Before the french revolution, the major problems facing french society were caused by

The causes can be categorized in three main reasons:

1. economic- this includes factors such as
- the extravagance of the royal family(think Tuileres palace, louis XVI's daily meals, Marie Antoinette's lavish lifestyle)
-the over expenditure of the French government
-the continuous changes of the financial advisor(parallels can be drawn to current south Africa)
-the unfair distribution of taxes.

2. social
-the class systems
-the lifestyle of the peasants and overtaxing

3.political
-france being a monarchy, believing that louis XVI was given divine power

I hope this helps, I did this section last year, and some of the things should be rechecked.

Iwould say a, due to the fact these routes display many things that would be useful and provide explanations for how states are known.