Abbé Sieyès, What Is the Third Estate? (1789): "If the privileged order should be abolished, the nation would be nothing less, but something more." Which claim is Sieyès making?Abbé Sieyès, What Is the Third Estate? (1789), Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University; course topic 5.4
The Bastille held only seven prisoners when Parisians stormed it on July 14, 1789. Why did its fall matter so much?Wikipedia, "Storming of the Bastille"; course topic 5.4
Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790), Title II, article I: "there shall be but one mode of choosing bishops and parish priests, namely that of election." What did this law do to the Catholic Church in France?Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790), Title II, Hanover Historical Texts Project; course topic 5.4
The Constitution of 1791 separated "active" from "passive" citizens. What was the difference?Wikipedia, "French Constitution of 1791"; course topic 5.4
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Topic 5.4: The French Revolution, continued
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), article 6: "Law is the expression of the general will." Which Enlightenment writer's language does the article borrow?Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), article 6, Avalon Project, Yale Law School, and Wikipedia, "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen"; course topic 5.4
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), article 10: "No one shall be disquieted on account of his opinions, including his religious views, provided their manifestation does not disturb the public order established by law." What does the article grant, and with what limit?Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), article 10, Avalon Project, Yale Law School; course topic 5.4
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), article 17: "property is an inviolable and sacred right." What does the article suggest about the National Assembly of 1789?Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), article 17, Avalon Project, Yale Law School; course topic 5.4
Decree of August 11, 1789, article VII: "The sale of judicial and municipal offices shall be abolished forthwith. Justice shall be dispensed gratis." Which practice was the Assembly attacking?Decree Abolishing the Feudal System, August 11, 1789, article VII, Hanover Historical Texts Project; course topic 5.4
Decree of the National Assembly, August 11, 1789, article XI: "All citizens, without distinction of birth, are eligible to any office or dignity, whether ecclesiastical, civil, or military." Which feature of the Old Regime did the article end?Decree Abolishing the Feudal System, August 11, 1789, article XI, Hanover Historical Texts Project; course topic 5.4
Decree of the National Convention, August 23, 1793: "the children shall turn old linen into lint; the aged shall betake themselves to the public places in order to arouse the courage of the warriors." What does the giving of tasks even to children and the aged show?Decree of the Levée en Masse (1793), Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University; course topic 5.4
Georges Danton, a leader of the radical republic, was executed in April 1794. What had he done?Wikipedia, "Georges Danton"; course topic 5.4
How did the French clergy respond when the Assembly required a loyalty oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?Wikipedia, "Civil Constitution of the Clergy"; course topic 5.4
In 1790 the National Assembly replaced the historic provinces of France with departments. What was the main purpose?Wikipedia, "Departments of France"; course topic 5.4
Maximilien Robespierre, Justification of the Use of Terror: "Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible; it is therefore an emanation of virtue." How does Robespierre justify the Terror?Maximilien Robespierre, Justification of the Use of Terror, Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University; course topic 5.4
Maximilien Robespierre, speech at the Festival of the Supreme Being (1794): God "did not create priests to harness us, like vile animals, to the chariots of kings." What position on religion does the speech take?Maximilien Robespierre, The Cult of the Supreme Being (1794), Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University, and Wikipedia, "Cult of the Supreme Being"; course topic 5.4
Olympe de Gouges, Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791): "Oh, women, women! When will you cease to be blind? What advantage have you received from the Revolution? A more pronounced scorn, a more marked disdain." What is her complaint?Olympe de Gouges, Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791), Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University; course topic 5.4
On June 20, 1789, deputies of the Third Estate vowed "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the constitution of the kingdom is established." What did the oath assert?Wikipedia, "Tennis Court Oath"; course topic 5.4
On October 30, 1793, the National Convention decreed that "clubs and popular societies of women, under whatever denomination, are forbidden." What does the decree show about the radical republic?Wikipedia, "Society of Revolutionary Republican Women" and AP European History Course and Exam Description, KC-2.1.IV.E; course topic 5.4
What backed the assignats, the paper money France issued from 1789 to stave off bankruptcy?Wikipedia, "Assignat"; course topic 5.4
What did the Law of the General Maximum of September 1793 do?Wikipedia, "General maximum"; course topic 5.4
What ended the Reign of Terror in July 1794?Wikipedia, "Reign of Terror" and Wikipedia, "Thermidorian Reaction"; course topic 5.4
What set off the women's march from Paris to Versailles on October 5, 1789, and how did it end?Wikipedia, "Women's March on Versailles"; course topic 5.4
What was the Committee of Public Safety during 1793 and 1794?Wikipedia, "Committee of Public Safety"; course topic 5.4
What was the political effect of Louis XVI's failed flight to Varennes in June 1791?Wikipedia, "Flight to Varennes"; course topic 5.4
Which event marked the turn from constitutional monarchy to the radical republic?Wikipedia, "Execution of Louis XVI" and AP European History Course and Exam Description, KC-2.1.IV.C; course topic 5.4
Who were the sans-culottes?Wikipedia, "Sans-culottes"; course topic 5.4
Why did Louis XVI summon the Estates General to meet in May 1789, for the first time since 1614?Wikipedia, "Estates General of 1789"; course topic 5.4
Why did the Convention adopt a new calendar in October 1793, with years counted from the founding of the republic?Wikipedia, "French Republican calendar" and Wikipedia, "Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution"; course topic 5.4
Topic 5.5: The French Revolution's effects 7
Burke published his Reflections in November 1790. Which event had not yet happened when he wrote?Wikipedia, "Reflections on the Revolution in France" and Wikipedia, "Execution of Louis XVI"; course topic 5.5
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), article 1: "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights." How did this text bear on events in Saint-Domingue?Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), article 1, Avalon Project, Yale Law School, and AP European History Course and Exam Description, KC-2.1.IV.F; course topic 5.5
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), on the English: "All the reformations we have hitherto made have proceeded upon the principle of reverence to antiquity." What kind of change does Burke approve?Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University; course topic 5.5
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790): "The very idea of the fabrication of a new government is enough to fill us with disgust and horror." Burke's book became a founding text of which political tradition?Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University, and Wikipedia, "Reflections on the Revolution in France"; course topic 5.5
What happened to Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian Revolution's best-known leader?Wikipedia, "Toussaint Louverture"; course topic 5.5
What made the revolution in the French colony of Saint-Domingue different from other slave revolts?Wikipedia, "Haitian Revolution"; course topic 5.5
Which statement best describes how Europeans outside France reacted to the revolution?AP European History Course and Exam Description, KC-2.1.IV.G; course topic 5.5
Topic 5.6: Napoleon's rise, dominance and defeat 15
How did Spaniards resist the French occupation that began in 1808?Wikipedia, "Peninsular War"; course topic 5.6
How did the Civil Code of 1804 treat women?Wikipedia, "Napoleonic Code"; course topic 5.6
How did the Hundred Days of 1815 end?Wikipedia, "Hundred Days"; course topic 5.6
The Imperial Catechism (1806), taught in French churches: "To honor and serve our emperor is therefore to honor and serve God himself." What does the line show about Napoleon's rule?The Imperial Catechism (1806), Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University; course topic 5.6
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Addresses to the German Nation, delivered in French-occupied Berlin: "Those who speak the same language are joined to each other by a multitude of invisible bonds by nature herself." The passage is best understood asJohann Gottlieb Fichte, Addresses to the German Nation, Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University, and Wikipedia, "Addresses to the German Nation"; course topic 5.6
The Legion of Honor, founded in 1802, best illustrates which principle of Napoleon's France?Wikipedia, "Legion of Honour"; course topic 5.6
What did Napoleon gain from the Concordat of 1801 with Pope Pius VII?Wikipedia, "Concordat of 1801"; course topic 5.6
What did the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 accomplish?Wikipedia, "Coup of 18 Brumaire"; course topic 5.6
What happened to the Holy Roman Empire in 1806?Wikipedia, "Confederation of the Rhine" and Wikipedia, "German Confederation"; course topic 5.6
What was the aim of the Continental System that Napoleon set up with the Berlin Decree of 1806?Wikipedia, "Continental System"; course topic 5.6
What was the result of the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813?Wikipedia, "Battle of Leipzig"; course topic 5.6
Which institution did Napoleon found in 1800 to steady the state's finances?Wikipedia, "Bank of France"; course topic 5.6
Which loss of the revolutionary years did the Concordat of 1801 not reverse for the Catholic Church?Wikipedia, "Concordat of 1801"; course topic 5.6
Why did Napoleon invade Russia in 1812?Wikipedia, "French invasion of Russia"; course topic 5.6
Why is the Civil Code of 1804 counted among Napoleon's lasting reforms?Wikipedia, "Napoleonic Code"; course topic 5.6
Topic 5.7: The Congress of Vienna 7
How was France treated in the settlement reached at Vienna?Wikipedia, "Congress of Vienna"; course topic 5.7
Prince Metternich (1820): the first principle of monarchs should be "maintaining the stability of political institutions against the disorganised excitement which has taken possession of men's minds." Which outlook does the passage express?Prince Klemens von Metternich, Political Confession of Faith (1820), Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University; course topic 5.7
Prince Metternich, memorandum to Tsar Alexander I (1820): "Union between the monarchs is the basis of the policy which must now be followed to save society from total ruin." Which practice of the years after 1815 does the passage defend?Prince Klemens von Metternich, Political Confession of Faith (1820), Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University, and Wikipedia, "Concert of Europe"; course topic 5.7
What did the Congress of Vienna create in place of the Holy Roman Empire?Wikipedia, "Congress of Vienna" and Wikipedia, "German Confederation"; course topic 5.7
Which principle guided the redrawing of Europe's map at Vienna in 1814 and 1815?Wikipedia, "Congress of Vienna" and AP European History Course and Exam Description, KC-2.1.V.D; course topic 5.7
Who chaired the Congress of Vienna?Wikipedia, "Congress of Vienna"; course topic 5.7
Why did the Congress of Vienna approve a Kingdom of the Netherlands that joined the Dutch provinces to formerly Austrian territory?Wikipedia, "Congress of Vienna"; course topic 5.7
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to topics 5.4 to 5.7 of Unit 5 (Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century, c. 1648 to c. 1815) of the College Board's AP European History Course and Exam Description, effective fall 2026, https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-european-history-course-and-exam-description.pdf, read 2026-10-11. Each fact was read on 2026-10-11 in the public page named under its question: period documents at the Internet History Sourcebooks Project (Fordham University), the Avalon Project (Yale Law School) and the Hanover Historical Texts Project, and Wikipedia articles. Licence: Own work. Short quotations from the public documents named under each question.
How it works
This AP Euro French Revolution practice test has 57 questions of our own, from the Estates General to the Congress of Vienna, many built on a period document. It is unofficial and not affiliated with the College Board.
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What this test covers
The College Board's course description, read October 11, 2026, places the French Revolution in Unit 5. This page takes four of the unit's nine topics: the French Revolution (28 questions), its effects (7), Napoleon's rise, dominance and defeat (15), and the Congress of Vienna (7). The description gives no weights among topics, so the spread is ours. The unit's topics on 18th-century states, global markets, Britain's ascendancy and Romanticism are left out.
Where the answers come from
Under each answer is the public page its fact was read on, most often the quoted document itself.
Sort events by phase: the liberal years from 1789, the radical republic of 1793 and 1794, then the Directory and Napoleon.
For Napoleon keep two lists, as the course does: reforms that lasted and rights he curtailed.
Questions and answers
What unit is the French Revolution in AP Euro?
Unit 5, Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century, about 1648 to 1815. The French Revolution is topic 5.4; its effects, Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna are topics 5.5 to 5.7.
How much of the AP European History exam is the French Revolution?
The College Board weights the unit, not the topic. Unit 5 carries 10 to 15% of the exam, the same as each of the nine units.
Is this AP European History practice test on the French Revolution the real exam?
No. The College Board owns the real questions, and none appears here, even in other words. Each question was written for this page from the published topics and a public source.
Does this work as an AP Euro French Revolution and Napoleon study guide?
As a self-check, yes. The 15 Napoleon questions follow the course's own split: lasting reforms such as the Civil Code and the Concordat, rights he curtailed, and the nationalist responses in Spain, Russia and the German states.