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French Revolution Test Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This English Enlightenment thinker argued that women were equal to men and the only reason that women were seen as inferior was because of the unjust rule of men.

a)

Mary Wollstonecraft

b)

Voltaire

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Montesquieu

2.

This French Enlightenment thinker believed in the freedom of speech, the press, and religion and argued that a monarch must protect an individual's rights and freedoms.

a)

John Locke

b)

Voltaire

c)

Rousseau

d)

Diderot

3.

This English Enlightenment thinker argued that people were naturally cruel and selfish and needed the strong rule of an absolute monarch to protect people from themselves.

a)

Mary Wollstonecraft

b)

Adam Smith

c)

John Locke

d)

Thomas Hobbes

4.

This English Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born with the natural rights of life, liberty, and property and if a ruler fails to protect these rights then the people are justified in overthrowing that ruler.

a)

Rousseau

b)

Voltaire

c)

John Locke

d)

Thomas Hobbes

5.

This French Enlightenment thinker argued for the separation of powers in the government into three branches - legislative, executive, and judicial - and there should be checks and balances so that one branch would not get too powerful.

a)

John Locke

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Mary Wollstonecraft

d)

Voltaire

6.

This French Enlightenment thinker believed that the government that governed the least was the best. He also argued that the government only exists to follow the general will of the people.

a)

Rousseau

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Voltaire

d)

Diderot

7.

This French estate was made up of the nobility, owned land, and did not have to pay taxes.

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Fourth Estate

8.

This French estate was made up of the the church clergy and could collect taxes from peasants living on church land.

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Fourth Estate

9.

This French estate was made up of all the commoners. It included rich merchants and poor farmers. This estate paid most of the taxes.

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Fourth Estate

10.

The ___________________________ was when the members of the Third Estate in the Estates General promised not to leave Versaille until a new French constitution was written.

a)

The Third Estate Pledge

b)

The Tennis Court Oath

c)

The Promise of the Bastille

d)

The Versaille Oath

11.

This event saw the execution by guillotine of 20,000 to 40,000 "Enemies of the Revolution."

a)

The September Massacre

b)

The Peasants' Revolt

c)

The Reign of Terror

d)

The Storming of the Bastille

12.

What was not a cause of the French Revolution?

a)

Napoleon's coup d'etat and rise to power

b)

Severe French debt caused by the Seven Years War and American Revolution

c)

Unfair voting in the Estate General in which the three estates each get one vote

d)

The failed harvest of 1788 and shortage of bread it caused

13.

This was the first national set of laws in France which was passed by Napoleon, swept away ancient privilege, and made all French people equal before the law.

a)

The Declaration of Rights of Man

b)

The Directorate

c)

The Committee of Public Safety

d)

The Napoleonic Code

14.

What event happened on July 14, 1789 and is seen as the symbolic start of the French Revolution?

a)

The Tennis Court Oath

b)

The Storming of the Bastille

c)

The Reign of Terror

d)

Napoleon's coup d'etat

15.

What was significant about the Battle of Waterloo?

a)

It was the battle where the Napoleonic Wars began

b)

It was the battle where Napoleon was finally victorious

c)

It was the battle where Napoleon was defeated

d)

It was the battle where the French Revolution began

16.

What faction of the National Assembly believed in using violence to achieve the goals of the French Revolution?

a)

Conservatives

b)

Moderates

c)

Radicals

d)

Jacobins

17.

What countries were allied to Napoleon?

a)

Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Norway, Denmark

b)

Spain, Confederation of the Rhine, Switzerland, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Naples

c)

Great Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Russia (1811-1815)

d)

United States, Mexico, and Canada

18.

What countries were enemies of Napoleon?

a)

Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Norway, Denmark

b)

Spain, Confederation of the Rhine, Switzerland, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Naples

c)

Great Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Russia (1811-1815)

d)

United States, Mexico, and Canada

19.

What countries were conquered or dependent to Napoleon?

a)

Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Norway, Denmark

b)

Spain, Confederation of the Rhine, Switzerland, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Naples

c)

Great Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Russia (1811-1815)

d)

United States, Mexico, and Canada

20.

This document created a constitutional limited monarchy in France.

a)

The Declaration of the Rights of Man

b)

The Articles of Confederation

c)

The Constitution of 1791

d)

The Declaration of Independence

21.

This group of men were created to protect the French Revolution from counter-revolution and oversaw the Reign of Terror.

a)

The Committee of Public Safety

b)

The Directorate

c)

The Legislative Assembly

d)

The Estates-General

22.

What was not a major mistake of Napoleon?

a)

The Continental System

b)

The Napoleonic Code

c)

The Peninsular War

d)

The Invasion of Russia

23.

What French monarchs were executed for high treason against France?

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Both Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

d)

Neither Louis XVI or Marie Antoinette

24.

The purpose of the ___________________ was the containment of France and the creation of a balance of power among European nations.

a)

League of Nations

b)

Council of Trent

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Congress of Vienna

25.

Who was Maximillian Robespierre?

a)

The head of the Committee of Public Safety

b)

The king of Austria during the French Revolution

c)

The writer of a pro-Revolution newspaper

d)

A revolutionary who was against the Reign of Terror

26.

What was the tactic the Russian Army used against Napoleon during his invasion of Russia?

a)

Guerilla warfare

b)

Search and destroy

c)

Scorched-earth tactics

d)

Lightning warfare

27.

What was not a reform created by Napoleon?

a)

A national bank

b)

Public education

c)

Freedom of the press

d)

Public works

e)

A uniform tax code