Practice Test 3
  • 1. Jacques Necker pushed for all of the following reforms except
A) calling the Estates-General
B) lessening the tax burden on the poor
C) having the Estates-General vote together
D) more government accountability to the people
  • 2. Between 1790 and 1791, what was Louis XVI’s policy concerning the revolution?
A) He outwardly supported it while looking for ways to undermine it
B) He openly opposed it
C) He did not give his opinion
D) He was heavily involved in the decision-making
  • 3. The first revolutionary figure to argue for universal male suffrage was
A) Robespierre
B) Marat
C) Lafayette
D) Danton
  • 4. Which revolutionary figure led the Cordeliers Club?
A) Lafayette
B) Robespierre
C) Danton
D) Marat
  • 5. The French Revolution began because
A) Of a financial crisis
B) Of the protestant reformation
C) The king died
D) The people wanted independence from England
  • 6. Which of the following was not a cause of France’s high debt?
A) The American Revolution
B) The Seven Years’ War
C) The building of Versailles
D) Bread subsidies for farmers
  • 7. How did the French people feel about the American Revolution?
A) They were opposed to independence
B) They didn’t care, for the most part
C) They admired the American effort to get away from monarchy
D) They supported the Americans to get revenge on Great Britain
  • 8. How did the American Revolution impact France?
A) It had no effect
B) It increased the financial crisis in France
C) It led to a revolt by the French army
D) It inspired the French people to get rid of their monarchy
  • 9. What were the May Edicts of 1788?
A) Decrees by the king declaring war on Prussia
B) A series of laws that took power away from the clergy
C) A series of laws that took power away from parlements
D) A series of laws that gave power back to the parlements
  • 10. How did the French people react to the May Edicts?
A) They largely didn’t care
B) They ignored them
C) They protested against them
D) They celebrated them
  • 11. Why did King Louis call the Estates-General?
A) To put down a rebellion
B) To create a constitutional monarchy
C) To solve the financial crisis
D) To declare war with England
  • 12. How were votes distributed in the Estates-General?
A) Each estate was given one vote
B) The first and second estates had 2 votes each while the third estate had one vote
C) Votes were decided by percentage of the population
D) Votes were decided by power within society
  • 13. Eventually, the Third Estate broke away from the Estates-General to form
A) The National Assembly
B) The Parlement of Paris
C) The Commune
D) The French Republic
  • 14. Why did the Third Estate break away from the other two?
A) Both a & b
B) The Third Estate was forced to enter through a side door, rather than the front
C) The First and Second Estate always outvoted the Third Estate
D) The Third Estate wanted to get rid of the monarchy
  • 15. The first person to advocate that the Third Estate become a National Assembly was
A) John Locke
B) Abbé Sieyès
C) Chancellor Necker
D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • 16. What was the Tennis Court Oath?
A) A promise by the Second Estate to allow the Third Estate equal representation
B) A promise by the clergy to end the system of tithing
C) A promise by the National Assembly to create a constitution for the country
D) A promise by the king to make the Third Estate into the National Assembly
  • 17. Why did Parisians storm the Bastille?
A) to capture arms
B) to capture the king
C) to find bread
D) to free the prisoners
  • 18. Why was the storming of the Bastille successful?
A) Because the people had the support of the French Guard
B) Because the king allowed them to enter
C) None of the above
D) Because the French people were well armed
  • 19. What was the purpose of the National Guard?
A) To protect the king
B) To defend the new decrees of the National Assembly
C) To fight against the Prussians
D) To protect the Bastille
  • 20. The conservative group that wanted to preserve the strong roll of the king was known as the
A) Radicals
B) Jacobins
C) Monarchiens
D) Girondins
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