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