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Prelude to the French Revolution and Pt. 1 Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A machine used during the French Revolution to execute people:

a)

Bourgeoisie

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Clergy

d)

Guillotine

2.

Wealthy and educated middle class:

a)

Bourgeoisie

b)

Clergy

c)

Tithe

d)

Versailles

3.

The extravagant home to king and queens during the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries:

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Guillotine

c)

Versailles

d)

Social Contract

4.

A period in the 1700's in which philosophers wrote about things like individual rights, personal freedoms and stirred things up in the French Revolution:

a)

Bourgeoisie

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Versailles

d)

tithe

5.

Ordained members of the church in France, the Catholic Church:

a)

Clergy

b)

Tithe

c)

Bourgeoisie

d)

Versailles

6.

Before the Revolution, France had been ruled by an absolute monarch. His name was:

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Leopold XV

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Henry VIII

7.

Which was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

a)

An unfair tax system

b)

Increasing food prices and bread shortages

c)

Spending by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

d)

The price of tea in China

8.

What was the correct ratio of population to ownership of land in Pre-Revolutionary France?

a)

10:75

b)

3:50

c)

1:90

d)

25:50

9.

The nobility in France referred to the bourgeoisie as:

a)

filthy animals

b)

scum of the earth

c)

dirty tradesmen

d)

ne'er do wells

10.

One major complaint that the French people had about the judicial system was the concept that:

a)

a person was guilty until proven innocent

b)

a person was innocent until proven guilty

c)

everyone had freedom of speech

d)

everyone had freedom of press

11.

The King and his wife lived a very comfy life at he Palace of :

a)

The Iron Throne

b)

Solitude

c)

Versailles

d)

Nevermore

12.

At the start of the Revolution, the 1st step that Louis XVI took was to call a meeting of the :

a)

Congress

b)

Clergy

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Estates General

13.

The 1st Estate was made up of :

a)

Nobility

b)

Clergy

c)

Everyone else

d)

Slaves

14.

The 2nd Estate was made up of :

a)

Nobility

b)

Clergy

c)

Everyone else

d)

Slaves

15.

The 3rd Estate was made up of :

a)

Clergy

b)

Nobility

c)

Slaves

d)

Everyone else

16.

The Tennis Court Oath was actually signed on a tennis court:

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None

d)

None

17.

Louis XVI locked the 1st Estate out of the meeting of the estates General:

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None

d)

None

18.

Some of the nobility married some of the bourgeoisie:

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None

d)

None

19.

The Bourgeoisie included bankers, lawyers, and educators:

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None

d)

None

20.

The 4th estate became the National Assembly:

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None

d)

None

21.

Radicals stormed the Bastille to get weapons:

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None

d)

None

22.

The National Assembly proclaimed the DoRoMac

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None

d)

None

23.

A bunch of children marched on Versailles after a rumor about Marie Antoinette:

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None

d)

None

24.

The National Assembly killed 500 Jacobins to start the French Revolution:

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None

d)

None

25.

King louis XVI was sentenced to die by the guillotine:

a)

True

b)

False

c)

None

d)

None