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Question 1

Which did not contribute to the pre-revolutionary debt of France?

a The Seven Years’ War

b. The high cost of maintaining the army

c. The high cost of maintaining Versailles

d. The high cost of tariffs on imported goods

Answer 1

c. The high cost of maintaining Versailles

Question 2

The need for reforms led to

a. the storming of the Bastille

b. the Declaration of the Rights of Man

c. the riots of 1791

d. the War of Austria and Prussia

Answer 2

b. the Declaration of the Rights of Man

Question 3

The reason for King Louis XVI to summon the Estates-General in
1789 was

a. To eliminate feudal fees

b. To increase the influence of the Third Estate

c. To raise taxes to pay the growing debt.

d. To protect the privileges of the First and the Second Estates

Answer 3

c. To raise taxes to pay the growing debt

Question 4

Among the demands of the French Revolution was

a. Abolition of taxes

b. Protection of natural rights

c. Freedom of press

d. Free education

Answer 4

a. Abolition of taxes

Question 5

The group that hastened the French Revolution was

a. the clergy

b. the First Estate

c. the ancient regime

d. the Third Estate

Answer 5

b. the First Estate