Practice Exam DebriefEnd of Semester 1, week 9

You were required to answer all of either section A or section B !

Interestingly everyone except 2 people opted for section A

In the end of year exam you will answer both…. Section A: on the French Revolution!

Section B: on the Russian Revolution

Confusing layout…. ignore all the other countries, just go to the revolutions you have studied, and make sure you

answer all the questions in that section on that revolution.

This was an actual exam from 2011

What comments did the assessors have after students sat the exam that year….

SECTION A: AoS 1

*Weather conditions *poor harvests

*specific Tax burdens *Revellion Riots

SECTION A: Question 2

*writing about third estate deputies not the third estate in general

*Voting by head or by order *Locking of doors — Tennis court oath

*How did this lead to revolutionary situation in 1789? What else happened in 1789?

Area of study 2

3) Causes of tensions Flight to Varennes

Clerical oath Louis refusing to deport refractory priests

War against Austria

Section B: Aos 1

Section B: Aos 2

In the end of year exam you will need to answer double what you have done in the practice exam..

but you will also get an extra half an hour writing time

Moving on…. *Must keep all of your French Revolution resources handy *You will be required to do practice questions on French

Revolution throughout our studies of the Russian Revolution