Question 1

Which of the following was not accomplished in the legislative acts from the Night of August 4 (1789)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Abolition of feudal dues 
B)  Abolition of the church Tithe 
C)  Enfranchisement of all citizens 
D)  Elimination of tax privileges of towns and provinces 
E)  Opening of military positions previously open only to nobility 
A)  Abolition of feudal dues 
B)  Abolition of the church Tithe 
C)  Enfranchisement of all citizens 
D)  Elimination of tax privileges of towns and provinces 
E)  Opening of military positions previously open only to nobility

Question 2

What did the Napoleonic Code accomplish? What were its drawbacks?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Napoleon's overhaul o

Question 3

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Jacques Louis David

Accepted Answer

Important artist who

Question 4

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-cahiers

Accepted Answer

Lists of grievances

Question 5

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Committee for Public Safety

Accepted Answer

Committee of the National Conv

Question 6

The primary cause for the start of the French Revolution was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the refusal of Louis XVI to call the Estates General 
B)  the refusal of the parlements to lend the government sufficient money 
C)  suppression of the Parisian presses that were getting too radical 
D)  the inability of Louis XVI to solve the financial deficit 
E)  Marie Antoinette's purchase of a vastly expensive necklace 
A)  the refusal of Louis XVI to call the Estates General 
B)  the refusal of the parlements to lend the government sufficient money 
C)  suppression of the Parisian presses that were getting too radical 
D)  the inability of Louis XVI to solve the financial deficit 
E)  Marie Antoinette's purchase of a vastly expensive necklace

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Jacobin Club

Accepted Answer

Most important Frenc

Question 8

The faction in the National Convention that argued for execution of Louis XVI in 1792 was the ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Jacobins 
B)  sans-culottes 
C)  Mountain 
D)  Girondin 
E)  feuillants 
A)  Jacobins 
B)  sans-culottes 
C)  Mountain 
D)  Girondin 
E)  feuillants

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Parlement of Paris

Accepted Answer

France's most import

Question 10

Why were such extremes possible during the Reign of Terror?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The Reign of Terror w

Question 11

At the heart of the Tennis Court Oath was the determination that the ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  National Assembly would not disband without a constitution 
B)  king was to empower all three estates in shared governance 
C)  king must be replaced 
D)  state must meet the needs of the poor in this time of economic crisis 
E)  National Assembly could replace the king in times of emergency 
A)  National Assembly would not disband without a constitution 
B)  king was to empower all three estates in shared governance 
C)  king must be replaced 
D)  state must meet the needs of the poor in this time of economic crisis 
E)  National Assembly could replace the king in times of emergency

Question 12

What was the Bastille?

Accepted Answer

A)  A medieval fortress that served as a prison 
B)  A dungeon where political prisoners were tortured 
C)  The king's palace in Paris, when he was not at Versailles 
D)  The tennis court where the National Assembly was meeting 
E)  A supply depot where grain and foodstuffs were stored 
A)  A medieval fortress that served as a prison 
B)  A dungeon where political prisoners were tortured 
C)  The king's palace in Paris, when he was not at Versailles 
D)  The tennis court where the National Assembly was meeting 
E)  A supply depot where grain and foodstuffs were stored

Question 13

What led to Napoleon's abdication?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. In 1813, Austria and

Question 14

Of the groups opposed to the Revolution, the émigrés were those who ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  opposed disbanding the Catholic Church 
B)  were avid supporters of the king 
C)  felt it was too dangerous to live in France 
D)  were expelled by order of the National Assembly 
E)  were foreigners in nations opposed to the Revolution 
A)  opposed disbanding the Catholic Church 
B)  were avid supporters of the king 
C)  felt it was too dangerous to live in France 
D)  were expelled by order of the National Assembly 
E)  were foreigners in nations opposed to the Revolution

Question 15

The beginning of the constitutional revolution happened in June 1789 when ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Louis XVI suspended the Estates General for their failure to reach a consensus 
B)  the Third Estate broke away from the Estates General and formed the National Assembly 
C)  the First and Second Estates overruled the Third Estate by corporate vote 
D)  all three estates formed the National Assembly 
E)  peasants and poor urban workers formed a protest outside the Estates General, and riots began 
A)  Louis XVI suspended the Estates General for their failure to reach a consensus 
B)  the Third Estate broke away from the Estates General and formed the National Assembly 
C)  the First and Second Estates overruled the Third Estate by corporate vote 
D)  all three estates formed the National Assembly 
E)  peasants and poor urban workers formed a protest outside the Estates General, and riots began

Question 16

Which of the following was not invaded by Napoleon before 1800?

Accepted Answer

A)  Egypt 
B)  Holland 
C)  Switzerland 
D)  Italy 
E)  Spain 
A)  Egypt 
B)  Holland 
C)  Switzerland 
D)  Italy 
E)  Spain

Question 17

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-National Assembly

Accepted Answer

First French revolut

Question 18

What was the "Thermidorian Reaction"?

Accepted Answer

A)  An escalation of bloody violence in the Great Terror 
B)  A reversal of Jacobin policy after the fall of the Committee 
C)  The attack on Italy by Napoleon 
D)  The repression of anti-revolutionary activity in the Vendée 
E)  The seizure of power by pro-monarchists assisted by Prussia and Austria 
A)  An escalation of bloody violence in the Great Terror 
B)  A reversal of Jacobin policy after the fall of the Committee 
C)  The attack on Italy by Napoleon 
D)  The repression of anti-revolutionary activity in the Vendée 
E)  The seizure of power by pro-monarchists assisted by Prussia and Austria

Question 19

Toussaint L'Ouverture was the first former slave elected as governor of Saint-Domingue.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Thomas Paine wrote in vigorous support of the French Revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 19: Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Which of the following was not accomplished in the legislative acts from the Night of August 4 (1789)?

What did the Napoleonic Code accomplish? What were its drawbacks?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Jacques Louis David

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -cahiers

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Committee for Public Safety

The primary cause for the start of the French Revolution was ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Jacobin Club

The faction in the National Convention that argued for execution of Louis XVI in 1792 was the ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Parlement of Paris

Why were such extremes possible during the Reign of Terror?

At the heart of the Tennis Court Oath was the determination that the ______________.

What was the Bastille?

What led to Napoleon's abdication?

Of the groups opposed to the Revolution, the émigrés were those who ______________.

The beginning of the constitutional revolution happened in June 1789 when ______________.

Which of the following was not invaded by Napoleon before 1800?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -National Assembly

What was the "Thermidorian Reaction"?

Toussaint L'Ouverture was the first former slave elected as governor of Saint-Domingue.

Thomas Paine wrote in vigorous support of the French Revolution.

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