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 Sans-Culottes
B) The Augustinian Club
C) The Girondin 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 made up of laborers and working people
B) A moderate group of wealthy merchants and lawyers
C) A radical group of nobles
D) A conservative group of clergy opposed to the National Assembly
  • 5. Jacques-Pierre Brissot founded which moderate revolutionary group?
A) Feuillants
B) Girondins
C) Jacobins
D) Amis du Roi
  • 6. The Girondins promoted what?
A) Constitutional monarchy and war with Austria
B) An end to the monarchy
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) Slaves
C) White Catholics
D) Women
  • 8. What was the Commune?
A) The new legislature created by Napoleon
B) counter-revolutionary group
C) A social club for women
D) revolutionary group that took over the Parisian government in 1789
  • 9. According to the National Assembly, what was an “active” citizen?
A) All male citizens
B) Someone who owned property
C) Someone who took part in the revolution
D) Someone who had the right to vote and sit in assemblies
  • 10. The constitution of 1791 eliminated what legal group?
A) Clergy
B) Nobility
C) Bourgeoisie
D) Clerks
  • 11. According to the National Assembly, what was a “passive” citizen?
A) All nobles and clergy
B) Someone who chose not to take part in politics
C) All women
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) Children
B) Monarchiens
C) Africans
D) Women
  • 13. Why did women gather in protest at the Paris Hotel de Ville on October 5?
A) to demand the king abdicate the throne
B) both A & B
C) to demand bread
D) to demand punishment for the royal bodyguards who offended the revolution
  • 14. What happened after the women gathered on October 5?
A) The women took General Lafayette hostage
B) The women seized bread wagons and redistributed the bread
C) The women marched in protest to Versailles
D) Leaders of the protest were guillotined
  • 15. The king responded to the women’s march by doing all of the following except
A) He fled to Austria
B) He ordered delayed wheat to be sent to Paris immediately
C) He agreed to sign the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
D) He moved the royal family and government back to Paris
  • 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 wanted to create a direct democracy
C) They wanted to remove the king
D) They supported women’s rights
  • 18. Germaine de Staël was well known for what?
A) Her husband’s work
B) Her newspaper
C) Her salon
D) Her conservative views
  • 19. What was the purpose of a salon in France?
A) To serve as a place for intellectuals and friends to discuss society and politics
B) To serve meals and beverages to the wealthy elite
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) Cercle Social
B) Olympe de Gouges
C) Marie Antoinette
D) Madame Roland
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