Deck 31: The French Revolution and the Empire of Napoleon

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Evaluate Napoleon as a leader. How true is the statement that he was exactly what France needed, at least for a time?

Answer 2

Answer not provided.

Question 3

Evaluate the relative success or failure of the French Revolution. Why did the country turn to a man such as Napoleon?

Answer 3

Answer not provided.

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

A) equal voting regulations.
B) a constitution.
C) universal suffrage.
D) universal education.
E) the abdication of the king.

Question 6

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 7

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 8

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 9

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

A) should participate in the levee en masse.
B) much 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.

Question 10

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 11

Every aspect of French public life was dominated by the first two estates except for

A) agriculture and the court system.
B) religion and politics.
C) commerce and manufacturing.
D) the army and administration.
E) agriculture and religion.

Question 12

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 above

Question 13

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

Question 14

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.

Question 15

Angry women marched on the palace of Versailles carrying pitchforks and scythes, and vowing to "cut out her heart...fry her liver...and that won't be the end of it." Based on the overall situation, of whom would they have been speaking?

A) Empress Josephine Bonaparte
B) Queen Anne
C) the mother of the young Louis XIV
D) Queen Marie Antoinette
E) the wife of Robespierre

Question 16

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 17

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

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 20

Explain the structure and workings of the Directory. Provide reasons for its failure.

Question 21

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 22

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 23

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 24

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 25

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 26

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 27

The third estate's major demand was that voting be on a/an ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ basis.

Question 28

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 29

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 30

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 31

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

Question 32

The major complaints of the Third Estate were the country's legal and social inequalities and

A) high taxes.
B) an unfair legal system.
C) poor educational facilities.
D) not enough food.
E) lack of representation.

Question 33

Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign was actually fought against

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

Question 34

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 above

Question 35

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

Question 36

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 37

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 38

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 39

It could best be said of the Committee of Public Safety that it

A) was a reaction to the worst actions during the Terror.
B) was established before the storming of the Bastille.
C) was responsible for the trial and execution of the king and queen.
D) had dictatorial power within the National Convention.
E) opposed the ideas of Robespierre.

Question 40

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 right of states to allot adequate territory and resources for defense
D) The responsibility of nations to work together to promote peace
E) The need to suppress rebellions in the future

Question 41

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

Question 42

Napoleon's military forces were known as ____________________ ____________________ ____________________.

Question 43

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 44

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

Question 45

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

Question 46

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

Question 47

The five countries represented at the Vienna Settlement were ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________ ____________________.