The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 16: Overturning the Political and Social Order

True or False Quiz

1
On the eve of the revolution, the English traveler Arthur Young observed that French society appeared to be satisfied with the social and political status quo.
A)True
B)False
2
The French Revolution was initially sparked by a conflict over religion and the rights of the clergy in France.
A)True
B)False
3
The French Revolution was preceded by other political disturbances in the West, which had been intended to expand political participation and bring governmental reform.
A)True
B)False
4
The French Estates General was composed of four traditional orders, or estates.
A)True
B)False
5
In the "Tennis Court Oath," the French Third Estate vowed not to disband until France had a new king.
A)True
B)False
6
Women shared equally in the new social and political rights and freedoms won during the course of the French Revolution.
A)True
B)False
7
The guiding principles of the French Revolution were liberty, equality, and fraternity.
A)True
B)False
8
In 1789, France became a democratic republic.
A)True
B)False
9
Edmund Burke criticized the French Revolution in his Reflections on the Revolution in France because he felt that societies should evolve slowly and that political reform was based on a nation's traditions and past experiences.
A)True
B)False
10
The sans-culottes looked to the Girondins to lead the revolution in a more radical direction.
A)True
B)False
11
The chief instrument of the French terror was the guillotine.
A)True
B)False
12
During the Reign of Terror, the National Convention strengthened the Catholic Church's control over family life and education.
A)True
B)False
13
By 1799, France had created "sister" republics in Holland, Switzerland, and Spain.
A)True
B)False
14
The French Revolution sparked a slave rebellion in France's colony of Saint Dominque, or Haiti.
A)True
B)False
15
Charlotte Corday assassinated the radical deputy Jean-Paul Marat because of his support for executions during the terror.
A)True
B)False
16
In 1793, Napoleon failed to put down a crowd of demonstrators threatening the National Convention in Paris.
A)True
B)False
17
After the overthrow of the Directory in 1799, Napoleon had himself named First Consul.
A)True
B)False
18
The Napoleonic Code of 1804 provided French citizens with the same rights and liberties they had gained in 1789.
A)True
B)False
19
Napoleon sold French rights over Louisiana to the United States government.
A)True
B)False
20
The Russians defeated French troops at the Battle of Borodino.
A)True
B)False
21
When the National Assembly voted to reorganize the provincial map of France, one of their goals was to undermine loyalty to the old provinces and thereby increase allegiance to the French state.
A)True
B)False
22
In his 1790 Reflections on the Revolution of France, Edmund Burke argued that the French Revolution was "much the greatest event that ever happened, and much the best."
A)True
B)False
23
The events of the night of August 10th, when a Parisian crowd invaded the King's palace and slaughtered his guards, was inspired mainly by the fear that the King was in league with the Austrian and Prussian soldiers invading France.
A)True
B)False
24
Soon after the expulsion of the Girondin leaders from the Convention on June 2, 1793, the Convention enacted the Law of the Maximum to regulate the prices of staple goods, and created the Committee of Public Safety.
A)True
B)False
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