Practice Test 3
  • 1. Jacques Necker pushed for all of the following reforms except
A) lessening the tax burden on the poor
B) more government accountability to the people
C) calling the Estates-General
D) having the Estates-General vote together
  • 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) Marat
C) Robespierre
D) Lafayette
  • 4. Which revolutionary figure led the Cordeliers Club?
A) Marat
B) Lafayette
C) Robespierre
D) Danton
  • 5. The French Revolution began because
A) The people wanted independence from England
B) Of the protestant reformation
C) The king died
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 building of Versailles
C) The Seven Years’ War
D) The American Revolution
  • 7. How did the French people feel about the American Revolution?
A) They admired the American effort to get away from monarchy
B) They supported the Americans to get revenge on Great Britain
C) They were opposed to independence
D) They didn’t care, for the most part
  • 8. How did the American Revolution impact France?
A) It inspired the French people to get rid of their monarchy
B) It led to a revolt by the French army
C) It had no effect
D) It increased the financial crisis in France
  • 9. What were the May Edicts of 1788?
A) A series of laws that took power away from the clergy
B) Decrees by the king declaring war on Prussia
C) A series of laws that gave power back to the parlements
D) A series of laws that took power away from parlements
  • 10. How did the French people react to the May Edicts?
A) They celebrated them
B) They largely didn’t care
C) They protested against them
D) They ignored them
  • 11. Why did King Louis call the Estates-General?
A) To create a constitutional monarchy
B) To solve the financial crisis
C) To put down a rebellion
D) To declare war with England
  • 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 French Republic
B) The National Assembly
C) The Commune
D) The Parlement of Paris
  • 14. Why did the Third Estate break away from the other two?
A) Both a & b
B) The First and Second Estate always outvoted the Third Estate
C) The Third Estate was forced to enter through a side door, rather than the front
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) Chancellor Necker
B) Abbé Sieyès
C) John Locke
D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • 16. What was the Tennis Court Oath?
A) A promise by the National Assembly to create a constitution for the country
B) A promise by the king to make the Third Estate into the National Assembly
C) A promise by the Second Estate to allow the Third Estate equal representation
D) A promise by the clergy to end the system of tithing
  • 17. Why did Parisians storm the Bastille?
A) to find bread
B) to free the prisoners
C) to capture arms
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 fight against the Prussians
B) To protect the king
C) To protect the Bastille
D) To defend the new decrees of the National Assembly
  • 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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