Name: ________________________________________________ Date: _____________________________ Period: __________
Revolutionary France Take Home / Do it in Class
Test- Standard Edition
Part I. Multiple Choice- Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Write your choice in the
blank provided.
1. ________ European rulers denounced the French Revolution because it (a) it made the French
monarch more powerful (b) they were afraid it would spread throughout Europe (c) it was
coasting them money (d) it took away the power of the church
2. ________ What type of government did the Constitution of 1791 create? (a) limited monarchy
(b) absolute monarch (c) republic (d) communist
3. ________ France celebrates July 14th as a holiday because it is the anniversary of (a) the
storming of the Bastille (b) the Tennis Court Oath (c) the beginning of the French Republic
(d) The death of Louis XVI
4. ________ What document declared that all men are free and equal and said that all people
have natural rights (a) the Constitution of 1791 (b) Tennis Court Oath (c) the Declaration of the
Rights of Man and Citizens
5. ________ Who headed the Committee of Public Safety and was highly influential in the Reign
of Terror (a) Jean-Paul Marat (b) Maximilien Robespierre (c) Abbe Sieyes (d) Louis XVI
6. ________ The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was influenced by all of the
following documents EXCEPT (a) American Declaration of Independence (b) English Bill of
Rights (c) British Constitution (d) U.S. Constitution
7. ________ The period of time in which the guillotine was used to execute many antirevolutionaries in France (a) Great Fear (b) Reign of Fear (c) Reign of Terror (d) Ancient
Regime
8. ________ Police fore given broad power to control and govern France (a) Committee of Public
Safety (b)Girondins (c) Coalition (d) State Police
9. _________ Is thought to have responded to the poverty of the peasants of France with the
phrase: "Let them eat cake!" (a) Louis XVI (b) Maximilien Robespierre (c) Marie Antoinette (d)
Jacobins
10. ________What was the main reason that several thousand women marched on Versailles in
October 1789? (a) Bread shortages in Paris (b) women’s rights (c) an influenza epidemic (d) the
kings refusal to sign The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
11. ________What type of government did the Constitution of 1791 create? (a)limited monarchy
(b) absolute monarchy (c)republic (d)communist
12. ________ Political party that lived in the countryside and wanted the king to stay and rule
France (a) Moderates (b) Jacobins (c) Girondins (d) None of the above
13. ________ To which country were Louis XVI and his family trying to escape to when they were
caught? (a) Austria (b) Spain (c)Britain (d) Germany
14. ________Thousands of people who opposed the government were executed when ___ was in
power (a) Louis XVI (b) the Estates General (c) the Committee of Public Safety (d) the National
Convention
15. ________ The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens was influenced by all of the
following documents EXCEPT : (a) American Declaration of Independence (b) English Bill of
Rights (c) American Bill of Rights (d) U.S. Constitution
16. ________ The Coalition took up arms against France for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
(a) They didn’t want revolutions in their own countries (b) rulers of the countries wanted to
keep their heads (c) all the countries hated France (d) none of the above
17. ________ The Directory was the executive branch of the government set up by the (a) National
Assembly (b) Constitution of 1795 (c) Committee of Public Safety (d) National Convention
18. ________ What event happened at the end of the Reign of Terror (a) the execution of Louis XVI
(b) the creation of the Committee of Public Safety (c) the Estates General (d) The Great Fear
19. ________ Marie Antoinette was charged with all of the following EXCEPT (a) bankrupting
France (b) treason (c) incest (d) being unfaithful to her husband
20. ________ What was the goal of the Continental System? (a) Codify laws throughout Europe
(b) cut off trade between Britain and France’s Allies (c) conquer Russia (d) create a strong,
centralized bureaucracy in Europe
21. ________ What did the Tennis Court Oath establish? (a) that no one would be Louis XVI’s
doubles partner (b) that the Third Estate would accept the tax burden in return for freedom
from feudal contracts (c) that the National Assembly wouldn’t dissolve until they had written
a constitution (d) that France would no longer support the Catholic Church
Part II. Fill in the Blank- Write the word that best answers the question , in the spaces provided.
22. _______________ Device the was created to make beheadings quicker and more humane
23. _______________ Was inspired by the English Bill of Rights as well as the U.S. Constitution
and the U.S. Declaration of Independence
24. _______________ Political party that lived in Paris who believed that the king should be
beheaded
25. _______________ In 1799 Napoleon headed a new government called the ___.
26 _______________ “We are bringing back the baker, the baker’s wife, and the baker’s boy.”
27. _______________ Publisher of “L’Ami du Peuple,” or “The Friend of the People,” a
revolutionary newspaper.
28. _______________ Set up the Directory and a Bicameral legislature.
29. _______________ His execution ended the Reign of Terror
30. _______________ The name of the army that took up arms against France due to the fear of the
Revolution spreading.
Sequencing Events-.Write the letter
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
of the event in sequential order in the boxes on the line provided.
Napoleon overthrows Directory
Enlightenment
Storming of the Bastille
Reign of Terror
Waterloo
Ancient Regime
Tennis Court Oath
Constitution of 1795
i. Death of Louis XVI
j. Constitution of 1791
k. Declaration of the Rights of Man and
Citizens
l. Death of Louis XVI
m. Directory
n. National Assembly
o. Estates General
Part IV- Short Answers- Answer each of the following questions based on your understanding of the
French Revolution. Remember, you can use your notes on this, so I want
GREAT answers! Make sure you are writing using complete sentences, and
that you are answering all parts of the question. Answer on a separate
sheets of paper!
A. Explain what the three estates were and discuss the people who comprised each estate.
B. Identify and explain the five causes of the French Revolution.
C. In your opinion, was the French Revolution necessary? Was it successful? What would you
have done differently?
Bonus Questions
1. Finish this saying, “an apple as day ….” _____________________________________________
2. How many elves are on the Rice Krispies Box? _______________________________________
3. Some months of the year have 30 days, some have 31 days. How many have 28 days?
______________________
4. Who is the author of the Harry Potter series? _________________________________________
5. How many US States begin with the letter M? ________________________________________