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French Revolution Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Mirabeau

b)

Jean-Paul Marat

c)

Rousseau

d)

Georges Denton

2.

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

a)

Mirabeau

b)

Abbe Sieyes

c)

Jean-Paul Marat

d)

Olympe de Gouges.

3.

Which group of people did not join the Jacobin club?

a)

Artisans

b)

Shopkeepers

c)

Daily-wage workers

d)

Men with property

4.

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

5.

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

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Australia

d)

none of the above

6.

Who were considered as ‘passive citizens’?

a)

Women

b)

children

c)

Non-propertied men

d)

wealthy people

7.

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

8.

Which of these rights were not 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.

The winged woman stands for

a)

Right to life

b)

national colours of France.

c)

personification of the law

d)

the law is the same for all and all are equal before it

10.

Which of these provisions were passed by the Assembly on the night of 4 August, 1789?

a)

Abolition of feudal system of obligations

b)

Clergy had to give up its privileges

c)

Tithes were abolished

d)

All the above

11.

The term ‘Old Regime’ is usually used to describe

a)

France before 1000 B.C.

b)

Society of France after 1789 A.D

c)

Society and institutions of France before 1789 A.D.

d)

None of the above

12.

Assertion (A) : In 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France. Reason (R) : Initially, many saw him as a liberator who would bring freedom for the people.

a)

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

b)

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

c)

A is true but R is false.

d)

A is false but R is true.

13.

Assertion (A) : The ideas of philosophers were discussed intensively in salons and coffee houses and spread among people through books and newspapers. Reason (R): These were frequently read aloud in groups for the benefit of those who could not read and write.

a)

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

b)

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

c)

A is true but R is false.

d)

A is false but R is true.

14.

Assertion (A): In the countryside rumours spread from village to village that the lords of the manor had hired bands of brigands who were on their way to destroy the ripe crops. Reason (R): A large number of nobles fled from their homes, many of them were migrating in neighbouring countries.

a)

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

b)

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

c)

A is true but R is false.

d)

A is false but R is true.

15.

Which of the following groups was primarily responsible for the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution?

a)

Jacobins

b)

Girondins

c)

Royalists

d)

Sans-culottes