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 Augustinian Club
B) The Sans-Culottes
C) The Jacobins
D) The Girondin Club
  • 3. The Radicals organized into which of the following groups after the Monarchiens organized?
A) The Girondin Club
B) The Sans-Culottes
C) The Augustinian Club
D) The Jacobins
  • 4. Who were the sans-culottes?
A) A moderate group of wealthy merchants and lawyers
B) A radical group made up of laborers and working people
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 Catholic Church
C) An end to the monarchy
D) Constitutional monarchy and the avoidance of war
  • 7. Which of the following groups rebelled against the French government in Saint-Domingue?
A) White Catholics
B) Slaves
C) Women
D) Free blacks
  • 8. What was the Commune?
A) The new legislature created by Napoleon
B) revolutionary group that took over the Parisian government in 1789
C) A social club for women
D) counter-revolutionary group
  • 9. According to the National Assembly, what was an “active” citizen?
A) Someone who took part in the revolution
B) All male citizens
C) Someone who owned property
D) Someone who had the right to vote and sit in assemblies
  • 10. The constitution of 1791 eliminated what legal group?
A) Nobility
B) Clergy
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) 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) 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 punishment for the royal bodyguards who offended the revolution
B) both A & B
C) to demand bread
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) Leaders of the protest were guillotined
C) The women took General Lafayette hostage
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 fled to Austria
B) He moved the royal family and government back to Paris
C) He ordered delayed wheat to be sent to Paris immediately
D) He agreed to sign the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
  • 16. How did the constitution of 1791 treat women?
A) Women were given the status of “active” citizens
B) Laws concerning marriage, inheritance, and divorce were made fairer
C) Laws concerning women were made more harsh
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 to create a direct democracy
B) They wanted the clergy to lead
C) They supported women’s rights
D) They wanted to remove the king
  • 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 meals and beverages to the wealthy elite
B) To cut and style women’s hair
C) To serve as a place where women could discuss issues in privacy
D) To serve as a place for intellectuals and friends to discuss society and politics
  • 20. Which of the following wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen?
A) Olympe de Gouges
B) Madame Roland
C) Marie Antoinette
D) Cercle Social
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