AP Euro Chapter 19: The French Revolution- Take Home test

Napoleon Bonaparte's repressive occupation sparked a violent popular revolt in

a. Spain

Which of the following actions by Napoleon I aided the cause of German unification?

a. The elimination of many small states and the political reorganization of territory

The cahiers (notebooks) written on the eve of the French Revolution served which of the following purposes?

a. To present grievances and proposals for reform

The most common cause of urban riots in the eighteenth century was:

a. bread shortages

A major revolutionary idea spread throughout Europe by the French armies during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period was that?

a. careers should be open to talented individuals from all classes

The most serious blunder made by the National Assembly during the early stages of the French Revolution was:

a. enactment of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Absolute monarchy declined in pre-1789 France primarily because of:

a. growth of judicial and aristocratic opposition

Which of the following best describes the character of Louis XVI of France?

a. indecisive but well-meaning

Which of the following best demonstrates the new importance of nationalism in revolutionary France?

a. levee-en-masse

Recent historical evidence regarding the takeover of the Bastille during the French Revolution has demonstrated that:

a. the attack was well-planned and led by members of the middle classes

This influential interpretation by Georges Lefebvre is considered flawed today because:

a. the division between nobility and bourgeoisie is not as clear as once believed

Architecture produced during the Napoleonic Empire was influenced most by

b. classical models

The French Reign of Terror is most closely associated with the:

b. establishment of the Committee of Public Safety

Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV, became the center of public attention because of her:

b. participation in politics and use of the monarchy for personal gain

The contemporary drawing able of the storming of the Bastille was intended to portray

b. popular participation in the revolutionary process

The meeting of the Estates-General in 1789 marked a significant step toward revolution in France because it

b. provided a legitimate forum for critics of the Old Regime

The first political use of the terms "right" and "left" was to describe the:

b. seating arrangements in the French National Assembly chamber during the French Revolution

In the French Revolution, Thermidor refers to:

b. the revolutionary month in which Robespierre was deposed

Which of the following is NOT a reason the French Revolution became more radical after 1792?

b. the vicious attacks against the king by army officers led by Napoleon

The basic goal of Napoleon's Continental System was to

b. weaken England economically

The cartoon above illustrates which of the following?

c. Social inequalities under the Old Regime in France

Which of the following best describes the French Third Estate?

c. The non-noble, nonclerical section of the Estates-General.

During 1793-94, Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety owed much of their influence to the support of:

c. a group of small property owners & wage laborers in Paris concerned about high food prices

The levee en masse ordered by the Committee of Public Safety in August 1793 was unprecedented because it:

c. conscripted all healthy males available for military service

Under the Napoleonic system, peasants in territories conquered by French armies were generally given

c. freedom from manorial obligations

The list of grievances, or cahier de doleances, brought by the members of the Estates-General to Versailles in 1789 called for:

c. tax equity

The print above, commemorating the women's march on Versailles in October 1789, shows that:

c. women helped the progress of the Revolution

The painting of Napoleon shown above portrays him as which of the following?

d. An imperial ruler

Which of the following is generally NOT considered to have led to Napoleon's downfall?

d. Concordat with the Catholic Church

The policy of extending the French Revolution beyond France's borders was most closely associated with:

d. Girondin party

Which of the following statement accurately describes the Napoleonic Code?

d. It protected private property and the authority of husbands within the family.

"The National Assembly" This agreement is commonly known as:

d. Tennis Court Oath

Which of the following best characterizes eighteenth-century France just prior to the Revolution of 1789?

d. The French monarchy was experiencing a deepening financial crisis.

Which of the following policies of the Jacobins during the Reign of Terror (1793-94) caused the greatest amount of internal opposition?

d. a campaign of de-Christianization

Napoleon's primary aim in establishing the Continental System was to:

d. destroy Great Britain's economy

The main purpose of the women's march on Versailles in October 1789 was to:

d. ensure the king's support for the Declaration of Rights and cheap bread for Paris

The dark areas in the map above represent the:

d. farthest extent of lands ruled directly by Napoleonic France

Which of the following best summarizes the impact of the French Revolution outside France?

d. increased demands for rights from and the abolition of slavery in French colonies

Which group "started" the French Revolution?

d. nobles who refused king's efforts at taxation

The greatest number of victims under "The Terror" (1793-94) were from which social group?

d. peasants

The American Revolution played a major role in European history because it

d. precipitated the French fiscal crisis that led to the calling of the Estates-General

The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen guaranteed:

d. security of property

The calling of the Estates-General in France by King Louis XVI in 1789 was the direct result of:

d. the failure of the Assembly of Notables to endorse the monarch's program of tax reform

Which of the following factors led most immediately to the convening of the French Estates-General in May 1789?

d. the perilous state of French finances

How did the radical Jacobins react to women's revolutionary efforts?

d. they banned women's revolutionary clubs and preached women's domestic role

What best describes the role of the sans culottes during the French Revolution?

d. they intervened intermittently at moments of crisis

The armies of revolutionary France enjoyed which of the following advantages over the armies of the major European monarchs?

e. Greater patriotism and morale

The sequence of events that led to the French Revolution of 1789 is best summarized by which of the following?

e. Royal financial crisis, convening of Estates-General, storming of Bastille

Which of the following was a persistent cause of agitation and protests by the Parisian lower classes in the eighteenth century?

e. Substantial increases in the cost of bread

Which of the following caused the deepest and most persistent internal opposition to the French Revolution?

e. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

How did the American Revolution affect the French Revolution?

e. it further bankrupted the French treasury and deepened the financial crisis

All of the following were common characteristics of the ancient regime in eighteenth-century Europe EXCEPT:

e. large factories

The first stage of the French Revolution was precipitated by a conflict between the:

e. nobles and the government

Which of the following would support the notion that women gained little from the French Revolution?

e. the Code Napoleon