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Practice Test 3
Contributed by: Callahan
  • 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 was heavily involved in the decision-making
B) He openly opposed it
C) He did not give his opinion
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) Danton
B) Robespierre
C) Marat
D) Lafayette
  • 4. Which revolutionary figure led the Cordeliers Club?
A) Lafayette
B) Robespierre
C) Danton
D) Marat
  • 5. The French Revolution began because
A) The people wanted independence from England
B) Of a financial crisis
C) The king died
D) Of the protestant reformation
  • 6. Which of the following was not a cause of France’s high debt?
A) The American Revolution
B) Bread subsidies for farmers
C) The building of Versailles
D) The Seven Years’ War
  • 7. How did the French people feel about the American Revolution?
A) They admired the American effort to get away from monarchy
B) They were opposed to independence
C) They didn’t care, for the most part
D) They supported the Americans to get revenge on Great Britain
  • 8. How did the American Revolution impact France?
A) It increased the financial crisis in France
B) It had no effect
C) It inspired the French people to get rid of their monarchy
D) It led to a revolt by the French army
  • 9. What were the May Edicts of 1788?
A) A series of laws that gave power back to the parlements
B) A series of laws that took power away from the clergy
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 largely didn’t care
B) They protested against them
C) They celebrated them
D) They ignored them
  • 11. Why did King Louis call the Estates-General?
A) To put down a rebellion
B) To create a constitutional monarchy
C) To declare war with England
D) To solve the financial crisis
  • 12. How were votes distributed in the Estates-General?
A) Votes were decided by power within society
B) The first and second estates had 2 votes each while the third estate had one vote
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 Parlement of Paris
B) The Commune
C) The French Republic
D) The National Assembly
  • 14. Why did the Third Estate break away from the other two?
A) The Third Estate was forced to enter through a side door, rather than the front
B) Both a & b
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) Chancellor Necker
B) Abbé Sieyès
C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
D) John Locke
  • 16. What was the Tennis Court Oath?
A) A promise by the king to make the Third Estate into the National Assembly
B) A promise by the Second Estate to allow the Third Estate equal representation
C) A promise by the clergy to end the system of tithing
D) A promise by the National Assembly to create a constitution for the country
  • 17. Why did Parisians storm the Bastille?
A) to capture arms
B) to free the prisoners
C) to capture the king
D) to find bread
  • 18. Why was the storming of the Bastille successful?
A) Because the king allowed them to enter
B) Because the people had the support of the French Guard
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 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) Radicals
B) Jacobins
C) Monarchiens
D) Girondins
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