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Chapter 11: The French Revolution and Napoleon

The French Revolution and Napoleon

1
The social inequalities that contributed to the French Revolution are best illustrated by the conditions of the _____, who made up 75 to 80 percent of the population.
A)bourgeoisie
B)Second Estate
C)Third Estate
D)peasants
2
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen _____.
A)secularized the Catholic Church in France
B)ended exemptions from taxation
C)restricted participation in the Legislative Assembly to the upper classes
D)established a constitution
3
Why did the lower classes oppose the new order set up by the National Convention?
A)They were hurt by the rise in the cost of living.
B)Only men could be elected to the National Assembly.
C)They wanted more drastic solutions to problems.
D)The government took control of the Catholic Church.
4
An informal coalition of several European states took up arms against France after _____.
A)the imprisonment of Louis XVI
B)the Reign of Terror of the Committee of Public Safety
C)the execution of Louis XVI
D)the fall of the Bastille
5
Under the leadership of Georges Danton and _____, the Committee of Public Safety executed thousands over a 12-month period.
A)Jean-Paul Marat
B)Maximilien Robespierre
C)the Mountain
D)the Girondins
6
The Directory consisted of _____.
A)selected members of the Council of 500
B)a group of men chosen by the electors to govern the country
C)the executive committee of the Council of Elders
D)Royalists who wanted to restore the monarchy
7
Which of these describes the Civil, or Napoleonic, Code?
A)It was one of seven codes of law.
B)It was a single law code for the entire nation.
C)It put into code all the radical laws of the revolution.
D)It undid all of the gains of the revolution.
8
How did nationalism help defeat Napoleon?
A)It made other nations wary of change.
B)It stirred a desire in other European nations to join France's nobility.
C)It stirred the patriotism of those opposed to the French.
D)It showed other European nations the weaknesses of nationalism.
9
Which of these marked the beginning of Napoleon's downfall?
A)the formation of the Continental System
B)the British naval victory at Trafalgar
C)the capture of Paris
D)the invasion of Russia
10
Upon his return from exile at Elba, Napoleon was _____.
A)executed
B)exiled immediately to St. Helena
C)restored to power
D)crowned emperor
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