World History Practice Test: The French Revolution and Napoleon
- French Revolution and Napoleon
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
Ten questions on France from 1789 to 1815. Tip: keep the order straight: Estates-General, National Assembly, Terror, Directory, Napoleon.
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Question 1
Before 1789, which group made up the Third Estate in France?
Correct answer: C
The Third Estate included about 97 percent of the population and paid most of the taxes. The clergy was the First Estate and the nobles the Second.
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Question 2
In June 1789, members of the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath. What did they promise?
Correct answer: A
Locked out of their meeting hall, the deputies of the new National Assembly met at a nearby tennis court. Their oath challenged the king's authority.
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Question 3
On July 14, 1789, crowds in Paris attacked a royal fortress and prison. Which one?
Correct answer: D
The fall of the Bastille became a symbol of the Revolution, and July 14 is France's national holiday. Versailles was the royal palace outside Paris.
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Question 4
What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (August 1789) state?
Correct answer: B
The Declaration drew on Enlightenment ideas of natural rights and equality before the law. It ended the legal privileges of birth, at least on paper.
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Question 5
Who was the leading figure of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror (1793-1794)?
Correct answer: A
Thousands of suspected enemies of the Revolution were executed under Robespierre's leadership. He was himself guillotined in July 1794.
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Question 6
What happened to King Louis XVI in January 1793?
Correct answer: C
The National Convention tried and convicted Louis XVI, and he was executed in Paris. France had become a republic in 1792.
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Question 7
What did the Napoleonic Code, issued in 1804, establish?
Correct answer: D
The Code protected property and ended feudal privileges, but it reduced women's rights. It influenced legal systems in many countries.
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Question 8
Why did Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 end in disaster?
Correct answer: B
Napoleon reached Moscow, but it was burned and empty, and only a small part of his huge army returned. Cold, hunger and attacks did the damage.
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Question 9
Napoleon's final defeat came at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. In which present-day country is Waterloo?
Correct answer: D
Waterloo is near Brussels. After the defeat, Napoleon was exiled to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic.
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Question 10
What was a main goal of the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815)?
Correct answer: B
Led by diplomats such as Austria's Metternich, the Congress redrew borders and brought back royal families. France was reduced to roughly its prewar borders.
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