Chapter 21

Question 0

In the 1780s, over 50 percent of France’s annual budget was expended on

Answer 0

D) interest payments on the debt.

Question 1

All of the following were aspects of the influence of the American Revolution on the French Revolution except

Answer 1

C) increasing the class conflict between nobility and bourgeoisie.

Question 2

The legal definition of the composition of the prerevolutionary Third Estate included

Answer 2

A) everyone who was not a noble or member of the clergy.

Question 3

The group that met in 1787 to discuss tax reform was the

Answer 3

B) Assembly of Notables.

Question 4

Revisionist historians of the French Revolution stress all of the following except the

Answer 4

D) conflict between the nobility and the bourgeoisie.

Question 5

Abbé Sieyès’s answer to the question “What is the Third Estate?” was that it was

Answer 5

B) the true strength of the French nation.

Question 6

The grievance petitions from all three estates called for all of the following except

Answer 6

A) an American-style republic.

Question 7

The Tennis Court Oath was

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E) sworn by renegade delegates from the Estates General, most of them from the Third Estate.

Question 8

The men elected to represent the Third Estate at the Estates General were primarily

Answer 8

C) lawyers and government officials.

Question 9

During the early years of the French Revolution

Answer 9

B) common Parisian women played key roles in a number of Revolution events.

Question 10

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen guaranteed all of the following except

Answer 10

B) economic equality.

Question 11

According to the text, in the summer of 1789 the National Assembly was driven toward more radical action by

Answer 11

D) revolutionary actions by French peasants and the common people of Paris.

Question 12

The term “Great Fear” refers to the

Answer 12

C) fear of vagabonds and outlaws in the countryside that fanned the flames of rebellion in the summer of 1789.

Question 13

The accomplishments of the National Assembly included all of the following except the

Answer 13

C) introduction of universal compulsory education.

Question 14

The National Assembly that ruled France from 1789-1791 passed laws that

Answer 14

D) broadened women’s rights to seek divorce and inherit property.

Question 15

The Declaration of Pillnitz

Answer 15

A) was issued by Austria and Prussia to intimidate French revolutionaries.

Question 16

Mary Wollstonecraft argued that

Answer 16

D) men and women would benefit from sexual equality.

Question 17

During the September Massacres,

Answer 17

E) Parisian crowds slaughtered prison inmates.

Question 18

The life-and-death political struggle between the Girondins and the Mountain resulted mainly from

Answer 18

D) personal hatred and jealousy.

Question 19

During the Reign of Terror, the dominant person on the Committee of Public Safety was

Answer 19

E) Maximilien Robespierre.

Question 20

The Committee of Public Safety was

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D) an emergency executive committee appointed by the Convention.

Question 21

The Reign of Terror was directed primarily at

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D) any and all enemies of the Revolution.

Question 22

The Reign of Terror ended when

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C) members of the Convention, afraid Robespierre would turn the Terror on them, had him arrested and executed.

Question 23

According to the text the string of French military victories after the winter of 1793-1974 was largely due to

Answer 23

B) patriotism and the superior numbers supplied by the draft.

Question 24

Napoleon seized power in

Answer 24

A) 1799.

Question 25

According to the text, the Directory continued French wars of conquest begun by early revolutionary governments

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C) because big, victorious armies kept men employed and could draw sustenance from the conquered areas.

Question 26

Which of the following occurred first?

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B) Napoleon overthrows the Directory.

Question 27

Which of the following occurred last?

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B) Napoleon invades Russia.

Question 28

In 1801 Napoleon signed a Concordat with

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D) Pope Pius VII.

Question 29

The Treaty of ___________ (1802) left France in control of Holland and the Austrian Netherlands.

Answer 29

A) Amiens

Question 30

_____, Russia, and Sweden joined with Britain to form the Third Coalition against France

Answer 30

E) Austria

Question 31

Napoleon defeated Austria and Russia at the Battle of ___________ in 1805.

Answer 31

D) Austerlitz

Question 32

The first great revolt against the Grand Empire occurred in ___________ in 1808.

Answer 32

A) Spain

Question 33

The __________ system was meant to exclude British goods from the continent.

Answer 33

A) continental

Question 34

Napoleon’s invasion of __________ began in June 1812.

Answer 34

A) Russia

Question 35

During the Hundred Days,

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C) Napoleon returned from exile to rule France briefly.

Question 36

According to Olympe de Gouges,

Answer 36

B) men and women should be equal in the eyes of the law.