2C.1.1 The origins and onset of revolution, 1774–89 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. Which social group made up the First Estate in pre-revolutionary France?

   • The bourgeoisie
   • The clergy
   • The nobility
   • The peasantry

2. In which year had the Estates-General last met before Louis XVI summoned it in 1788?

   • 1614
   • 1715
   • 1589
   • 1648

3. Which French finance minister published the state's accounts in the 1781 'Compte rendu'?

   • Jacques Necker
   • Etienne de Brienne
   • Anne Robert Turgot
   • Charles de Calonne

4. Which royal fortress in Paris was stormed by crowds on 14 July 1789?

   • The Bastille
   • Versailles
   • The Tuileries
   • The Conciergerie

5. What name was given to the peasant panic and attacks on noble châteaux in July 1789?

   • The Terror
   • The September Massacres
   • The Great Fear
   • The Thermidor Reaction

6. Which landmark document asserting equal rights and liberty was passed in France in August 1789?

   • Tennis Court Oath
   • Edict of Nantes
   • Civil Constitution
   • Declaration of Rights

7. What title did the Third Estate adopt on 17 June 1789, claiming to represent the nation?

   • Directory
   • Legislative Assembly
   • National Convention
   • National Assembly

8. Which judicial body refused to register royal land tax edicts in 1787–88 without an Estates-General?

   • Paris Parlement
   • National Assembly
   • Assembly of Notables
   • Council of Thirty

9. Which advisory assembly met in 1787 and rejected Calonne's proposed land tax reform?

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

10. How did the Third Estate demand that deputies vote at the 1789 Estates-General?

    • By order
    • By estate
    • By property
    • By head

11. What main economic factor fuelled urban unrest in Paris in 1789?

    • Falling wage rates
    • Soaring bread prices
    • Rising land rents
    • High salt taxes

12. Which core principle is expressed in Article 1 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

    • Absolute freedom
    • Separation of powers
    • Equality of rights
    • Popular sovereignty

13. Which key Enlightenment concept strongly influenced the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789?

    • Mercantilism
    • Divine right
    • Enlightened despotism
    • Natural rights

14. Which rural uprising directly prompted the abolition of feudalism on 4 August 1789?

    • October Days
    • Day of Tiles
    • Réveillon riots
    • The Great Fear

15. Which personal trait of Louis XVI contributed most to the political crisis before 1789?

    • Tyrannical ambition
    • Financial corruption
    • Religious fanaticism
    • Indecisiveness

16. What immediate crisis forced Louis XVI to summon the Estates-General in 1789?

    • Royal bankruptcy
    • Religious schism
    • Peasant rebellion
    • Foreign invasion

17. How did French involvement in the American War of Independence primarily worsen France's crisis?

    • Trade embargoes
    • Loss of territory
    • Naval blockade
    • Increased royal debt

18. Why did the Assembly of Notables refuse to accept Calonne's reform proposals in 1787?

    • Resistance to taxation
    • Fear of invasion
    • Loyalty to Britain
    • Support for republic

19. What role did Enlightenment ideas play in the French Revolution of 1789?

    • Critiquing absolute privilege
    • Triggering crop failure
    • Causing royal bankruptcy
    • Directing military tactics

20. What did deputies swear to produce in the Tennis Court Oath of June 1789?

    • An emergency tax
    • A royal abdication
    • A new constitution
    • A republican charter

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