PracticeTest 4
  • 1. The revolutionary group that feared giving the king too much power was known as the
A) Radicals
B) Girondins
C) Monarchiens
D) Feuillants
  • 2. The Monarchiens organized into which of the following groups in the fall of 1789?
A) The Jacobins
B) The Augustinian Club
C) The Girondin Club
D) The Sans-Culottes
  • 3. The Radicals organized into which of the following groups after the Monarchiens organized?
A) The Augustinian Club
B) The Girondin Club
C) The Sans-Culottes
D) The Jacobins
  • 4. Who were the sans-culottes?
A) A radical group made up of laborers and working people
B) A radical group of nobles
C) A moderate group of wealthy merchants and lawyers
D) A conservative group of clergy opposed to the National Assembly
  • 5. Jacques-Pierre Brissot founded which moderate revolutionary group?
A) Amis du Roi
B) Girondins
C) Feuillants
D) Jacobins
  • 6. The Girondins promoted what?
A) Constitutional monarchy and the avoidance of war
B) An end to the Catholic Church
C) An end to the monarchy
D) Constitutional monarchy and war with Austria
  • 7. Which of the following groups rebelled against the French government in Saint-Domingue?
A) Women
B) White Catholics
C) Slaves
D) Free blacks
  • 8. What was the Commune?
A) counter-revolutionary group
B) revolutionary group that took over the Parisian government in 1789
C) A social club for women
D) The new legislature created by Napoleon
  • 9. According to the National Assembly, what was an “active” citizen?
A) Someone who took part in the revolution
B) Someone who had the right to vote and sit in assemblies
C) All male citizens
D) Someone who owned property
  • 10. The constitution of 1791 eliminated what legal group?
A) Clerks
B) Nobility
C) Clergy
D) Bourgeoisie
  • 11. According to the National Assembly, what was a “passive” citizen?
A) Someone who chose not to take part in politics
B) All nobles and clergy
C) Any white man who could not pay taxes, women, blacks, and non-Catholics
D) All women
  • 12. Which group began playing a major role in politics and revolts as the price of bread remained high?
A) Children
B) Women
C) Monarchiens
D) Africans
  • 13. Why did women gather in protest at the Paris Hotel de Ville on October 5?
A) to demand punishment for the royal bodyguards who offended the revolution
B) to demand the king abdicate the throne
C) to demand bread
D) both A & B
  • 14. What happened after the women gathered on October 5?
A) The women took General Lafayette hostage
B) The women marched in protest to Versailles
C) Leaders of the protest were guillotined
D) The women seized bread wagons and redistributed the bread
  • 15. The king responded to the women’s march by doing all of the following except
A) He agreed to sign the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
B) He moved the royal family and government back to Paris
C) He fled to Austria
D) He ordered delayed wheat to be sent to Paris immediately
  • 16. How did the constitution of 1791 treat women?
A) Women were given the status of “active” citizens
B) Women were allowed to vote in certain city elections
C) Laws concerning women were made more harsh
D) Laws concerning marriage, inheritance, and divorce were made fairer
  • 17. The Cercle Social differed from other groups how? a.
    They supported women’s rights
A) They wanted to create a direct democracy
B) They wanted to remove the king
C) They supported women’s rights
D) They wanted the clergy to lead
  • 18. Germaine de Staël was well known for what?
A) Her conservative views
B) Her newspaper
C) Her husband’s work
D) Her salon
  • 19. What was the purpose of a salon in France?
A) To serve as a place where women could discuss issues in privacy
B) To cut and style women’s hair
C) To serve as a place for intellectuals and friends to discuss society and politics
D) To serve meals and beverages to the wealthy elite
  • 20. Which of the following wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen?
A) Madame Roland
B) Cercle Social
C) Olympe de Gouges
D) Marie Antoinette
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