Deck 12: The French Revolution

Question 1

What was the reaction to the French Revolution in the rest of Europe?

A)Monarchs and commoners alike enthusiastically supported it.
B)It was condemned by all,and declared to be the end of times.
C)It had very limited impact on the rest of Europe,which was embroiled in an all-consuming religious war.
D)Educated people were interested and supported the revolution,but most governments were against it.
E)It increased tensions between Austria and Prussia,and drove Great Britain and Russia further apart.

Answer 1

Educated people were interested and supported the revolution,but most governments were against it.

Question 2

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was a

A)document drafted by King Louis XVI granting limited rights to the people.
B)document drafted by Thomas Jefferson during the American War of Independence.
C)document drafted by the National Assembly declaring the rights of French citizens,equality in front of the law,and the supremacy of the nation.
D)philosophical exercise written during the Enlightenment that had very little impact afterwards.
E)document drafted by the British Parliament limiting the rights of King George III.

Answer 2

document drafted by the National Assembly declaring the rights of French citizens,equality in front of the law,and the supremacy of the nation.

Question 3

When it came to the issue of slavery,the French Revolution led to

A)the immediate abolition of all slavery in French colonies.
B)no change in the lives of slaves.
C)an increase in the number of slaves in France.
D)first,the abolition of slavery in France and,later,in the colonies.
E)abolition of slavery in the colonies first and at a later date in the French mainland.

Answer 3

first,the abolition of slavery in France and,later,in the colonies.

Question 4

By the late eighteenth century,France was in a bad financial state because

A)land rents dropped and,therefore,land became over-farmed.
B)peasants were not taxed enough.
C)the treasury was depleted by a number of bad harvests and expenses connected with wars.
D)the king spent all of his time in Scotland.
E)the central bank of France charged exorbitant interest rates.

Question 5

When it came to religion,the National Assembly

A)declared the country to be atheist.
B)outlawed the Catholic Church.
C)allowed Protestants and Jews to be only "passive" (that is,nonvoting)citizens.
D)did not extend citizenship to Protestants and Jews.
E)proclaimed full and equal civil rights for Protestants and Jews.

Question 6

What did the "diamond necklace affair" scandal involve?

A)a necklace the king gave to his mistress
B)Queen Marie-Antoinette pawning her jewelry to meet her expenses
C)the king selling part of the crown jewels to cover the budget deficit
D)the queen having an affair and giving expensive presents
E)a gift from a cardinal to the queen,making the king seem weak

Question 7

What was the "Club of Knitters"?

A)a social group where women got together to knit and talk
B)a secret anti-royalist group of men who met in secret,dressed as women
C)a term that men who opposed political rights for women used to make fun of the "Fraternal Society of Patriots of Both Sexes"
D)a political club organized by women
E)a secret society of royalists who conspired to overthrow the revolution

Question 8

The "suspending" veto was the power of the

A)National Assembly to filibuster during meetings.
B)king to create a House of Lords.
C)National Assembly to suspend the powers of the king.
D)Paris Parlement to veto laws passed by the National Assembly.
E)king to delay the implementation of laws passed by the National Assembly for four years.

Question 9

What was the National Assembly?

A)a French assembly of notable scientists,artists,and authors
B)a new name for the Estates-General
C)an assembly of representatives from all parlements
D)a new assembly created by the third estate alone claiming to be equal to (or better than)the king
E)a new assembly created by King Louis XVI

Question 10

Who benefited the most from the sale of Church properties following the Assembly's approval of Talleyrand's proposal that Church property become "national properties"?

A)people (both urban and rural)with ready cash who could buy the land for sale
B)priests who were able to privatize Church lands
C)the nobility who had the power to buy more land
D)the king,who liked hunting and converted much Church land into hunting preserves
E)the queen,who was able to give land to her lovers

Question 11

The storming of the Bastille on July 14,1789,is considered to be the official start of the French Revolution.In this event,rebels

A)captured the royal palace.
B)killed the king and the queen.
C)dissolved the National Assembly.
D)stormed a prison,a symbol of despotism.
E)defeated foreign armies that were coming to put down the revolt.

Question 12

The Civil Constitution of the French Clergy

A)abolished the clergy,who,by consequence,became civilians.
B)made the clergy citizens of France.
C)created a national church whereby bishops were elected by the local assemblies,not appointed by the pope.
D)granted a constitution to the Catholic Church.
E)overthrew the pope.

Question 13

Louis XVI was guillotined in 1793 because

A)he tried to flee France.
B)he renounced the revolution.
C)his secret correspondence with Austria was considered treason.
D)he refused to sign the "Civil Constitution of the French Clergy."
E)the revolution needed someone to blame.

Question 14

In pre-revolutionary France,many wealthy people resented the nobles because they

A)were exempt from most taxes.
B)were close to the king.
C)were very rich.
D)could buy offices and positions.
E)were military officers.

Question 15

The battle of Valmy was important because

A)the French army lost a battle it should have won.
B)the Prussian and Austrian armies split and fought each other.
C)the Prussian and Austrian armies were defeated for the first time in a long time.
D)a nonprofessional army of fanatical revolutionaries defeated a professional army.
E)it marked the beginning of artillery warfare.

Question 16

What were the seigneurial courts?

A)courts controlled by the French nobility that enforced the local lord's rights over those of his peasants
B)courts administered by the provincial parlements,which were favorable to the middle class
C)military and/or navy courts which imposed strict discipline on enlisted men
D)senior courts where decisions of lower courts could be appealed
E)royal courts of appeals controlled by the king

Question 17

Who were the tax farmers?

A)farmers whose property could be taxed
B)people who bought from the government the right to collect taxes
C)farmers who bought farms at auction for delinquent taxes
D)farmers who bought land with money collected from taxes
E)farmers who were exempt from all taxes

Question 18

In Reflections on the Revolution in France,Edmund Burke

A)became an early supporter of the revolution.
B)called for the revolution to spread to other countries.
C)claimed that there was a well-established order,represented by the monarchy,established churches,and the nobility,which worked better than the abstract ideas of the Enlightenment.
D)claimed that the revolution was a sin against God.
E)presented the events in France without taking a position for or against the revolution.

Question 19

The Estates-General was an assembly composed of

A)people who were owners of big estates.
B)representatives of the three estates of France (clergy,nobility,and the third estate).
C)important military officers (generals).
D)representatives of the three classes of France (royal family,nobility,and clergy).
E)representatives elected by people who lived in various private estates.

Question 20

In 1789,the National Assembly changed the royal title.Louis XVI became the "King of the French" rather than the king of France.What did this change of title mean?

A)The change of title was symbolic and had no real meaning.
B)The change of title proclaimed that the king's power derived from the people,rather than God.
C)The change of title meant that Louis was the king of the dominant ethnic group in France,and not the king of minorities.
D)The change of title meant that Louis claimed jurisdiction over the French people who might be living outside of the country.
E)The change of title meant that the Assembly was angling to change the name of the country.

Question 21

The textbook puts forth that the eighteenth Brumaire can be considered to be

A)the start of the French Revolution.
B)the end of the French Revolution.
C)the beginning of the many wars between France and the rest of the European powers.
D)the end of the Old Regime.
E)the first day of the new revolutionary calendar.

Question 22

Who were the Jacobins,and what political ideas did they embrace?

Question 23

Why did Napoleon invade Egypt in May of 1798?

A)He wanted to strike at Egypt's overlord,Russia.
B)He wanted to follow in the steps of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar.
C)He wanted to attack British interests in India and promote French trade.
D)He wanted to use Egypt as a base to attack Italy.
E)He wanted to capture Egypt's wealth to finance his wars.

Question 24

How did French women participate in revolutionary action?

Question 25

Why did the Jacobins institute a new calendar in October 1793?

A)The Julian calendar (named after Julius Caesar)sounded too royalist.
B)The Gregorian calendar (named after Pope Gregory XIII)sounded too Catholic.
C)The existing calendar was thirteen days behind.
D)The revolutionaries wanted to destroy the Old Regime and build a new order.
E)It was an attempt to make people forget about the past.

Question 26

One of the last victims of the Terror was the Marquis de Condorcet,who was

A)a well-known royalist.
B)a member of the clergy who opposed the Civil Constitution of the French Clergy.
C)a spy for the anti-revolutionary foreign armies.
D)a philosophe whose ideas (ironically)were in agreement with some of the main goals of the revolution.
E)a philosophe whose popular ideas opposed some of the main goals of the revolution.

Question 27

The Directorate was

A)the council of the king's ministers,who directed state policy.
B)the supreme council,which directed the Terror in France.
C)the supreme military council of the revolution which,under Napoleon's command,directed the war effort.
D)a fairly conservative body of five members,which followed the time of Terror and brought an end to the excesses of the Revolution.
E)the supreme council of the anti-French powers (Great Britain,Prussia,Russia,Austria),which coordinated their military activities.