembly (National Constituent Assembly)...

a)

confiscated and sold King's property

b)

confiscated and sold church property

c)

confiscated and sold city councils property

d)

confiscated and sold nobility property

9.

At the Tennis Court Oath (oath= "juramento"), the Third Estate representatives declared that...

a)

... they would never leave the tennis court until France became a republic

b)

... they would never leave the tennis court until France had a constitution

c)

... they would never leave the tennis court until Louis XVI was executed

d)

... they would never leave the tennis court until feudalism was abolished

10.

In the Estates General...

a)

Each estate had one vote

b)

The representatives voted individually

11.

Mark which of the following causes of the French Revolution is an influence of the Enlightenment

a)

Poor harvests led to an increase in the price of grain

b)

Louis XVI's ministers suggested that the privileged estates should pay taxes

c)

French bourgeoisie wanted to put the Enlightened ideas into practice

d)

The Third Estate suffered from rising taxes

12.

The king agreed to the Third Estate's demands. A new (National) Constituent Assembly was formed to write a...

a)

New statute

b)

New declaration of rights

c)

New constitution

d)

New ministerial decree

13.

People attacked the Bastille (political prison) on...

a)

11th August 1792

b)

12th October 1798

c)

28th February 1791

d)

14th July 1789

14.

The reason why people attacked the Bastille was

a)

there were news that troops were being sent to Versailles

b)

Austria invaded France

15.

In response to the Great Fear of 1789 summertime, the National Constituent Assembly passed a range of...

a)

legal reforms

b)

executions by guillotine

16.

Which the following options is one of the legal reforms approved by the (National) Constituent Assembly in 1789?

a)

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

b)

The Constitution

c)

The Law of Maximum

d)

The abolition of feudal privileges

17.

The National Assembly also wrote...

a)

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

b)

The Civil Code

c)

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

d)

The 1812 Constitution

18.

All of the National Constituent Assembly's measures led to...

a)

discontent among the bourgeoisie and peasantry

b)

discontent among part of the clergy and to the emigration of nobles abroad

19.

Louis XVI asked Austria for...

a)

a military alliance in favour of the revolution

b)

a support against the revolution

20.

Louis XVI also tried to...

a)

adopt a neutral role as constitutional king, and he achieved it

b)

escape from France in Varennes, but this ended in failure

21.

Mark which of the following aspects is NOT a feature of the 1791 French Constitution

a)

universal male suffrage

b)

limited male suffrage

c)

constitutional monarchy

d)

separation of powers

22.

Numerous French women demanded...

a)

being not given the right to participate in politics

b)

the equal right to participate in politics

23.

As the leaders of the revolution feared that the traditional model of the family would change, women...

a)

were given the right to vote

b)

were not given the right to vote

24.

The Jacobins represented

a)

the interests of the wealthy bourgeoisie

b)

the petite bourgeoisie

c)

the nobility

d)

the clergy

25.

The Girondins supported...

a)

the constitutional monarchy and limited suffrage (or censitary suffrage)

b)

the democratic republic and the universal suffrage

26.

In response of the constant threat of invasion by Austria and Prussia, France declared...

a)

peace on these countries in 1799

b)

war on these countries in 1792

c)

a ceasefire ("tregua", "alto el fuego") in 1794

27.

Because of France's defeats and Louis XVI's reluctance to accept the revolutionary changes, Louis XVI

a)

was allowed to emigrate to Austria

b)

succeeded organizing a counter-revolutionary revolt

c)

became a Girondin representative in the National Constituent Assembly

d)

was imprisoned, the monarchy was abolished and France became a republic

28.

Under the Democratic Republic, the "Convention" was the new name for...

a)

a new assembly

b)

a new ministry

29.

In 1793 the Convention agreed to...

a)

absolve Louis XVI and his family. They all were freed from jail very soon

b)

execute Louis XVI Louis XVI for treason and he was beheaded by guillotine

30.

In 1793 too, the Jacobins took control of the government and impose a dictatorship known as...

a)

The Excellence

b)

The Revolutionary Quietness

c)

The Terror

d)

The Joy

31.

The revolutionary calendar (known as "republican calendar", too) contained 30-day months with weeks of...

a)

6 days

b)

5 days

c)

10 days

d)

11 days

32.

After overthrowing the Jacobins in 1794, the Thermidorians adopted a new constitution with

a)

universal male suffrage

b)

limited (or censitary) male suffrage

33.

Under the Directory (1795-1799), there was a more conservative government made up of...

a)

Three members, or "consuls"

b)

Five members, or "directors"

34.

Which institution increased its power and influence under the Directory (1795-1799)?

a)

The Church

b)

The government

c)

The army

d)

The civil servants

35.

In 1799 Napoleon Bonaparte organized a...

a)

a new political party, the Bonapartist one

b)

a successful political meeting, with Napoleon's best speech

c)

a charity institution, the Napoleon's Sisters

d)

a military coup, which established a new form of government, the Consulate

36.

Which of the following aspects is a negative feature from the napoleonic Civil Code (1804)?

a)

Civil marriage and divorce favoured husbands against their wives

b)

Civil marriage and divorce declared wives and husbands on equal terms

c)

Right of adoption

d)

Private property

37.

Which of the following measures belongs to Napoleonic domestic policy?

a)

Educational system

b)

Continental blockade

c)

Imposition of constitutions to the conquered territories

d)

Enlargement of the empire

38.

Which of the following measures belongs to Napoleonic foreign policy?

a)

State health care

b)

Continental blockade

c)

Concordat with the Holy See

d)

New coin and the establishment of the Bank of France