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WorksheetsThe French Revolution part 3
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate’?
a)
Mirabeau
b)
Abbe Sieyes
c)
Jean-Paul Marat
d)
Olympe de Gouges.
2.
Who led the representatives of the Third Estate in Versailles on 20th June?
a)
Mirabeau
b)
Abbe Sieyes
c)
Louis XVI
d)
Both Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes
3.
The National Assembly framed a Constitution in 1791 to limit the powers of the
a)
monarch
b)
wealthy man
c)
businessmen
d)
press
4.
The Assembly elected in 1792 was called
a)
National Assembly
b)
General Assembly
c)
Convention
d)
Council
5.
The word ‘sans-culottes’ mean?
a)
People without knee breeches
b)
People with knee breeches
c)
People with black watch
d)
People with black trousers
6.
The Third Estate comprised
a)
Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers
b)
Peasants and artisan
c)
Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.
d)
All the above
7.
In April 1792, The National Assembly voted to declare war against which countries?
a)
Prussia
b)
Austria
c)
Both and (ii)
d)
Neither nor (ii)
8.
Which of these rights were established as ‘natural and inalienable’ rights by the constitution of 1791?
a)
Right to life
b)
Freedom of speech and opinion
c)
Equality before the law
d)
All the above
9.
Who reintroduced slavery in France after it was abolished by Jacobin regime?
a)
Rousseau
b)
Robespierre
c)
Napoleon
d)
Mirabeau
10.
Which of these books was written by John Locke?
a)
The Spirit of the Laws
b)
Two Treatises on Government
c)
The Social Contract
d)
All the above
11.
Which of the following statements is untrue about the Third Estate
a)
The Third Estate was made of the poor only
b)
Within the Third Estate some were rich and some were poor
c)
Richer members of the Third Estate owned lands
d)
Peasants were obliged to serve in the army, or build roads
12.
French women demanded the right:
a)
to vote
b)
to be elected to the assembly
c)
to hold political office
d)
all of the above
13.
On what charge was Louis XVI sentenced to death?
a)
Treason
b)
Misuse of powers
c)
Corruption
d)
(iv)
14.
Name of the book written by John Locke
a)
Two Treatises on Government
b)
The Spirit of the Laws
c)
The Social Contract
d)
None of the Above
15.
The word livres stands for:
a)
unit of currency in France
b)
tax levied by the Church
c)
Tax to be paid directly to the state
d)
none of these
16.
Who were not considered ‘passive citizens’?
a)
Women
b)
children
c)
Non-propertied men
d)
wealthy people
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