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) lessening the tax burden on the poor
D) having the Estates-General vote together
  • 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 did not give his opinion
C) He openly opposed it
D) He outwardly supported it while looking for ways to undermine it
  • 3. The first revolutionary figure to argue for universal male suffrage was
A) Robespierre
B) Lafayette
C) Danton
D) Marat
  • 4. Which revolutionary figure led the Cordeliers Club?
A) Marat
B) Lafayette
C) Robespierre
D) Danton
  • 5. The French Revolution began because
A) The king died
B) Of a financial crisis
C) Of the protestant reformation
D) The people wanted independence from England
  • 6. Which of the following was not a cause of France’s high debt?
A) The Seven Years’ War
B) Bread subsidies for farmers
C) The building of Versailles
D) The American Revolution
  • 7. How did the French people feel about the American Revolution?
A) They supported the Americans to get revenge on Great Britain
B) They were opposed to independence
C) They didn’t care, for the most part
D) They admired the American effort to get away from monarchy
  • 8. How did the American Revolution impact France?
A) It increased the financial crisis in France
B) It had no effect
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 took power away from the clergy
B) A series of laws that gave power back to the parlements
C) A series of laws that took power away from parlements
D) Decrees by the king declaring war on Prussia
  • 10. How did the French people react to the May Edicts?
A) They ignored them
B) They largely didn’t care
C) They celebrated them
D) They protested against them
  • 11. Why did King Louis call the Estates-General?
A) To solve the financial crisis
B) To put down a rebellion
C) To declare war with England
D) To create a constitutional monarchy
  • 12. How were votes distributed in the Estates-General?
A) Votes were decided by percentage of the population
B) Votes were decided by power within society
C) Each estate was given one vote
D) The first and second estates had 2 votes each while the third estate had one vote
  • 13. Eventually, the Third Estate broke away from the Estates-General to form
A) The Parlement of Paris
B) The French Republic
C) The National Assembly
D) The Commune
  • 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) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
C) John Locke
D) Chancellor Necker
  • 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 king to make the Third Estate into the National Assembly
C) A promise by the National Assembly to create a constitution for the country
D) A promise by the clergy to end the system of tithing
  • 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 king allowed them to enter
B) Because the French people were well armed
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 protect the Bastille
B) To defend the new decrees of the National Assembly
C) To protect the king
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) Jacobins
B) Girondins
C) Monarchiens
D) Radicals
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