Deck 31: The French Revolution and the Empire of Napoleon

Question 1

According to the "reason" and "patriotism" of the Jacobins,every person

A) should participate in the levee en masse.
B) must choose to support the current level of revolution or suffer the consequence of being put to death.
C) should be given a piece of land for supporting the Revolution.
D) should participate in the Thermidorian Reaction.
E) must treat every person they met reasonably and as a true citizen.

Answer 1

must choose to support the current level of revolution or suffer the consequence of being put to death.

Question 2

Concerning Louis XV,it would be most accurate to describe him as

A) not exceptionally bright but dedicated to his country.
B) concerned with reforming the government.
C) impatient with court hangers-on.
D) a leader who did as little as possible, and then through those to whom he delegated authority.
E) a king who worked hard to leave his country's finances in better shape than he found them.

Answer 2

a leader who did as little as possible, and then through those to whom he delegated authority.

Question 3

During the reign of Louis XVI,interest rates skyrocketed because of the people's fear of

A) a revolution.
B) national bankruptcy.
C) European wars.
D) the king's excessive lifestyle.
E) All of the options are correct.

Answer 3

national bankruptcy.

Question 4

Evaluate Napoleon as a leader.

Question 5

French higher clergy and nobility owned what proportion of the real estate in France?

A) 20
B) 40
C) 30
D) 59
E) 75

Question 6

The clergy were represented as which of the following?

A) First Estate
B) Second Estate
C) Third estate
D) Both B and C
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 7

Examine ways in which Enlightenment ideas,combined with the deficiencies of Louis XV,contributed to the French Revolution.

Question 8

Who pushed for the end of royal absolutism and of special privileges for the French aristocracy?

A) Peasants
B) Napoleon
C) the Jacobins
D) the Third Estate
E) the National Assembly

Question 9

Define the essential elements of the Vienna Settlement.How successful was the agreement?

Question 10

Discuss the changes in French government during this turbulent period in French history,highlighting liberalism and conservatism.

Question 11

The calling of the Estates General was necessitated by

A) war with Spain.
B) a financial crisis.
C) war with England.
D) a voting controversy.
E) a succession crisis.

Question 12

Describe and discuss the focus of the Jacobin regime.In what ways did it implement its policies of "terror"?

Question 13

The French Revolution brought about the first mass killings of people because of their

A) ethnicity.
B) beliefs.
C) religions.
D) ethnicity and beliefs.
E) social origins and beliefs.

Question 14

Discuss the convening of the Estates-General in 1789.How did the disputes contribute to the revolution and development of a constitution?

Question 15

In the Estates General,voting was based on

A) one's income.
B) the amount of taxes one paid.
C) educational level.
D) proportional representation.
E) estates that voted as a bloc.

Question 16

Before 1789,the French Catholic church was taxed

A) 5 percent of its income.
B) more than the nobility.
C) 10 percent of its income.
D) on the basis of the King's discretionary decision.
E) at twice the rate of the 1600s.

Question 17

The "democratic manifesto" of the French Revolution was

A) the storming of the Bastille.
B) the country's new constitution.
C) the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
D) the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
E) the slogan, "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité."

Question 18

The financial crisis leading to the French Revolution was set off by France's participation in the

A) Seven Years' War.
B) War of the Roses.
C) War of the Austrian Succession.
D) American Revolution.
E) War of the Spanish Succession.

Question 19

The role of women in the French Revolution could best be described as

A) severely limited.
B) inconsequential.
C) nonexistent.
D) active.
E) crucial to Jacobin success.

Question 20

A confrontation between the different factions in France seemed inevitable,especially after the National Assembly demanded

A) a constitution.
B) universal suffrage.
C) universal education.
D) the abdication of the king.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 21

In comparison to the government of the Jacobin Terror,the Directory may be described as more

A) liberal.
B) accepting.
C) conservative.
D) radical.
E) autocratic.

Question 22

Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign was actually fought against

A) Russia.
B) Britain.
C) Morocco.
D) Spain.
E) Austria.

Question 23

Negotiators of the Vienna Settlement drew up territorial boundaries according to

A) ethnic differences.
B) religious differences.
C) desires of the local peoples.
D) ideas of liberalism and social reform.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 24

Which of the following was least considered in the negotiations at Vienna?

A) The right of forcibly deposed monarchs to regain their thrones.
B) The right of working people to determine their form of government.
C) The responsibility of nations to work together to promote peace.
D) The need to suppress rebellions in the future.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 25

The third estate's major demand was that voting be on a(n)____________________ basis.

Question 26

The Constitution of 1791 was modeled closely on the government of

A) England.
B) Switzerland.
C) Germany.
D) the United States.
E) the Netherlands.

Question 27

The counterrevolution began in protest over the

A) Declaration of the Rights of Man.
B) Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
C) Storming of the Bastille.
D) Jacobin Terror.
E) execution of the king and queen.

Question 28

The Jacobin Terror ended only with

A) Napoleon's coup d'etat.
B) Danton's execution.
C) Napoleon's execution.
D) Louis XVI's execution.
E) Robespierre's execution.

Question 29

The battle of Trafalgar

A) ensured French domination of most of the Continent.
B) frustrated a potential French invasion of England.
C) knocked the Russians out of the anti-French coalition.
D) made it necessary for France to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States.
E) was Napoleon's last victory over England.

Question 30

After war broke out with Prussia and Austria in 1792,the radical ____________________ took over the government in France.

Question 31

The National Constituent Assembly swore not to leave Paris until

A) taxes on the middle class were reduced.
B) Louis XVI abdicated the throne.
C) peasants were granted land ownership.
D) France had a constitution.
E) land was confiscated from the church.

Question 32

Which of these was not true of Napoleon Bonaparte?

A) When he became monarch of France in 1804, he symbolically crowned himself.
B) For several years, popularity at home allowed him to build up a large conscript army and impose heavy taxes to supply his men.
C) Napoleon's formal title was emperor, because he led a country that by then had a significant empire.
D) Napoleon is often given credit for being the greatest military strategist of the modern age.
E) Napoleon never meant to found a dynasty to replace the Bourbons, but his supporters convinced him to take that path.

Question 33

The remnants of Napoleon's army that tried to capture Russia were eventually saved from starvation in the Russian winter by

A) the end of Winter.
B) backup troops from Poland.
C) their arrival in friendly Polish territory.
D) their eating their horses.
E) the arrival of French replacements.

Question 34

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy provided for ____________________ of the church's property.

Question 35

The government and finances of royalists began to decline during the reign of ____________________.

Question 36

According to your authors,what leader came closest to amassing the necessary qualities to be labeled a true "enlightened despot"?

A) Louis XIV
B) Louis XV
C) Napoleon
D) Robespierre
E) Prince Metternich

Question 37

The Thermidorean Reaction was aimed against

A) the extreme measures taken during the Reign of Terror.
B) the King's tyranny.
C) the execution of the King.
D) the Directory's incompetence.
E) Napoleon's intrigues.

Question 38

Napoleon did all of the following EXCEPT

A) create legal and civil codes.
B) dealt successfully with France's finances.
C) created administrative and judicial systems that are still around today.
D) called for free and open elections for all governmental positions.
E) granted legal title to peasants for the land they had seized.

Question 39

The levee en masse enabled France to acquire a

A) redistribution of wealth.
B) radical constitution.
C) army of draftees.
D) state-controlled church.
E) better trade situation.

Question 40

The confrontation between France's king and the National Assembly began in 1789,with

A) the storming of the Bastille.
B) the establishment of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
C) arrest of the queen.
D) the writing of a new constitution.
E) a demand for "one man, one vote."

Question 41

Napoleon's military forces were known as ____________________.

Question 42

The ____________________,fought with Napoleon on one side and a coalition of Russian,Prussian,and Austrian forces on the other,led to Napoleon's abdication.

Question 43

The executive power during the Terror was exercised by the ____________________.

Question 44

The levee en masse was the ____________________ assembled by the Jacobins to fight for the Revolution.

Question 45

The Napoleonic Settlement included an agreement with the ____________________ that gave the government more control over religious matters than it had before.