PracticeTest 4
  • 1. The revolutionary group that feared giving the king too much power was known as the
A) Feuillants
B) Radicals
C) Girondins
D) Monarchiens
  • 2. The Monarchiens organized into which of the following groups in the fall of 1789?
A) The Sans-Culottes
B) The Girondin Club
C) The Augustinian Club
D) The Jacobins
  • 3. The Radicals organized into which of the following groups after the Monarchiens organized?
A) The Girondin Club
B) The Jacobins
C) The Augustinian Club
D) The Sans-Culottes
  • 4. Who were the sans-culottes?
A) A radical group of nobles
B) A conservative group of clergy opposed to the National Assembly
C) A moderate group of wealthy merchants and lawyers
D) A radical group made up of laborers and working people
  • 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) Constitutional monarchy and war with Austria
C) An end to the monarchy
D) An end to the Catholic Church
  • 7. Which of the following groups rebelled against the French government in Saint-Domingue?
A) White Catholics
B) Free blacks
C) Women
D) Slaves
  • 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 took part in the revolution
B) Someone who owned property
C) All male citizens
D) Someone who had the right to vote and sit in assemblies
  • 10. The constitution of 1791 eliminated what legal group?
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Clerks
C) Nobility
D) Clergy
  • 11. According to the National Assembly, what was a “passive” citizen?
A) Someone who chose not to take part in politics
B) All women
C) All nobles and clergy
D) Any white man who could not pay taxes, women, blacks, and non-Catholics
  • 12. Which group began playing a major role in politics and revolts as the price of bread remained high?
A) Africans
B) Monarchiens
C) Women
D) Children
  • 13. Why did women gather in protest at the Paris Hotel de Ville on October 5?
A) to demand bread
B) both A & B
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) Leaders of the protest were guillotined
B) The women took General Lafayette hostage
C) The women seized bread wagons and redistributed the bread
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 agreed to sign the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
B) He ordered delayed wheat to be sent to Paris immediately
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 women were made more harsh
B) Women were allowed to vote in certain city elections
C) Women were given the status of “active” citizens
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 supported women’s rights
B) They wanted to remove the king
C) They wanted to create a direct democracy
D) They wanted the clergy to lead
  • 18. Germaine de Staël was well known for what?
A) Her husband’s work
B) Her salon
C) Her newspaper
D) Her conservative views
  • 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 serve as a place for intellectuals and friends to discuss society and politics
C) To serve meals and beverages to the wealthy elite
D) To cut and style women’s hair
  • 20. Which of the following wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen?
A) Cercle Social
B) Marie Antoinette
C) Olympe de Gouges
D) Madame Roland
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