French Revolution Quiz

Paris Commune members, many of whom were called , considered themselves ordinary patriots.

• priests

• sans-culottes

• aristocrats

• bureaucrats

One of three classes into which French society was divided before the revolution is referred to as a/an .

• taille

• estate

• faction

• assembly

A/an is a sudden overthrow of the government.

• election

• rebellion

• coup d’etat

• crowning

In 1799 Napoleon headed a new government called the .

• consulate

• Reign of Terror

• Glorious Revolution

• Republic of Virtue

Who called a meeting of the Estates-General in 1789?

• Members of the First Estate

• Members of the Third Estate

• King Louis XVI

• Olympe de Gouges

Which right did the Third Estate claim in the National Assembly?

• To have freedom of religion

• To have access to the Louvre

• To have their votes count as much as the other Estates

• To form their own militia

The Constitution of 1791 setup which form of government?

• a limited monarchy

• an absolute monarchy

• a democracy

• a republic

What did the European nations that opposed the revolution threaten to do?

• execute Louis XVI

• form a Republic of Virtue

• take away France’s territories

• invade France

Thousands of people who opposed the government were executed when was in power.

• King Louis XVI

• the Estates-General

• the Committee of Public Safety

• Napoleon

What event happened at the end of the Reign of Terror?

• The execution of King Louis XVI

• The creation of the Committee of Public Safety

• The execution of Maximilien Robespierre

• Napoleon’s overthrow of the Directory