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French Revolution

French Revolution

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which group made up the vast majority of French society?

  1. The Clergy
  2. The First Estate
  3. The Ancient Regime
  4. The Third Estate
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. dissolved
  2. bankrupt
  3. a republic
  4. a nation
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Peasant uprisings and the storming of the Bastille forced the National Assembly to

  1. attack Versailles
  2. abolish feudalism
  3. jail thousands of peasants
  4. behead the king
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

European rulers denounced the French Revolution because

  1. it promoted the French monarchy
  2. they were afraid it would spread
  3. it took away the power of the Church
  4. it took too long
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In 1793, King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were

  1. returned to the throne
  2. deported to England
  3. saved from the mob by Lafayette
  4. beheaded
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following was the chief goal of Congress of Vienna?

  1. To punish France
  2. To create a united Europe
  3. To create a lasting peace
  4. To strengthen Germany
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The person most responsible for the accomplishments of the Congress of Vienna was

  1. Czar Alexander I of Russia
  2. King Frederick William III of Prussia
  3. Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria
  4. Emperor Francis I of Austria
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following contributed to France's financial crisis?

  1. A drop in the gold supply
  2. An extended period of peace
  3. Peasant uprisings
  4. Bad harvests
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

All of the following were goals stated in the "Slogan of the Revolution", except

  1. liberty
  2. brotherhood
  3. equality
  4. justice
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why did the Congress of Vienna redraw the boundaries of some European countries?

  1. To encircle France with strong countries
  2. To create more countries
  3. To distribute land more fairly
  4. To prevent the growth of nationalism
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An accurate generalisation that can be made about the members of the Third Estate is that

  1. they paid taxes
  2. they were uneducated
  3. they were poor
  4. they were deeply religious
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

About what portion of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?

  1. 2 percent
  2. 50 percent
  3. 75 percent
  4. 98 percent
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What forced the king to call a meeting of the Estates-General?

  1. The king's efforts to tax the Second Estate
  2. The outrage of the peasant class over food shortages
  3. The king's plan to increase government debt
  4. The Third Estate's dissatisfaction with its power and status
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The accomplishments of the Congress of Vienna included all of the following EXCEPT

  1. reinstating the royal families dethroned by Napoleon
  2. creating a balance of power among European nations
  3. surrounding France with strong neighbouring countries
  4. signing the alliances that made up the concert of Europe
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Napoleon accomplished all of the following EXCEPT

  1. a uniform set of laws
  2. a stabilisation of the economy
  3. an expansion of freedom of speech
  4. an equal-opportunity public education system
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The bourgeois members of the Third Estate were unhappy with the Old Regime because

  1. they did not like Marie Antoinette
  2. they wanted to help the poor
  3. the other two estates had privileges which were denied them
  4. they supported the American Revolution
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What was the result of Napoleon's invasion of Russia?

  1. Defeat of the Russians
  2. Defeat of the French
  3. A stalemate
  4. French annexation of Russia
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The major goal of the French Revolution was

  1. to execute the king
  2. to create a more democratic government
  3. to liberate the people of Europe
  4. the abolition of slavery
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

French voters supported Napoleon’s decision to appoint himself emperor because

  1. they supported expansion in the New World
  2. the Pope had become less powerful
  3. he had successfully restored order and peace to France
  4. they wanted to restrict the new rights established during the Revolution
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ideas and principals of the Enlightenment were MOST strongly embraced by members of

  1. the nobility
  2. the bourgeoisie
  3. the peasants
  4. the working urban class
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