The French Revolution

Who said: The task of representing the people has been given to the rich?

• Mirabeau

• Jean-Paul Marat

• Rousseau

• Georges Denton

The National Assembly framed a Constitution in 1791 to limit the powers of the

• monarch

• wealthy man

• businessmen

• press

Who wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate’?

• Mirabeau

• Abbe Sieyes

• Jean-Paul Marat

• Olympe de Gouges.

Which group of people did not join the Jacobin club?

• Artisans

• Shopkeepers

• Daily-wage workers

• Men with property

French women demanded the right:

• to vote

• to be elected to the assembly

• to hold political office

• all of the above

A triangular slave trade took place between Europe, the Americas and:

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia

• none of the above

Upon becoming free, the slave wore:

• blue cap

• white cap

• red cap

• green cap

Who were not considered ‘passive citizens’?

• Women

• children

• Non-propertied men

• wealthy people

The Third Estate comprised

• Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers

• Peasants and artisan

• Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.

• All the above

Which of the following decisions was taken by the convention

• Declared France a constitutional monarchy

• Abolished the monarchy

• All men and women above 21 years got the right to vote

• Declared France a Republic