Quiz French Revolution

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The French Revolution and Napoleon

Louis XVI summoned the States General, the meeting of the three estates, on 5 May 1789. That had not happened since 1614. Members of the third estate arrived wearing clothing that was fashionable in 1614.
Why did they do that?

1. The third estate was protesting against the fact that the French kings had ruled alone since 1614.
2. The third estate thought the fashions of 1789 were much too expensive in the bad economic times.
3. The third estate wanted to indicate that the economic situation was just as bad in 1789 as it was in 1614.
4. Members of the third estate barely had any money to buy new clothes due to the high taxes.

An argument started in the States General between the third estate and the other two estates.
What was the argument in the States General about?

1. The level of taxation.
2. The procedure for voting.
3. The privileges of the first and second estates.
4. Drawing up fundamental rights.

The representatives of the third estate established the National Assembly in 1789.
What did they want to achieve through the National Assembly?

1. They wanted to depose the king.
2. They wanted to change the way the country was governed.
3. They wanted to start a revolution.
4. They wanted a people’s parliament without the first estate.

On 26 August 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was accepted.

What was in that declaration?

1. All French citizens got equal rights and obligations.
2. French citizens got the possessions of the nobles and clergy.
3. The first and second estates did not have to pay taxes, whereas members of the third estate did.
4. King Louis XVI was removed from the throne and he became an ordinary citizen.

Why was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen an important document for many French people?

1. The citizens of France were now all equal.
2. The third estate no longer had to pay taxes.
3. This meant the king lost some of his power.
4. This was the new constitution of France.

Louis XVI was beheaded on 21 January 1793.
What reason did the National Assembly have for sentencing Louis to death?

1. The National Assembly wanted to make France a republic.
2. The administration wanted to prevent Louis ever being able to get his crown back.
3. Louis had committed numerous crimes during his reign.
4. Louis did not want to give up his absolute power.

In around 1800, many French people had a lot of admiration for Napoleon. Why?

1. He achieved one military victory after another.
2. He was very modest and not at all interested in glory and luxury.
3. He gave citizens a say in government at long last.
4. He gave the clergy and the nobility their privileges back.

Some of Napoleon’s measures fit in with the ideas of the Enlightenment.
Which of Napoleon’s measures are examples of that?

1. The conquest of various areas of Europe.
2. The establishment of a dictatorship
3. A new legal code that applied to all citizens.
4. Banning trade with Great Britain.

There are similarities and differences if you compare Napoleon’s government to the government during the French Revolution.
What changed under Napoleon?

1. The nobility and clergy had no privileges.
2. Citizens had fundamental rights
3. Citizens had a say in government.
4. The same laws applied to everyone.

Napoleon imposed censorship. His secret police checked that citizens were not too critical about his government.
Why is that surprising?

1. Napoleon did not bother with domestic affairs.
2. Napoleon mainly targeted the nobility and the clergy.
3. Napoleon introduced freedom of expression (freedom of speech).
4. Napoleon was very popular in France.

Russia, Great Britain, Austria and Prussia wanted to put an end to Napoleon’s rule and the ideas of the French Revolution.
Why did these countries want to do that?

1. The people in these four countries disagreed with those ideas.
2. The rulers saw those ideas as a threat to their own power.
3. There already was freedom and equality in these countries.
4. Everyone was happy with the government in these countries.

In which battle was Napoleon finally defeated?

1. in the Battle of Leipzig
2. in the Battle of Austerlitz
3. in the Battle of Elba
4. in the Battle of Waterloo

Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba by his opponents but he escaped from there in 1815. Within a short period of time, many French people supported him again.
Why did he get so much support?

1. The people were oppressed by Russia.
2. The French were afraid of Napoleon.
3. The French population was not used to political changes.
4. France had been successful for a time under Napoleon.

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