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French Revolution Test

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5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. Code Napoleon
  2. Committee of Public Safety
  3. Declaration of the Rights of Man
  4. Georges Danton
  5. Estates
  1. a first president of the Committee of public safety; urged moderation and will end up guillotined
  2. b this code preserved most of the gains of the revolution by recognizing the principle of the equality of all citizens before the law, and etc.
  3. c Political body of the French Revolution that controlled France during the Reign of Terror.
  4. d social class in pre-revolution / Ancien France
  5. e Statement of rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. sudden overthrow of the government by a small group
  2. savage Russian cavalry
  3. popular vote; vote of the people
  4. king of France from 1774 to 1792; guillotined
  5. what Marie Antoinette said when they were arrested

5 True/False Questions

  1. Scorched Earthfirst president of the Committee of public safety; urged moderation and will end up guillotined

          

  2. BourgeoisieThe middle class in France.

          

  3. AristocracyThe five-man executive committee that ruled France in its own interests as a republic after Robespierre's execution and prior to Napoleon's coming to power.

          

  4. National AssemblyA French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate

          

  5. Marie AntoinetteQueen of France (wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular