Q.1
Which philosopher encouraged change in France?
  • Arthur Rimbaud
  • Immanuel Kant
  • Jean Jacques Rousseau
  • Jean-Paul Sartre
Q.2
Between 1787 and 1789 France suffered from what?
  • Earthquakes
  • Mass immigration
  • Poor harvests
  • All the above
Q.3
Which of these was not a result of the bad harvests?
  • More work at the ports as food was brought from abroad
  • Smaller incomes for farmers and peasants
  • The price of food increased
  • Townspeople unemployed as farm workers could not afford to buy their goods
Q.4
What type of people were described as 'bourgeois'?
  • Middle-class
  • Noblemen
  • Peasants
  • Priests
Q.5
May 1789 saw the King meet with which group?
  • Catholic Council
  • Estates-General
  • Farmers' Union
  • Royal Advisory Committee
Q.6
What was the unit of currency in France at that time?
  • The Cahier
  • The Cent
  • The Livre
  • The Poivre
Q.7
It has been said that the Estates-General meeting failed partly because Louis was more concerned with what?
  • His dying son
  • Planning his summer holiday
  • The state of his marriage
  • The upkeep of the Royal palaces
Q.8
Those who wanted extreme change were called .......
  • Communists
  • Radicals
  • Saboteurs
  • Terrorists
Q.9
What 'parliament' was set up in June 1789?
  • Estates Council
  • French Junta
  • National Assembly
  • Versailles Committee
Q.10
The National Assembly drew up a .......
  • Consternation
  • Constipation
  • Constitution
  • Consubstantiation
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