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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
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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
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5. What is a coup d’etat?
A. A revolution
B. A salon
C. An overthrow of the government
D. The Paris Commune
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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
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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
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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
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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?