WorksheetsFrench Revolution Quiz Review
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 11mins
One important result of the French Revolution was that?
France enjoyed a lengthy period of peace and prosperity
The church was restored to its former role and power in the French government
Political power shifted to the Middle Class
France lost its spirit of nationalism
Who were the Jacobins?
A radical political party that guided the revolution (especially during the reign of terror) and wanted a Republic
A moderate political party that represented the interests of the people in the countryside
A conservative political party that represented the interests of the monarchy
A socialist political party that supported a British takeover of France.
During the Reign of Terror, Robespierre tried to
execute all French nobles.
restore the Catholic Church.
crush all opposition to the revolution.
reinstate the monarchy.
What was the slogan of the French Revolution?
Liberty, Equality, Property
To Infinity and Beyond!
Liberty, Life, Property
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
The sans-culottes played a major role in the revolution, who were they?
Peasants
radicals during the revolution, mostly from the urban working class
The nobility
A very tasty style of French Bread
In 1793 King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were
Returned to the throne
Exiled to England
Saved from a mob by Marquis de Lafayette
Executed
In 1792, the National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy and declare France
dissolved
limited monarchy
a republic
bankrupt
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
put the French Catholic Church under state control.
abolished the Catholic Church in France.
made Catholicism the official religion of France.
made the clergy part of the Third Estate.
(a) was the main leader of the Reign of Terror.
The Constitution of 1795 established the 5 man Directory, what was one problem with the Directory that led to its downfall?
They re-instituted the Reign of Terror
They weren’t educated
They tried to restore the monarchy
They were weak and corrupt
Which group of people were most often the victims of the Reign of Terror?
the radicals in the government
the poor throughout the country
the clergy who opposed Church reforms
the clergy who opposed Church reforms
The Queen of France during the French Revolution, a woman of very wasteful habits, known for spending vast sums of money was
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Marie Antoinette
Catherine the Great
The Reign of Terror ended when
members of the Convention, afraid Robespierre would turn the Terror on them, had him arrested and executed
crowds of Parisians stormed the jails and released the prisoners
the Pope threatened to excommunicate Robespierre
the French Army mutinied
Which organization did Maximilien Robespierre lead that oversaw the horrors of the Reign of Terror?
(a)
Why did the members of the National Convention decide to execute King Louis XVI even though they abolished the monarchy?
They feared that the king would be a source of conflict in the future.
The king refused to lead the French army into battle against the Austrians.
The king refused to allow the royal treasury to be used to fund foreign wars.
They believed that the king supported the radicals in the French government.
Why did Maximilien Robespierre encourage the Reign of Terror throughout France?
Women rebelled throughout the country, demanding equal rights.
Young men refused to be drafted into the army to fight foreign wars.
He wanted to protect church property that was being destroyed by peasants.
He believed that the Revolution had many enemies who needed to be eliminated.
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
Concordat
Directory
Plebiscite
First Consul
What political party decided the fate of Louis XVI after France became a republic? Who became their leader?
Sans-culottes/Horatio Nelson
Conservatives/ Napoleon Bonaparte
Jacobins/
Maximilien Robespierre
Bourbons/
Louis XVI
What did the Declaration of the Right of Man declare?
the Third Estate should be abolished
all men were free and equal
all Frenchmen had to pay taxes
French Revolution was null and void
