Practice Test 3
  • 1. Jacques Necker pushed for all of the following reforms except
A) calling the Estates-General
B) more government accountability to the people
C) having the Estates-General vote together
D) lessening the tax burden on the poor
  • 2. Between 1790 and 1791, what was Louis XVI’s policy concerning the revolution?
A) He was heavily involved in the decision-making
B) He outwardly supported it while looking for ways to undermine it
C) He did not give his opinion
D) He openly opposed it
  • 3. The first revolutionary figure to argue for universal male suffrage was
A) Marat
B) Lafayette
C) Robespierre
D) Danton
  • 4. Which revolutionary figure led the Cordeliers Club?
A) Robespierre
B) Danton
C) Marat
D) Lafayette
  • 5. The French Revolution began because
A) The king died
B) Of the protestant reformation
C) The people wanted independence from England
D) Of a financial crisis
  • 6. Which of the following was not a cause of France’s high debt?
A) The building of Versailles
B) The American Revolution
C) Bread subsidies for farmers
D) The Seven Years’ War
  • 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 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) A series of laws that gave power back to the parlements
B) Decrees by the king declaring war on Prussia
C) A series of laws that took power away from the clergy
D) A series of laws that took power away from parlements
  • 10. How did the French people react to the May Edicts?
A) They ignored them
B) They celebrated them
C) They largely didn’t care
D) They protested against them
  • 11. Why did King Louis call the Estates-General?
A) To declare war with England
B) To create a constitutional monarchy
C) To put down a rebellion
D) To solve the financial crisis
  • 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) Each estate was given 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 Commune
B) The Parlement of Paris
C) The National Assembly
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 Third Estate wanted to get rid of the monarchy
D) The First and Second Estate always outvoted the Third Estate
  • 15. The first person to advocate that the Third Estate become a National Assembly was
A) Abbé Sieyès
B) Chancellor Necker
C) John Locke
D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • 16. What was the Tennis Court Oath?
A) A promise by the clergy to end the system of tithing
B) A promise by the National Assembly to create a constitution for the country
C) A promise by the Second Estate to allow the Third Estate equal representation
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 the king
B) to free the prisoners
C) to find bread
D) to capture arms
  • 18. Why was the storming of the Bastille successful?
A) Because the French people were well armed
B) Because the king allowed them to enter
C) None of the above
D) Because the people had the support of the French Guard
  • 19. What was the purpose of the National Guard?
A) To defend the new decrees of the National Assembly
B) To protect the Bastille
C) To fight against the Prussians
D) To protect the king
  • 20. The conservative group that wanted to preserve the strong roll of the king was known as the
A) Girondins
B) Jacobins
C) Radicals
D) Monarchiens
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