The French Revolution_7

The French Revolution_7

By Ragi Chelat

Multiple Choice

Assertion(A): The period from 1793 to 1794 in France is referred to as the Reign of Terror.

Reason(R): The Monarch ruthlessly punished the peasants and the city workers during the time period.

• Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

• Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

• A is true but R is false

• A is false but R is true

Multiple Choice

Under the Jacobins all men and women above 21 years of age had the right to vote.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Women did not have any political clubs during the period of French Revolution.

• True

• False

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Analyse the social and political life of women during the period of French Revolution. ​​

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Discuss the struggle of women for equal rights.​

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Is the argument given by Chaumette justifiable?​

What does it convey about the expected role of women during the time period?​

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Is the argument given by Chaumette justifiable?​

What does it convey about the expected role of women during the time period?​

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What was the major demand of the Society of Revolutionary and Republican Women?

• Equal opportunity for higher education for women as men

• Opportunity for election to National Assembly

• Same political rights as men

Multiple Choice

Which of the given statement related to Olympe de Gouges is NOT true?

• She wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women and citizen.

• She criticised the Jacobin government for forcibly closing down women’s clubs.

• She had been successful in securing equal political rights for women.

• She was executed the National Convention, which charged her with treason.

1.Olympe de Gouges was denounced as an ‘unnatural woman’ by the convention. Why was she called ‘unnatural woman’? Why was her goals and actions a capital offense?

2. Compare the proportion of women in parliament of France with other European countries at present. Can you attribute this to the long struggle of women for equality? What is the rank of UAE and India with respect to the percentage of women in the parliament? Are the numbers satisfactory? Why?

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Multiple Choice

Assertion(A): Women have a significant role in politics and parliament at present in France.

Reason(R): Women Revolutionary Movements did not have any impact on the social and political system in France.

• Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

• Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

• A is true but R is false

• A is false but R is true

Multiple Choice

Olympe de Gouges protested against the Constitution and the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen as they excluded women from basic rights that each human being was entitled to.

• True

• False