Chapter 7 Quiz

What was the main cause of the rioting in France that led to the deputies giving up ancient feudal claims?

• Feudal privileges of the nobility

• Unemployment among the peasants

• Heavy taxation on the nobility

• Shortage of bread

What did the first article of the Declaration of the Rights of Man state?

• Men are born and remain free and equal in rights

• Men have the right to liberty and property

• Men are born with natural rights

• Men have the right to resist oppression

Who led the citizens' militia, or National Guard, to Versailles to bring the king back to Paris to face the protesters?

• Marquis de Lafayette

• King Louis XVI

• Robespierre

• Queen Marie Antoinette

What did the crowd of women demand when they reached Versailles?

• Equal justice

• The king to Paris

• Freedom of speech

• The right to hold public offices

What did the National Assembly do with the lands of the Catholic Church to pay off its debts?

• Used them to build public offices

• Took over the lands and sold them

• Sold them to the peasants

• Gave them to the nobility

Who was responsible for enforcing the laws in the limited constitutional monarchy created by the National Assembly?

• The clergy

• The National Guard

• The elected state officials

• The king and his ministers

What did the assembly decide about the clergy in terms of their election and payment?

• They would be appointed by the king and paid by the state

• They would be elected by the voters and paid by the state

• They would be elected by the voters and paid by the church

• They would be appointed by the voters and paid by the state

What did the crowd of women carry as they walked alongside the royal family's carriage to Paris?

• Pitchforks

• Kitchen knives

• Broomsticks

• Torches

What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man promise in terms of privileges and equality before the law?

• Equality before the law for the clergy

• Special privileges for the nobility

• Equality before the law for everyone

• Special privileges for everyone

What did the deputies of the National Assembly do with the rights and privileges of the French feudal system of the ancien régime?

• Modified them

• Enforced them

• Swept them away

• Ignored them