French Revolution
Review
Mr. Williamson
Somerville HS
Test Format
 Multiple Choice – 15 Questions at 2 Points each – 30 points
 Matching – 10 questions at 2 points each – 20 points
 Identifications – 3 at 3 points each – 9 points
 Document Based Questions – 1 Questions at 5 points each – 5
Points
 Essay – 2 paragraphs needed for full credit – 10 Points
 Total – 74 points
Theme #1  Who group strived for the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
 Who made up the Bourgeoisie?
 Maximilien Robespierre?
 Estates General?
 War tactic of Russia vs. Napoleon?
 Goals of Congress of Vienna
 Reign of Terror – Who ran it?
Theme #2  What was the Continental system?
 Napoleon’s final defeat?
 Factors leading to the French Revolution
 Women’s march on Versailles? Why?
 Tennis Court Oath?
 King Louis XVI found guilty of what?
Theme #3  Lycees – what were they?
 Committee of Public Safety – actions?
 Old Regime – what does it refer to?
 First Estate? Who made it up?
 Revolutionary Tribunal – purpose?
 Klemens Von Metternich? Role in Congress of Vienna?
 What was the Mountain?
 National Convention/Girodins?
Essay Topic
Social, Economic, Political conditions
before the French Revolution – how did
it lead to the start of the French
Revolution?
Sample Questions
 1. King Louis XIV was famous for
commissioning the Palace at
___________________.
 A. Bastille
 B. Versailles
 C. Bordeaux
 D. Marseilles
Sample Questions
 2. In 1789, the delegates to the EstatesGeneral that broke away and declared
themselves to be the National Assembly
were from the
 a. First Estate.
c.
 b. Second Estate. d.
Third Estate.
Fourth Estate.
Sample Questions
 3. The members of the Third Estate took revolutionary
action because they
 A. Were suspicious of the liberal ideas coming out of
the French legislature
 B. Believed that a king should rule by divine right, not
the will of the people
 C. Disagreed with the ideas behind the Declaration of
the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
 D. Had fewer rights, owned less land and paid more
taxes than the wealthier members of the French
population
Sample Questions
 4. This was the period under Maximillien
Robespierre when revolutionary courts were
set up to prosecute enemies of the French
Revolution.
 A. The Reign of Terror
 B. The Directory
 C. The Enlightenment
 D. The National Assembly
Sample Questions
 5. What is a coup d’etat?
 A. A revolution
 B. A salon
 C. An overthrow of the government
 D. The Paris Commune
Sample Questions
 6. What action by the leaders of the French
Revolution demonstrates that they were influenced by
Enlightenment ideas?
 A. They called for the fall of the absolute monarchy
 B. They encouraged the conquests of Napoleon
 C. They fought to maintain France’s colonial empire
 D. They supported the combination of church and
state
Sample Questions
 7. Why was the Revolutionary Tribunal created?
 a. To eliminate people who threatened the Revolution
from within
 b. To manage the country’s military defense against
foreign forces
 c. To write a democratic constitution
 d. To write and approve laws
Sample Questions
 8. Why was the Revolutionary Tribunal created?
 a. To eliminate people who threatened the Revolution
from within
 b. To manage the country’s military defense against
foreign forces
 c. To write a democratic constitution
 d. To write and approve laws
Sample Questions
 9. The Reign of Terror resulted in
 a. Increased foreign opposition to the French
Revolution
 b. A strengthened National Assembly
 c. Peace throughout France
 d. The election of Robespierre to the presidency
Sample Questions
 10. The Continental System restricted
 a. Trade with Great Britain
 b. Trade with French possession in Asia
 c. Freedom of speech and of the press
 d. The rights of women
Sample Questions
 Tiebreaker – what is the year, month and date of the
Storming of the Bastille?