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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the only people the murderous mob spared when they invaded the Tuileries?
(a) The King, his family and the women of the court.
(b) The servants.
(c) The mothers and their children.
(d) People who had an influence in politics.

2. Why did the King storm out of the Paris parliament?
(a) They refused to answer his questions.
(b) They threw things at him.
(c) They criticized the French court.
(d) They spoke rudely about Antoinette.

3. For which estate does the King choose the members?
(a) The second estate.
(b) The general estate.
(c) The third estate.
(d) The first estate.

4. Who were members of the third estate?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Clergymen.
(c) Property holders.
(d) Courtiers.

5. Which other country in Europe had a constitutional monarchy?
(a) Austria.
(b) Holland.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

6. Who were the new local governments modeling themselves after?
(a) The Prussian government.
(b) The London government.
(c) The Paris government.
(d) The Austrian government.

7. Why was war the last thing France needed?
(a) They wanted to implement anti-war reforms.
(b) They did not have the money.
(c) They did not have enough soldiers.
(d) They were going through a civil war.

8. What would the King spend his days doing at Fountainebleu?
(a) Studying.
(b) Horseriding.
(c) Talking to his advisors.
(d) Hunting.

9. Who else moves to Paris in this section?
(a) The Parliament.
(b) The National Assembly.
(c) The Second Estate.
(d) The British royal family.

10. Who were the royal children placed with?
(a) Louis.
(b) The Jacobins.
(c) Antoinette.
(d) Count Mercy.

11. What did Mirabeau want to create that would include the royal family?
(a) A democracy.
(b) A French commonwealth.
(c) A fascist state.
(d) A constitutional monarcy.

12. Where did Jean's husband take the diamond to sell?
(a) England.
(b) Poland.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Germany.

13. What were the royal family leaving to celebrate when the mob attacked their carriage?
(a) The King's birthday.
(b) New Years.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

14. Who is in very bad health at the beginning of chapter twenty?
(a) The dauphin.
(b) Antoinette.
(c) King Louis XI.
(d) The dauphin.

15. What condition did the dauphin suffer from?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) A misformed head.
(c) Dyslexia.
(d) A deformed spine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the third estate leave the Estates General to form?

2. What were the Jacobins named after?

3. Who do the King and Queen think could still save them?

4. Who were members of the first estate?

5. What is the name of the man who emerged as the leader of the most popular faction of the National Assembly?

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