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