WorksheetsFrench Revolution Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who said: The task of representing the people has been given to the rich?
Mirabeau
Jean-Paul Marat
Rousseau
Georges Denton
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
Who were considered as ‘passive citizens’?
Women
children
Non-propertied men
wealthy people
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
Which of these rights were not established as ‘natural and inalienable’ rights by the constitution of 1791?
Right to life
Freedom of speech and opinion
Equality before the law
All the above
The winged woman stands for
Right to life
national colours of France.
personification of the law
the law is the same for all and all are equal before it
Which of these provisions were passed by the Assembly on the night of 4 August, 1789?
Abolition of feudal system of obligations
Clergy had to give up its privileges
Tithes were abolished
All the above
The term ‘Old Regime’ is usually used to describe
France before 1000 B.C.
Society of France after 1789 A.D
Society and institutions of France before 1789 A.D.
None of the above
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.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false.
A is false but R is true.
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.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false.
A is false but R is true.
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.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false.
A is false but R is true.
Which of the following groups was primarily responsible for the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution?
Jacobins
Girondins
Royalists
Sans-culottes
