FRENCH REVOLUTION TEST REVIEW
Put your name, class period, and answers to the test on the bubble sheet.
1. The enormous royal palace outside Paris built by King Louis XVI is the
a. Chateau
b. The Estate
c. Versailles
d. First Estate
2. The nobility made up the
a. First Estate
b. Second Estate c. Third Estate
d. clergy
3. An Absolute Monarchy most closely resembles a
a. Dictatorship b. democracy c. republic d. socialist nation
4. The Queen of France during the French Revolution, a woman of very wasteful habits,
known for spending vast sums of money was
a. Queen Elizabeth b. Queen Mary c. Queen Catherine d. Marie Antoinette
5. A time of bad economic times and high unemployment is
a. The Great Fear
b. grievances
c. economic depression
d. extremist
6. A supporter of the monarchy during the French Revolution was a(n)
a. Royalist b. extremist c. Estates General
d. Legislative Assembly
7. The ordinary people of France, the only French tax payers before the Revolution, were the
a. Émigrés b. moderates
c. First Estate
d. Third Estate
8. Complaints are called
a. Radicals b. grievances
c. émigrés d. moderates
9. King of France during the French Revolution was
a. King George III b. King Louis XV c. King Louis XVI d. King Henry VIII
10. Which was NOT a reason for the French Revolution?
a. debt from wars including helping in America
b. the Enlightenment ideas like education, liberty, and equality
c. Economic inequalities
d. new, fairer tax laws
11. The catalyst for the French Revolution is when the peasants
a. Built a guillotine b .wrote their Declaration c. declared war d. stormed the Bastille
12. The meeting of the Third Estates at Versailles palace in 1789 that angered the Third Estate
so they met to swear they would not give in to the king at
a. Palace Hall
b. tennis court
c. urban center
d. sans-culottes
13.The first government formed of the French Revolution formed by the Third Estate in May
1789 was the
a. Republic b. Declaration of the Rights of Man c. Royalist d. National Assembly
14. The belief that only certain families could give rise to kings and queens because God had
decided that it should be that way was
a. Hereditary titles
b. royalists c. nobility d. Divine Right of Kings
15. The Second Estate in France composed of wealthy and privileged land owners was the
a. nobility b. peasants c. middle class
d. clergy
16. Another name for the “upper” middle class in France is
a. Nobility b. clergy
c. Bourgeoisie
d. First Estate
17. Nobles were exempt from most _____________.
a. pleasures
b. taxes
c. church services d. postal services
18. The poor ______________ led to peasants and farmers having smaller incomes, while
food prices rose sharply.
a. climate
b. terrain
c. harvest
d. education
19. A new set of ideas called the _________ attacked the power of the king and the church.
a. enlightenment
b. government
c. Bourgeoisie
d. estates
20. The Reign of Terror ended and French began establishing a stable government led by
a. Robespierre
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. Napoléon
d. Montesquieu
Chose TWO short Answer Questions. They are worth 10 points EACH!
1. How did the French involvement in the American Revolution serve as a catalyst and training
ground for revolts against the French Aristocracy?
2. How were the American Revolution and the French Revolution BOTH similar and different?
3. How did “Western” concepts of Enlightenment, democracy and the demand for political rights,
lead to legislative actions in Europe and influence modern societies?
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PART II
Proper indent, grammar,
mechanics, punctuation,
conventions
Accurate claim/position
Adequate evidence
Explanation of reasons and effects
Use of specific content and vocab.
PART III
Proper indent, grammar,
mechanics, punctuation,
conventions
Accurate claim/position
Adequate evidence
Explanation of reasons and effects
Use of specific content and vocab.
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1. c
2.b
3. a
4.d
5.c
6.a
7.d
8.b
9.c
10.d
11.d
12.b
13.d
14.d
15.a
16.c (Bour – business owners and workers)
17.b
18.c
19.a
20.c
Essay 1 – inspired, confidence, troops and leaders trained/fought with US, learned from
success and mistakes, declaration/constitution documents, propaganda, gave
validity to Enlightenment ideas…
Essay 2 –
Same: war, oppressive king, money/taxes, enlightenment ideas…
Different: France was a civil war, Louis tried to give up some power/King
George did not, Louis tried to escape/George became MORE insistentpassed intolerable acts to make it worse, France killed the king, seemed
“bloodier”/terror, several changes in leadership in France, Napoleon
took over and did a lot of the same “emperor” things, international
trade was an issue in America, distance was an American
problem/advantage…
Essay 3- freedom, equality, democracy, thinking for yourself/education, separation of
church and state, no absolute monarch, constitutions, individual property rights,
choose your own career – not told, science not fear…