French

Question 1

The French Revolution was launched with the mob attack on the Bastille on July 14, 1789.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen had a minimal impact in launching the French Revolution.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The martyrdom of the 16 nuns from Compiegne had a big impact on the Reign of Terror ending (10 days later).

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In the 18th century France, only the nobles were exempt from taxes.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Before the Revolution, French society was divided into three classes or estates.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The revolutionary government sought to establish a Gallican Church that would be connected closely with the papacy.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Napoleon and Pope Pius VII were enemies until the end of their lives.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

The Organic Articles restored the authority of the papacy in the French Catholic Church.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Pope Pius VII required Napoleon to marry Josephine in a valid Church ceremony before his coronation.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was based on Rousseau’s ‘social contract.’

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Non-jurors

Answer 11

Clerics who rejected the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

Question 12

Constitutionalists

Answer 12

Clerics who accepted the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

Question 13

St. John Vianney

Answer 13

Priest who restored faith in Ars post-Revolution.

Question 14

Bastille

Answer 14

Medieval fortress and prison.

Question 15

Bl. William J. Chaminade

Answer 15

Priest who founded the Society of Mary.

Question 16

Organic Articles

Answer 16

Law asserting Napoleon’s church control.

Question 17

Estates General

Answer 17

Old Regime governing body.

Question 18

Black cardinals

Answer 18

Prelates punished by Napoleon.

Question 19

Bourgeoisie

Answer 19

Third Estate members post-Tennis Court Oath.

Question 20

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Answer 20

Declared equal rights for all men.

Question 21

Napoleon Bonaparte

Answer 21

Tool of execution during Reign of Terror.

Question 22

Pope Pius VII

Answer 22

Napoleon’s second wife.

Question 23

Sans-culottes

Answer 23

Working-class Legislative Assembly members.

Question 24

Maximilian Robespierre

Answer 24

Disciple who led the Reign of Terror.

Question 25

Guillotine

Answer 25

King executed at Reign of Terror’s start.

Question 26

Marie Louise

Answer 26

Napoleon’s ally post-exile.

Question 27

Louis XVI

Answer 27

French Revolution.

Question 28

French Revolution

Answer 28

Old Regime revolutionaries.

Question 29

Jacobins

Answer 29

Elite Third Estate members.

Question 30

Louis Sieyes

Answer 30

Author of 'What is the Third Estate?'

Question 31

Abbe Sieyes

Answer 31

Wrote pamphlet sparking Third Estate action.

Question 32

How group of people did the First Estate consist of?

Answer 32

d. The clergy

Question 33

Who formed the Second Estate and how did they worsen France’s economic woes?

Answer 33

b. The nobility

Question 34

The Third Estate represented about ___% of the population and was made up of which two classes of people?

Answer 34

b. 98%, commoners and bourgeoisie

Question 35

In June 1789, the Third Estate declared itself the:

Answer 35

a. National Assembly

Question 36

On July 14, 1789, the French people attacked the:

Answer 36

b. Bastille

Question 37

The ___ was the panic that spread through the French countryside of the nobles, suppressing the poor.

Answer 37

a. Great Fear

Question 38

What did the Reign of Terror demonstrate or prove?

Answer 38

b. The Revolution’s leaders were as cruel as the old regime.

Question 39

The Committee of Public Safety was:

Answer 39

b. A committee by Robespierre for order.

Question 40

The ___ began the Reign of Terror, now known as the Gendarmes.

Answer 40

a. Jacobins

Question 41

Explain what 'The Enlightenment' was: (1 opening + 4 supporting sentences, 5 pts)

Answer 41

The Enlightenment was a 17th-18th century movement promoting reason. It challenged monarchs and the Church’s authority. Thinkers like Voltaire inspired liberty and equality. Their ideas fueled the French Revolution. It also advanced science for human progress.