Lesson 2H.1.1

2H.1.1 End of Absolutism and the French Revolution, 1774–1795 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 19

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The 20 questions

  1. In what year did Louis XVI succeed to the French throne?

    • 1789
    • 1770
    • 1783
    • 1774

  2. Which finance minister, dismissed in 1776, attempted to reform taxation and abolish guild privileges?

    • Necker
    • Calonne
    • Brienne
    • Turgot

  3. Which assembly met in February 1787 and rejected Calonne's proposed tax reforms?

    • Estates-General
    • National Assembly
    • Assembly of Notables
    • Paris Parlement

  4. Which estate of the Estates-General represented the clergy?

    • The Third Estate
    • The First Estate
    • The Fourth Estate
    • The Second Estate

  5. Which event on 14 July 1789 became an iconic symbol of the French Revolution?

    • Flight to Varennes
    • Tennis Court Oath
    • Storming the Bastille
    • March on Versailles

  6. What did deputies swear to establish in the Tennis Court Oath of June 1789?

    • A written constitution
    • A democratic republic
    • The National Guard
    • An absolute monarchy

  7. Which August 1789 document set out the fundamental rights of French citizens?

    • Rights of Man Declaration
    • Napoleonic Code
    • Civil Constitution
    • Edict of Nantes

  8. What was the Great Fear of July and August 1789 in France?

    • An urban famine
    • A foreign invasion
    • A royalist coup
    • A rural peasant panic

  9. Who marched to Versailles in October 1789, forcing the King to move to Paris?

    • Vendée rebels
    • Jacobin deputies
    • Foreign mercenaries
    • Parisian women

  10. Which 1790 law made French clergy state-paid employees elected by citizens?

    • Edict of Toleration
    • Concordat of 1801
    • Civil Constitution of Clergy
    • Clerical Oath Act

  11. What was the primary goal of Louis XVI's flight to Varennes in June 1791?

    • Start a civil war
    • Escape to Austria
    • Join loyal troops
    • Abdicate the throne

  12. What violent event occurred at the Champ de Mars in July 1791?

    • Storming of the Bastille
    • Women's March on Versailles
    • National Guard shooting
    • Execution of Louis XVI

  13. Which country did France declare war on first, in April 1792?

    • Prussia
    • Britain
    • Austria
    • Spain

  14. What major event took place in Paris on 10 August 1792?

    • Execution of Robespierre
    • Storming of Tuileries
    • Tennis Court Oath
    • Flight to Varennes

  15. What major event occurred in Parisian prisons during September 1792?

    • Food riot looting
    • Royal palace storming
    • Executions of prisoners
    • Guillotine invention

  16. On what date was Louis XVI executed in Paris?

    • 21 July 1794
    • 21 June 1791
    • 21 September 1792
    • 21 January 1793

  17. What measure was instituted by the levée en masse in August 1793?

    • Grain price controls
    • A wealth tax
    • Closure of churches
    • Mass conscription

  18. In which month of the revolutionary calendar did Robespierre fall from power in July 1794?

    • Thermidor
    • Vendemiaire
    • Germinal
    • Brumaire

  19. Which key factor destroyed royal authority and accelerated radical revolution in 1789?

    • Financial crisis
    • Rise of Napoleon
    • Foreign invasion
    • British naval blockade

  20. How long did the French Constitution of 1791 survive before being overthrown?

    • Ten years
    • Less than a year
    • Twenty years
    • Five years

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