FRENCH REVOLUTION & NAPOLEON BONAPARTE QUIZ

• Which of the following was Not one of the Causes of the French Revolution?

a. Rise of the Middle class

b. Privileges of the 1st and 2nd Estates

c. Enlightenment ideas & ideals

d. Opposition to Absolute Monarchy

e. Slavery

• The "Tennis Court Oath" of June 20, 1789 was:

a. A French determination to formulate a Constitution.

b. A British Pledge to build a stadium at Wimbledon.

c. An American determination to play baseball instead of tennis.

d. A King's determination to rule with Absolute power.

e. A Noble's pledge to keep commoners out of government.

• The name of the French Prison --- a symbol of the Revolution was:

a) Versailles

b) Guillotine

c) L'etat

d) Bastille

e) Louve

• Who were the emigres?

a) Nobles who fled from France during the French Revolution.

b) Radical revolutionaries

c) Religious leaders who supported the French Revolution

d) Foreigners who tried to put down the Revolution

e) American volunteers who tried to help with the Revolution

• Which of the following is Not true about Marie Antoinette?

a) She was the wife of Louis XVI of France.

b) Her mother was Maria Teresa of Austria.

c) She was accused of being a traitor, and killed during the French Revolution.

d) She said, "Let them eat cake," when told that the French people had no bread.

e) She tried to keep foreign countries from interfering with the French Revolution.

• During the French Revolution Jacobin clubs were:

a) too conservative

b) radical revolutionaries

c) cowardly

d) royalty

• Which one of the following was NOT a goal or objective of the Congress of Vienna?

a) Legitimacy

b) Self determination

c) Compensation

d) Encirclement of France

• Which of the following was NOT one of Napoleon's reforms or accomplishments while he ruled France:

a) extended education

b) codified laws

c) stablized banks

d) gave women the right to vote

e) promoted democratic ideas and ideals.