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French Revolution Quiz Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

One important result of the French Revolution was that?

a)

France enjoyed a lengthy period of peace and prosperity

b)

The church was restored to its former role and power in the French government

c)

Political power shifted to the Middle Class

d)

France lost its spirit of nationalism

2.

Who were the Jacobins?

a)

A radical political party that guided the revolution (especially during the reign of terror) and wanted a Republic

b)

A moderate political party that represented the interests of the people in the countryside

c)

A conservative political party that represented the interests of the monarchy

d)

A socialist political party that supported a British takeover of France.

3.

 During the Reign of Terror, Robespierre tried to

a)

execute all French nobles.

b)

restore the Catholic Church.

c)

crush all opposition to the revolution.

d)

reinstate the monarchy.

4.

What was the slogan of the French Revolution?

a)

Liberty, Equality, Property

b)

To Infinity and Beyond!

c)

Liberty, Life, Property

d)

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

5.

The sans-culottes played a major role in the revolution, who were they?

a)

Peasants

b)

radicals during the revolution, mostly from the urban working class

c)

The nobility

d)

A very tasty style of French Bread

6.

In 1793 King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were

a)

Returned to the throne

b)

Exiled to England

c)

Saved from a mob by Marquis de Lafayette

d)

Executed

7.

In 1792, the National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy and declare France

a)

dissolved

b)

limited monarchy

c)

a republic

d)

bankrupt

8.

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

a)

put the French Catholic Church under state control.

b)

abolished the Catholic Church in France.

c)

made Catholicism the official religion of France.

d)

made the clergy part of the Third Estate.

9.

  (a)   was the main leader of the Reign of Terror.

10.

The Constitution of 1795 established the 5 man Directory, what was one problem with the Directory that led to its downfall?

a)

They re-instituted the Reign of Terror

b)

They weren’t educated

c)

They tried to restore the monarchy

d)

They were weak and corrupt

11.

Which group of people were most often the victims of the Reign of Terror?   

a)

the radicals in the government

b)

the poor throughout the country

c)

the clergy who opposed Church reforms

d)

the clergy who opposed Church reforms

12.

The Queen of France during the French Revolution, a woman of very wasteful habits, known for spending vast sums of money was

a)

Queen Elizabeth

b)

Queen Mary

c)

Marie Antoinette

d)

Catherine the Great

13.

The Reign of Terror ended when

a)

members of the Convention, afraid Robespierre would turn the Terror on them, had him arrested and executed

b)

crowds of Parisians stormed the jails and released the prisoners

c)

the Pope threatened to excommunicate Robespierre

d)

the French Army mutinied

14.

Which organization did Maximilien Robespierre lead that oversaw the horrors of the Reign of Terror?   

(a)  

15.

Why did the members of the National Convention decide to execute King Louis XVI even though they abolished the monarchy?

a)

They feared that the king would be a source of conflict in the future.

b)

The king refused to lead the French army into battle against the Austrians.

c)

The king refused to allow the royal treasury to be used to fund foreign wars.

d)

They believed that the king supported the radicals in the French government.

16.

Why did Maximilien Robespierre encourage the Reign of Terror throughout France?

a)

Women rebelled throughout the country, demanding equal rights.

b)

Young men refused to be drafted into the army to fight foreign wars.

c)

He wanted to protect church property that was being destroyed by peasants.

d)

He believed that the Revolution had many enemies who needed to be eliminated.

17.

After the fall of Robespierre and the end of the Reign of Terror, France got another constitution where power was transferred to a very corrupt five member executive branch called the

a)

Concordat

b)

Directory

c)

Plebiscite

d)

First Consul

18.

What political party decided the fate of Louis XVI after France became a republic? Who became their leader?

a)

Sans-culottes/Horatio Nelson

b)

Conservatives/ Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Jacobins/

Maximilien Robespierre

d)

Bourbons/

Louis XVI

19.

What did the Declaration of the Right of Man declare?

a)

the Third Estate should be abolished

b)

all men were free and equal

c)

all Frenchmen had to pay taxes

d)

French Revolution was null and void