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French Revolution Quiz Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was NOT considered a "privileged estate?"

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

2.

1st Estate =

a)

Clergy

b)

Nobility

c)

Everyone else

3.

2nd Estate =

a)

Clergy

b)

Nobility

c)

Everyone else

4.

3rd Estate =

a)

Clergy

b)

Nobility

c)

Everyone else

5.

What was the main issue that caused the Third Estate to leave the meeting of the Estates General?

a)

Issues over how votes would be counted

b)

Issues over who would be the next King

c)

Issues over the money paid to people in attendance

d)

Issues over who was allowed to attend

6.

Where did the Third Estate, or "National Assembly," meet when they were locked out of their original meeting room?

Hint: They took a special oath here

a)

A beach

b)

A library

c)

An art museum

d)

A tennis court

7.

What was the name of the radical political group that took over France in 1792?

a)

Royalists

b)

Jacobins

c)

Sons of Liberty

d)

Cavaliers

8.

Which device became a symbol of the French Revolution due to its frequent use? 

a)

Guillotine

b)

Batons

c)

Chains

d)

Handcuffs

9.

What is the nickname given to the time period of Maximilien Robespierre's rule over France? 

a)

Time of Great Change

b)

Happy Days

c)

Reign of Terror

d)

End Times

10.

Which social class was most effected by the Reign of Terror? 

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

11.

After the Jacobins lost control, who did the French government make the commander of the French armies? 

a)

Maximilien Robespierre

b)

King Louis XIV

c)

Jean Lafitte

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

12.

Which word best describes Napoleon's status in France after guarding the National Assembly from Royalist attackers?

a)

Hero

b)

Outlaw

c)

Conqueror

d)

Criminal

13.

What is a a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government called?

Hint: It comes from the French word meaning "blow to the state"

a)

Revolt

b)

Coup

c)

Overthrow

d)

Deposition

14.

Napoleon created a new system of laws for France called Hammurabi's Code.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Napoleon agreed to sell the Louisiana territory to the United States for $15 Million in what became known as the...

a)

Louisiana Seizure

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

Louisiana Transfer

d)

Battle of Louisiana

16.

In what battle did Napoleon suffer a major loss to the British Navy?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Lepanto

c)

Battle of Trafalgar

d)

Battle of Tsushima

17.

Napoleon closing all ports in Europe to the British was a policy of economic warfare known as the... 

a)

Collapse of Britain

b)

Peninsular War

c)

Continental System

d)

Blockade of London

18.

The Peninsular War was fought between the French and the...

a)

Dutch and British

b)

Swedish and Norwegians

c)

Italians and Ottomans

d)

Spanish and Portuguese

19.

What military tactic did the Russians use to help stall Napoleon's armies?

a)

Scorched-earth policy

b)

Encirclement

c)

Guerrilla warfare

d)

Ambush

20.

On what island was Napoleon banished to after his 1st defeat at the Battle of Leipzig?

Hint: He escaped this island

a)

Midway Island

b)

St. Helena Island

c)

Fox Island

d)

Elba Island

21.

In what battle was Napoleon's final and biggest defeat?

a)

Battle of Waterloo

b)

Battle of Constantinople

c)

Battle of St. Petersburg

d)

Battle of Leipzig