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6. Which members of the clergy were most likely to leave France?

  • The parish priests who felt hard done by in the Catholic wage system
  • Refractory Priests - those who had not taken the oath
  • Parish priests who felt intimidated by the Bishops and Abbotts
  • Priests who had taken the oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy

7. Who made up the majority of the emigres?

  • The Second Estate and the Clergy
  • The Third Estate and Clergy
  • The Second Estate
  • Serfs and Seigneurs

8. Why did Noblemen leave France?

  • They were being targeted by Jacobin supporters in Southern France and Paris
  • They wanted to join a absolute monarchy elsewhere in Europe
  • They had lost their privileges and felt unsafe
  • The Duke of Orleans had encouraged nobility to leave in a popular journal

9. What did the term 'Emigres' become associated with?

  • A group of committed Monarchists who wanted to construct an Absolute Monarchy in Prussia
  • A group of frivolous nobles attempting to restore the Ancien Regime for personal gain
  • A group of devout Catholics who wanted to preserve the Papacy and Church
  • A group of radical republicans planning a future invasion with the help of foreign republicans

10. Which important figure was among the first emigres to leave France in 1789?

  • The Abbe Sieyes
  • Marie Antoinette (the King's wife)
  • The Comte d'Artois (the King's Brother)
  • Leopold (the Austrian Emperor)