Question 1

Who persuaded the Assembly to set up the tribunal which led to the execution of monarchists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Maximilien Robespierre 
B)  Cardinal Richelieu 
C)  Georges Danton 
D)  William Wordsworth 
E)  Jacques Necker 
A)  Maximilien Robespierre 
B)  Cardinal Richelieu 
C)  Georges Danton 
D)  William Wordsworth 
E)  Jacques Necker

Question 2

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-guillotine

Accepted Answer

Execution device used by the F

Question 3

Maximilien Robespierre led which political faction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jacobins 
B)  Sans-culottes 
C)  Feuillants 
D)  Girondins 
E)  Montagne 
A)  Jacobins 
B)  Sans-culottes 
C)  Feuillants 
D)  Girondins 
E)  Montagne

Question 4

Alexander I defeated Napoleon at Borodino, forcing him to retreat to Germany.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What ideological differences separated the Mountain and the Girondins in the radical phase of the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Specifically, these t

Question 6

Who was the man elected as leader of the Committee of Public Safety in 1793?

Accepted Answer

A)  Georges Danton 
B)  Jacques-Louis David 
C)  Jean-Paul Marat 
D)  Maximilian Robespierre 
E)  Napoleon Bonaparte 
A)  Georges Danton 
B)  Jacques-Louis David 
C)  Jean-Paul Marat 
D)  Maximilian Robespierre 
E)  Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 7

What title did Napoleon assume in 1799?

Accepted Answer

A)  Commander of the French Army 
B)  Emperor Napoleon I 
C)  President 
D)  First Consul 
E)  King Napoleon I 
A)  Commander of the French Army 
B)  Emperor Napoleon I 
C)  President 
D)  First Consul 
E)  King Napoleon I

Question 8

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Napoleonic Code

Accepted Answer

Code of civil law implemented

Question 9

In response to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and other aspects of change, Louis XVI and his family ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  fled Paris but were captured and held prisoner 
B)  enthusiastically endorsed the secularization of the government 
C)  embraced the new Constitution of 1791 
D)  appealed to the people of France for calm in working out new departments 
E)  were executed by guillotine 
A)  fled Paris but were captured and held prisoner 
B)  enthusiastically endorsed the secularization of the government 
C)  embraced the new Constitution of 1791 
D)  appealed to the people of France for calm in working out new departments 
E)  were executed by guillotine

Question 10

All of the following were accomplished by the Constitution of 1791 except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  slavery was outlawed 
B)  all titles of the nobility were abolished 
C)  sovereignty rested in the nation rather than the king 
D)  women had the right to vote 
E)  ability, not birth, determined status 
A)  slavery was outlawed 
B)  all titles of the nobility were abolished 
C)  sovereignty rested in the nation rather than the king 
D)  women had the right to vote 
E)  ability, not birth, determined status

Question 11

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Maximilien Robespierre

Accepted Answer

Important and powerful leader

Question 12

Which is true of Admiral Nelson?

Accepted Answer

A)  He destroyed Napoleon's fleet in Egypt. 
B)  He destroyed Napoleon's fleet off the coast of Spain. 
C)  He was killed by Napoleon's forces. 
D)  He died in the Battle of Trafalgar. 
E)  All of these. 
A)  He destroyed Napoleon's fleet in Egypt. 
B)  He destroyed Napoleon's fleet off the coast of Spain. 
C)  He was killed by Napoleon's forces. 
D)  He died in the Battle of Trafalgar. 
E)  All of these.

Question 13

The most widely read political tract in the late eighteenth century in France was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sieyès's What Is the Third Estate? 
B)  Rousseau's The Social Contract 
C)  Payne's Common Sense 
D)  Jefferson's Declaration of Independence 
E)  Hobbes's The Commonwealth 
A)  Sieyès's What Is the Third Estate? 
B)  Rousseau's The Social Contract 
C)  Payne's Common Sense 
D)  Jefferson's Declaration of Independence 
E)  Hobbes's The Commonwealth

Question 14

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Napoleon Bonaparte

Accepted Answer

French general who s

Question 15

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Constitution of 1791

Accepted Answer

Written document establishing

Question 16

What city was destroyed by the Committee of Public Safety and renamed "Freed City"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Paris 
B)  Lyon 
C)  Bayonne 
D)  Marseille 
E)  Bordeaux 
A)  Paris 
B)  Lyon 
C)  Bayonne 
D)  Marseille 
E)  Bordeaux

Question 17

All of the following are true of the French constitution of 1789 except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Napoleon was only one of three consuls 
B)  members of the legislature had no real say 
C)  the constitution included the Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen 
D)  press censorship was instituted 
E)  the constitution was submitted for approval to popular vote 
A)  Napoleon was only one of three consuls 
B)  members of the legislature had no real say 
C)  the constitution included the Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen 
D)  press censorship was instituted 
E)  the constitution was submitted for approval to popular vote

Question 18

The Continental System ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  closed ports to British shipping 
B)  ended the "Spanish ulcer" 
C)  replaced the Confederation of the Rhine 
D)  established the Grand Duchy of Warsaw 
E)  was a resounding failure 
A)  closed ports to British shipping 
B)  ended the "Spanish ulcer" 
C)  replaced the Confederation of the Rhine 
D)  established the Grand Duchy of Warsaw 
E)  was a resounding failure

Question 19

Which of the following would not be included in the Third Estate, as defined by law?

Accepted Answer

A)  A merchant 
B)  A weaver 
C)  A peasant 
D)  A parish priest 
E)  A domestic servant 
A)  A merchant 
B)  A weaver 
C)  A peasant 
D)  A parish priest 
E)  A domestic servant

Question 20

What caused the financial strains on France that necessitated Louis XVI to increase taxes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Debt from the aid France provided in the American Revolution 
B)  Questioning in the Enlightenment age regarding the idea of Divine Right and Absolutism 
C)  Bad harvests and famines in the 1780s caused an increase in the price of bread 
D)  The unequal tax burden imposed on the third estate 
E)  All of these. 
A)  Debt from the aid France provided in the American Revolution 
B)  Questioning in the Enlightenment age regarding the idea of Divine Right and Absolutism 
C)  Bad harvests and famines in the 1780s caused an increase in the price of bread 
D)  The unequal tax burden imposed on the third estate 
E)  All of these.

Exam 19: Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Who persuaded the Assembly to set up the tribunal which led to the execution of monarchists?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -guillotine

Maximilien Robespierre led which political faction?

Alexander I defeated Napoleon at Borodino, forcing him to retreat to Germany.

What ideological differences separated the Mountain and the Girondins in the radical phase of the Revolution?

Who was the man elected as leader of the Committee of Public Safety in 1793?

What title did Napoleon assume in 1799?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Napoleonic Code

In response to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and other aspects of change, Louis XVI and his family ______________.

All of the following were accomplished by the Constitution of 1791 except ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Maximilien Robespierre

Which is true of Admiral Nelson?

The most widely read political tract in the late eighteenth century in France was ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Napoleon Bonaparte

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Constitution of 1791

What city was destroyed by the Committee of Public Safety and renamed "Freed City"?

All of the following are true of the French constitution of 1789 except ______________.

The Continental System ______________.

Which of the following would not be included in the Third Estate, as defined by law?

What caused the financial strains on France that necessitated Louis XVI to increase taxes?

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