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