The French Revolution

18. ___ was the brutal head of the Committee of Public Safety A.) Maximilien Robespierre B.) Jean-Paul Marat C.) Jean Valjean D.) Victor Hugo

A.) Maximilien Robespierre

24. What did the historyguide.org author claim made the Revolution radical? A.) attack on the King's palace B.) attack on the Queen's country residence C.) attack on the bastille D.) attack on the noble class

A.) attack on the King's palace

14. Promotion within Napoleon's new bureaucracy was A.) based on ability only, not rank or birth B.) given to those Napoleon favored, but taken away as soon as they fell out of favor C.) designed to benefit the nobility and keep the middle class from obtaining high-ranking positions D.) based on height

A.) based on ability only, not rank or birth

30. The Committee of Public Safety was originally set up to A.) defend France against foreign armies B.) eliminate the king C.) oppose the sans-culottes D.) guard Marie Antoinette

A.) defend France against foreign armies

13. The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute A.) enemies of the republic B.) the sans-culottes C.) Austrian prisoners D.) Robespierre's followers

A.) enemies of the republic

9. The Paris Commune demonstrated, then seized power for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A.) loyalty to Prussia B.) anger with the monarchy C.) economic shortages D.) defeats in war with Austria

A.) loyalty to Prussia

32. Napoleon's Continental System was designed to A.) stop British trade with Europe B.) defeat Prussia C.) conquer Protestantism D.) unify Italy

A.) stop British trade with Europe

11. Louis XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly's decrees because A.) thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the palace and captured him and his family B.) his attempt to escape to Poland had failed C.) it was the only way he would be allowed to remain mayor of Paris D.) the army turned against him and threatened to execute him

A.) thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the palace and captured him and his family

12. Napoleon's military force was called the A.) Dependent states B.) Grand Army C.) Napoleonic Code D.) Coup d'Etat

B.) Grand Army

16. Napoleon's Civil Code treated women A.) as legal equals to men B.) as less than equal to men C.) as co-owners of property with their husbands D.) equal in divorce proceedings

B.) as less than equal to men

1. According to the civil constitution of the clergy, A.) the Church was to be separate from the government. B.) bishops and priests were to be elected by the people and paid by the state C.) the Methodist Church was to replace Catholicism as the state religion D.) the Church was to take over the Legislative Assembly

B.) bishops and priests were to be elected by the people and paid by the state

26. Which of the following groups was not a part of the Third Estate? A.) bourgeoisie B.) clergy C.) artisans D.) peasants

B.) clergy

23. The Comittee of Public Safety was given broad powers to A.) restore order to Brussels B.) defend France from threats C.) drain all the canals D.) protect the Paris Commune from thieves

B.) defend France from threats

19. Which of the following was not a problem France faced after the execution of King Louis XVI? A.) peasant rebellions B.) dictatorship C.) inflation D.) food shortages

B.) dictatorship

31. The term sans-culottes, meaning "without breeches", implied that the members of this political group were A.) very poor and could not afford pants B.) ordinary patriots without fine clothes C.) pacifists who did not use guns D.) women, b/c they wore skirts

B.) ordinary patriots without fine clothes

6. Napoleon's agreement with the Catholic Church did all of the following EXCEPT A.) make those who had purchased church land his supporters B.) return church lands to the pope and clergy C.) recognize Catholicism as the majority religion of France D.) restore same stability to France

B.) return church lands to the pope and clergy

4. During it rule, the government of the Directory was opposed by A.) moderates B.) royalists and radicals C.) the Jacobins D.) Robespierre

B.) royalists and radicals

15. The difference between the Girondins and the Mountain was that A.) the Girondins were members of the Tennis Court, while the Mountain was not B.) the Girondins leaned toward keeping the king alive, while the Mountain wanted the king executed C.) the Girondins were radicals in the city of Amsterdam, while the Mountain represented Germany D.) The Girondins were legitimately elected by the people, while the Mountain seized power by force

B.) the Girondins leaned toward keeping the king alive, while the Mountain wanted the king executed

22. Napoleon's coup d'etat overthrew the ___ to establish his consulate. A.) Legislative Assembly B.) British government C.) Directory D.) city mayor

C.) Directory

39. The 2 dissenting groups within the National Convention were the A.) Jacobins and the Marats B.) Commune and the Paris mob C.) Girondins and the Mountain D.) Dantons and the Robespierres

C.) Girondins and the Mountain

27. The Directory was eventually toppled by A.) the Jacobins B.) Louis XVI C.) Napoleon Bonaparte D.) Robespierre

C.) Napoleon Bonaparte

20. The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at A.) the Black Forest in Germany B.) Moscow in Russia C.) Waterloo in Belgium D.) Annecy in France

C.) Waterloo in Belgium

37. The Russians defeated Napoleon's superior Grand Army by A.) waiting to attack during the brutal Russian war B.) splitting their meager forces in half and attacking from two sides C.) retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside D.) making an alliance with Egypt, which launched an attack on Turkey to draw Napoleon out of Russia

C.) retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside

29. The Second estate did all of the following EXCEPT A.) own from 25 to 30% of the land B.) not pay taxes C.) side with the peasants D.) hold high positions in government and the military

C.) side with the peasants

10. In his final battle, Napoleon was defeated by A.) the superior British navy B.) a combined French and Swiss army C.) the Duke of Wellington D.) the bitter Russian winter

C.) the Duke of Wellington

34. Which of France's estates was NOT exempt from the taille? A.) the Fourth Estate(middle class) B.) the Second estate(nobility) C.) the Third Estate(commoners) D.) the First Estate(clergy)

C.) the Third Estate(commoners)

25. What was the episode called in which peasants took up arms against the aristocrats because they believed the aristocrats had organized an army to kill them? A.) the great panic B.) the great revolution C.) the great fever D.) the great violence

C.) the great fever

38. What were 2 major reasons that Napoleon's Grand Empire collapsed? A.) Napoleon's greed and laziness within his bureaucracy B.) France's weak economy and the drain of Napoleon's many wars C.) the survival of Great Britain and the force of nationalism D.) the resentment of the clergy and the plotting of the accountants

C.) the survival of Great Britain and the force of nationalism

5. Who seized political power from the Legislative Assembly? A.) Henry VIII B.) national assembly C.) marie antoinette D.) Paris Commune

D.) Paris Commune

2. The French National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which was A.)a promise not to rest until all members of the clergy were tried and executed B.) an oath of loyalty to Jean Valjean, an outspoken lawyer that called for doing away with relics of feudalism. C.) a promise to destroy all of the nation's tennis bracelets D.) a vow to continue to meet until they had produced a French constitution

D.) a vow to continue to meet until they had produced a French constitution

17. Which of the following was not one of the reforms implemented by the National Assembly to dissolve the Ancient Regime? A.) composed a constitution B.) torture was abolished C.)declared human rights in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen D.) abolished the clergy

D.) abolished the clergy

21. The Paris Bastille was A.) Louis's palace B.) a restaurant C.) a tennis court D.) an armory and prison

D.) an armory and prison

33. According to the historyguide.org author, which of the following was not an accomplishment of the French Revolution A.) spread the ideas of the philosophes B.) a weakened aristocracy C.) transformed the Ancien Regime into a modern state D.) created a democratic France

D.) created a democratic France

7. The declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaimed A.) an end to the national police force B.) an end to the monarchy and the abolishing of a National Assembly C.)n equal rights for all citizens, including equal political rights for women D.) equal rights for all men, but no political rights for women

D.) equal rights for all men, but no political rights for women

8. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaimed all of the following EXCEPT A.) freedom of the press B.) an end to tax exemptions C.) freedom of speech D.) equal rights for women

D.) equal rights for women

3. Under the Constitution of 1791, the ___ would make the laws. A.) king B.) house of commons C.) national assembly D.) legislative assembly

D.) legislative assembly

28. In its attempts to create a new order that reflected its belief in reason, the National Convention A.) drafted yet another Constitution to reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment B.) declared new national holidays celebrating great French cuisine C.) ordered the building of several new libraries and universities, even though the treasury was empty D.) pursued a policy of dechristianization, going so far as to adopt a new calendar

D.) pursued a policy of dechristianization, going so far as to adopt a new calendar

36. The most important of the 7 legal codes established by Napoleon was A.) the Religious Code B.) the Merchant Code C.) the Food Code D.) the Civil Code

D.) the Civil Code

35. The 3 major parts of Napoleon's empire were A.) the First Estate, the Second Estate, and the Third Estate B.) France, Morocco, and Algeria C.) Austria, Prussia, and Serbia D.) the French Empire, the dependents states, and the allied states

D.) the French Empire, the dependents states, and the allied states