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Which of the following groups made up France's Second Estate?
a) Clergy
b) Nobility
c) Peasants
d) Royals

Which group made up the largest part of France's population in the late 1700s?
a) Church
b) Nobility
c) Peasants
d) Slaves

Which group owned the most land in France pre-Revolution?
a) 3rd Estate
b) 2nd Estate
c) 1st Estate
d) Monarchy

Who was the reigning monarch at the time of the French Revolution?
a) Louis XIV
b) Louis XV
c) Louis XVI
d) Louis V

What group did France's monarch call to meet?
a) National Assembly
b) Estates General
c) National Convention
d) Congress

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?
a) Louis XV was an absolute ruler but was weak and indecisive
b) Rich members of the 1st and 2nd Estates paid no taxes and the poor 3rd Estate paid all
c) The poor could not afford food
d) The 3rd Estate had no power and the Estates General meeting was the last straw

How did those angry about the Estates General meeting respond?
a) They moved to a local restaurant and signed an oath.
b) They did nothing
c) They moved to a tennis court and signed an oath.
d) They executed the king

What happened at the Bastille?
a) Peasants stormed the king's castle and demanded better rights
b) The nobles refused to pay more taxes and held a strike
c) Louis and his wife hid there so they would not get beheaded
d) Peasants liberated prisoners and armed themselves

How did the French Revolution affect French society?
a) Common people gained more political rights
b) Women were required to produce more children to replenish the population
c) The Church played a more prominent role in governmental affairs
d) The French government was overthrown by the Prussian army

How did the Enlightenment influence revolutions around the world?
a) Scientific advancements provided new weapons to colonists
b) People strongly embraced the idea of a monarch's divine right
c) The idea of government was abandoned for anarchy
d) Revolutionaries were given new ideas about how a government should treat its people

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