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French Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The 1st Estate represents which of the following people?

a)

Peasants

b)

Nobles

c)

Clergy

d)

Royalty

e)

The king

2.

What happened when the 3rd Estate was blocked from the Estates-General?

a)

They went home and devised a plan of attack.

b)

They broke down the door and attacked the 1st and 2nd Estates.

c)

They went to the tennis court and formed the National Assembly.

d)

They immediately killed the king and began the Reign of Terror.

3.

____ was the wife of Louis XVI who was also executed via the Guillotine.

a)

Isabel I

b)

Catherine the Great

c)

Marie Antoinette

d)

Elizabeth I

4.

The ____ was a famous fort/prison that was stormed, initiating the start of the French Revolution.

a)

Port of France

b)

Bastille

c)

Paris jailhouse

d)

Cathedral of Notre Dame

5.

France under Louis XVI was highly invested in foreign wars, one of which was ____.

a)

the Franco-Prussian war

b)

the Mexican-American war

c)

the American Revolution

d)

the Bolshevik Revolution

6.

____ was a symbol of the excess and gluttony of the French monarchy.

a)

The Palace of Versailles

b)

Eiffel Tower

c)

The Bastille

d)

Champs-Élysées

7.

What happened to Louis XVI as a result of the French Revolution?

a)

He was convicted of espionage and forced to serve a life sentence.

b)

He was convicted of treason and exiled to Austria.

c)

He was convicted of terrorism and forced to serve in the army.

d)

He was convicted of treason and killed on the Guillotine.

8.

Which of the following is a social cause of the French Revolution?

a)

Poor harvests.

b)

Financial burden.

c)

The feudal system gave the lower class no power or authority in society.

d)

Louis XVI being a weak, ineffective ruler.

9.

The 2nd Estate represents which of the following?

a)

Peasants

b)

Nobles

c)

Clergy

d)

Royalty

10.

What was the radical group that was led by Robespierre and began the Reign of Terror?

a)

The 2nd Estate

b)

The Bourgeoisie

c)

The Jacobins

d)

The National Assembly

11.

Which of the following was a political cause of the French Revolution?

a)

Poor harvests

b)

Financial hardships

c)

Louis XVI being a weak and ineffective ruler

d)

Foreign affairs

12.

The 1st Estate represented which of the following people?

a)

Peasants

b)

Nobles

c)

Clergy (the Church)

d)

Royalty

13.

All of the following are economic causes of the French Revolution EXCEPT ____.

a)

poor harvests

b)

war debts

c)

the estate system

d)

unnecessary, excessive taxation

14.

Commoners and peasants felt as though the estate system represented relics of ____.

a)

feudalism

b)

capitalism

c)

mercantilism

d)

colonialism

15.

Which of the following were one of the reasons the 3rd Estate walked out of the Estates-General?

a)

They wanted every male citizen to have one vote, as opposed to each Estate having one vote.

b)

They wanted to form a new system of government where peasants and commoners had a greater voice.

c)

They grew tired of paying the majority of society's taxes.

d)

All of the above.

16.

In 1791, a(n) ____ was formed, significantly limiting the power of the king.

a)

absolute monarchy

b)

republic

c)

constitutional monarchy

d)

democracy

17.

In 1791, the National Assembly became known as the ____.

a)

National Convention

b)

Legislative Assembly

c)

Committee of Public Safety

d)

Jacobins

18.

Robespierre created the ____ in order to protect the spirit of the French Revolution.

a)

National Convention

b)

National Assembly

c)

Tennis Court Agreement

d)

Committee of Public Safety

19.

To ____, terror was nothing more than cold, swift justice.

a)

the 1st Estate

b)

Louis XVI

c)

Robespierre

d)

Marie Antoinette

20.

At the end of the French Revolution, France became known as a ____.

a)

democracy

b)

monarchy

c)

republic

d)

religious oligarchy