Question 1

The author states that the French Revolution

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A)  preserved as much as it changed.
B)  brought an end to the ideals of the Enlightenment.
C)  gave rise to many of the positive and negative aspects of modern society and government.
D)  was overshadowed by the American Revolution.
E)  effectively ended the Old Regime without giving direction to subsequent developments.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 2

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
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Question 3

On August 4, 1789, the aristocrats

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A)  ordered the execution of peasants who had responded to the Great Fear with force.
B)  passed a resolution in support of their manorial courts and tax exemptions.
C)  surrendered an array of special political and economic privileges.
D)  voted to reject the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
E)  demanded an end to the National Assembly.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

The controversy over voting in the Estates General centered on the issue of whether

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A)  the three Estates would meet and vote separately or would meet as one body with each deputy having one vote.
B)  roll calls would be standard procedures or voice votes would suffice.
C)  the Third Estate should have twice as many deputies as either of the other two.
D)  absent deputies had forfeited their votes.
E)  the clergy should continue to have a vote.F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 5

All of the following were attributes of the Third Estate EXCEPT

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A)  bourgeoisie, peasants, and urban laborers.
B)  lack of access to choice positions in the church and government.
C)  no possibility of upward mobility.
D)  growing poverty towards the end of the 18th century.
E)  possession of 50-60 percent of the land.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

Considering the different evaluations of Napoleon's relationship to the Revolution, the safest thesis would be that Napoleon

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A)  completely destroyed the Revolution.
B)  preserved and strengthened many of the accomplishments of the Revolution but only in France.
C)  preserved and strengthened many of the accomplishments of the Revolution in France and spread them to other countries.
D)  embodied the Revolution and made the Revolution's accomplishments permanent.
E)  was actually irrelevant to the Revolution.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

All of the following were attributes of the First Estate EXCEPT

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A)  an upper clergy associated with the nobility.
B)  a lower clergy (parish priests) associated with commoners.
C)  exemption from royal taxes.
D)  possession of 30 percent of the land in France.
E)  a state within a state, including censorship and tithes.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did Napoleon both implement and undermine the ideals of the Enlightenment?

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Question 9

Napoleon's centralized state

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A)  was supported by a vast network of officials throughout the entire nation.
B)  allowed him to concentrate power in his own hands.
C)  provided him with taxes and soldiers to fight his wars.
D)  was aided by his use of secret agents and summary trials to quiet opponents.
E)  all of the aboveF) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

The ideals of the Enlightenment that shaped the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 included

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A)  the destruction of the privilege and despotism of the Old Order.
B)  the emancipation of humanity from superstition and tradition.
C)  the refashioning of institutions according to reason and justice.
D)  the elimination of barriers to inequality.
E)  all of the aboveF) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 11

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).  
 Mark the boundaries of the French empire under the rule of Napoleon in 1810.

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Question 12

To gain the support of various groups in society and to win the war, the Jacobins did all the following EXCEPT

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A)  facilitating the purchase of land by peasants.
B)  abolishing imprisonment for debt.
C)  implementing a constitution that gave all adult males the right to vote in 1793.
D)  drafting unmarried men between the ages of 18 and 25.
E)  requiring factories and mines to operate at full capacity and requisition resources necessary for the war effort.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 13

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Support or refute the following statement with specific examples from the period 1789 to 1799: the Enlightenment was the cause of the French Revolution.

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Question 14

The "law of the maximum" decreed by the Jacobins

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A)  confiscated all landholdings over 200 acres in size.
B)  ordered the summary execution of all persons held in French prisons on charges of counterrevolution.
C)  fixed prices on bread and other necessities.
D)  ordered the registration of all adult males between the ages of 17 and 53 for military duty.
E)  prevented members of the Legislative Assembly from being elected to the National Convention.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

In April 1792, the Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria for all the following reasons EXCEPT

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A)  a war, it was believed, would unite the nation.
B)  Austria was harboring and supporting the emigrés.
C)  many felt a need to spread the revolution for the good of mankind.
D)  France was already being attacked by Austria's allies.
E)  there were indications that Austria was preparing to attack.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 16

The less liberal side of the Code Napoléon included all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  denial of equal treatment to workers dealing with their employers.
B)  retention of serfdom in some parts of France.
C)  provisions giving the husband nearly absolute power over his wife.
D)  provisions making divorce harder for women than for men.
E)  denying children's rights.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 17

With the loss of the Grand Army in the invasion of Russia

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A)  Napoleon abdicated immediately.
B)  Napoleon was unable to raise a new army.
C)  most of France's allies formed an anti-French coalition.
D)  the French Empire fell within two years.
E)  all of Napoleon's accomplishments were lost.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 18

The conflict that paralyzed the Estates General in May 1789 was

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A)  the continuing conflict between the crown and the aristocracy.
B)  a new conflict between the Third Estate and the other two privileged Estates.
C)  the general uprising of the peasantry to abolish residual feature of serfdom and manorialism
D)  tension between the bourgeois members of the Estates General and the sans-culottes .
E)  none of the aboveF) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 19

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss the nature of the Estates system in France during the eighteenth century. Which segments of society comprised each of the Estates, and how united was each in its membership and goals?Was each estate a monolithic group? Explain.

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Question 20

On the eve of the French Revolution, many French peasants

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A)  still owed labor service to their lords.
B)  remained serfs.
C)  were freed from the requirement of giving a portion of their produce to pay for use of their lord's mill.
D)  lived rent-free on their lands.
E)  had rising expectations for their economic future due to modest increases in prosperity.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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