Free French Foreign History Questions and Answers

Question 1

What type of government did France have prior to the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Absolute Monarch

Answer

Republic

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Democracy

Question 2

In what year did the Revolution begin?

Accepted Answer

1789

Answer

1776

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1787

Question 3

What philosophers ideas influenced the French people revolt?

Accepted Answer

Locke

Answer

Hobbes

Answer

Montesquieu

Question 4

How many divisions was French society divided into?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

2

Answer

1

Question 5

What group made up the First Estate?

Accepted Answer

Clergy

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Nobles

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Commoners

Question 6

What group made up the Second Estate?

Accepted Answer

Nobles

Answer

Clergy

Answer

Commoners

Question 7

In which group did the French Middle Class fall into?

Accepted Answer

Commoners

Answer

Clergy

Answer

Nobles

Question 8

What were the French women demanding the royals give them?

Accepted Answer

Bread

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Cake

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Meat

Question 9

What event sparked the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Storming of Bastille by the Third Estate

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Nobles Attacking the King

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Calvin's and Catholic fighting

Question 10

Which of the following contributed to the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The ideas of the Enlightenment

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The theory of divine right of kings

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The theory of the Mandate of Heaven

Answer

None of the Above