PART A:
Multiple Choice
Read the question. Choose the best answer by fil
ling in the appropriate letter on your scantron sheet. (1 mark each)
1.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Under the Old Regime, the burden of paying taxes fell largely on the
nobles and middle class
First Estate
Third Estate
peasants and clergy
2.
a)
b)
c)
d)
The Third Estate was made up of
Higher clergy and nobles
Higher and Lower Clergy
Peasants, city workers, and the middle class
Artisans, merchants, and parish priests
3.
as
a)
b)
s
c)
d)
The most serious economic problem facing the French government in the 1700s w
that
farmers did not produce enough food.
the government had borrowed huge sums of money and owed a huge debt to banker
France had very little trade and industry
The middle class was excused from paying taxes.
4. Louis XVI s first finance minister, Robert Turgot, eased France s financial crisi
s for a time by
a) Forcing the nobles to pay taxes
b) Controlling government spending and reducing expenses at Versailles
c) Asking the Church to give up the tithe
d) Giving tours of Versailles to interested commoners
5.
a)
b)
c)
d)
The Estates General was
An assembly that represented the three estates in France
A compound of several great estates
Louis XVI s gardening service
A meeting of France s higher clergy
6. In 1789, Delegates of the Third Estate, many lower clergy and reform-minded
nobles made a promise not to disband until they had written a constitution for F
rance. This is known as the
a) Tennis Court Meeting
b) Tennis Court Oath
c) Golf Course Promise
d) National Assembly
7.
a)
b)
c)
d)
The Constitution of 1791 written by the National Assembly
Allowed the king to leave France
Made France a republic similar to the United States
Preserved the old divisions among the three estates
Established a limited monarchy in France
8.
a)
b)
c)
d)
9.
a)
b)
c)
d)
As a result of the war with Austria and Prussia in 1792,
Prussian troops occupied Paris
More radical groups took control of the revolution
The morale of the people declined
The king gained greater public support
In 1793, Louis XVI was convicted of
Murder
Robbing the French people
Being a noble
Treason
10. During the Reign of Terror, Robespierre tried to
a) Execute all nobles in France
b) Restore the Catholic Church
c) Eliminate all opposition to the revolution
d) Negotiate peace treaties with Austria and Prussia
11. Many people were dissatisfied with the government of the Directory because
a) The Directory wanted to restore the monarchy
b) The middle class was not represented in the legislature
c) The Directory was corrupt and inefficient
d) The country suffered military defeats under the Directory
12. Napoleon gained power in France in 1799 by
a) Promising to invade Russia
b) Overthrowing the Directory
c) Winning the battle of the Nile
d) Executing Robespierre
13. The Napoleonic Code was important because it
a) Made all men equal before the law
b) preserved all of the reforms passed during the revolution
c) made men and women equal before the law
d) maintained the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
14. Which of the following countries was not under the control of Napoleon s empir
e?
a) Austria
b) Great Britain
c) Prussia
d) Spain
15. The fall of the Bastille was important because it
a) Freed many political prisoners
b) Led to the arrest of the king
c) Forced the king to grant a constitution
d) Represented a symbolic attack on the inequality and injustice of the Old Regi
me.
16. Which of the following was NOT an important reform of the National Assembly
in 1789?
a) Feudal customs were abolished
b) Tax exempt privileges of the nobles were abolished
c) The monarchy was abolished
d) All male citizens were made eligible for government and church positions.
17. Which of the following was NOT a result of Napoleon s conquests in Europe?
a) The Continental System succeeded
b) Nationalism grew
c) Monarchs were overthrown
d) Revolutionary ideas spread beyond France
18. Napoleon undermined (went against) the ideals of the Revolution by
a) Making all men equal before the law
b) Guaranteeing freedom of religion
c) Establishing the lycees
d) Making himself First Consul for Life and Emperor of the French
19. Guerilla warfare is characterized by
a) A strategy of divide and conquer
b) Hit and run attacks
c) The rapid movement of troops to unexpected positions
d) Angry gorillas
PART B: Matching
Decide which description in the right column most closely matc
hes each item in the left column. Mark the appropriate letter (or letters) on y
our scantron.
20. Tennis Court oath
21. Brunswick Manifesto
22. Civil Constitution of the Clergy
23. Lycees
24. Committee of Public Safety
25. Declaration of the Rights of Man
26. migr
27. Continental System
28. Old Regime
29. First Estate
30. Bastille
31. Napoleonic Code
a. prevented trade between European nations and Britain
b. stated the democratic principles that French revolutionaries wanted governme
nt to be based on
c. ruled with dictatorial powers during the Reign of Terror
d. ordered the people of Paris to surrender to the Austrian and Prussian armies
e. gave the French government control of the Catholic Church in France
ab. bound reform-minded members of the Estates General to work together to give
France a constitution.
ac. the clergy in France
ad. Code that unified the French legal system
ae. The traditional political and social system of France based on an absolute
monarchy
bc. Paris prison fortress
bd. Political exile
be. Government run schools that encouraged patriotism and had a standardized cu
rriculum
PART C: True or False
On your scantron, mark a if the statement is true and b
e statement is false (a = True; b = False)
32. The Jacobins were the most radical group leading the French Revolution
33. Emigres urged Austria and Prussia to invade France to crush the Revolution a
nd put Louis XVI back on the Throne.
34. Poor harvests played no role in triggering the French Revolution
35. The Directory government featured an appointed legislature.
36. Maximilien de Robespierre was utterly honest and dedicated to his ideals but
inflexible and narrowminded.
37. The British suffered more from the Continental System than France did.
38. The Concordat of 1801 made relations between the French government and the C
atholic Church worse.
39. Napoleon s greatest victory over Britain was at the battle of Waterloo.
PART D: Chronology
Decide which event in each pair happened first and mark its
letter on your scantron
40. a. Louis XVI is executed.
41. a. Napoleon invades Russia
42. a. Turgot advises Louis XVI to tax nobles
43. a. Marie Antoinette is executed
44. a. Napoleon is exiled to Elba
45. a. France declares war on Austria
b. fall of the Bastille
b. Battle of Waterloo
b. Louis XVI calls the Estates General
b. Reign of Terror begins
b. Horatio Nelson sinks the French fleet at Cape Trafalgar
b. The Brunswick Manifesto is issued
if th
CHAPTER 2 TEST: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION & NAPOLEON
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Miss Murphy
Socials 9 French Revolution
