French Revolution
Test Review Guide-113
The test will be in two parts. Part One will be multiple choice and
matching questions that focus on key terms, people, and events of the
Revolution. For your studying pleasure the possible subjects of Part One
questions have been grouped on this sheet.
revolution
counterrevolution
coup d’etat
radical
liberal
moderate
conservative
absolutist
left
center
right
proletariat
bourgeoisie
aristocracy
House of Bourbon
clergy
elite
Girondins
Jacobins
sans-culottes
emigres
social mobility
social unrest
divine right
constitutional monarchy
republic
dictatorship
National Assembly
Legislative Assembly
The Commune
Committee for Public Safety
Directory
Tennis Courth Oath
Constitution of 1791
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Constitution of 1795
Louis XVI
Jacques Necker
Mirabeau
Rousseau
Napoleon
Miscellaneous:
Versailles
Storming of the Bastille
Reign of Virtue / Reign of Terror
Part Two will consist of two short-essay questions and one multipleparagraph essay. Each of your short-essay answers must be at least a full
paragraph, will a key idea, three supporting details, and a conclusion. You
will choose which question will be your long essay. Here are the questions
(notes will not be allowed):
1. Explain how the ideas of the Enlightenment served as fuel for the
French Revolution.
2. Compare the Moderate phase (1789-1792) of the Revolution to the
Radical phase (1792-1795).
3. Do you think Napoleon should be considered a hero of the French
Revolution?