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WorksheetsFrench Revolution
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
1. The Third Estate comprised:
Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers
Peasants and artisans
Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.
All the above
That each member should have one vote’ was advocated by:
Georges Danton
Rousseau
Jean Paul Marat
The Jacobins
The newly elected assembly, called the Convention, passed the following laws:
Declared France a constitutional monarchy
Abolished the monarchy
All men and women above 21 years got the right to vote
Declared France a republic
How does a subsistence crisis happen?
Bad harvest leads to scarcity of grains
Rising food prices and the poorest cannot buy bread
Leads to weaker bodies, diseases, deaths and even food riots
All the above
In the war against Prussia and Austria the
army sang the patriotic song (a) .
The song Marseillaise was written by
(a)
Identify the symbol use in the French revolution.
(a)
Which of the following statements is untrue about the Third Estate?
The Third Estate was made of the poor only
Within the Third Estate some were rich and some were poor
Richer members of the Third Estate owned lands
Peasants were obliged to serve in the army, or build roads
1. Who wrote the pamphlet called ‘What is the Third
Estate’?
Mirabeau, a nobleman
Abbe Sieyes
Rousseau, a philosopher
Montesquieu
What was a guillotine?
a device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person was beheaded
a fine sword with which heads were cut off
a special noose to hang people
None Of The Above
When did the French Revolution begin?
(a) July 14, 1789
(b) January 10, 1780
(c) August 12, 1782
(d) None of the above
1. The word livres stands for:
unit of currency in France
tax levied by the church
tax to be paid directly to the state
none of these
What was the effect of the rise of population of France from about 23 million
in 1715 to
28 million in 1789?
Education became difficult
Rapid increase in the demand for foodgrains
Housing problem occurred
None of the above
1. What was the ‘Subsistence Crisis’ which occurred frequently in France?
An extreme situation endangering the basic means of livelihood
Subsidy in foodgrains
Large-scale production of foodgrains
None of the above
1. What was the name of tax which was directly
paid to the state by the Third Estate?
tithes
livres
taille
All of these
