French Revolution

1. The Third Estate comprised:

• Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers

• Peasants and artisans

• Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.

• All the above

That each member should have one vote’ was advocated by:

• Georges Danton

• Rousseau

• Jean Paul Marat

• The Jacobins

The newly elected assembly, called the Convention, passed the following laws:

• Declared France a constitutional monarchy

• Abolished the monarchy

• All men and women above 21 years got the right to vote

• Declared France a republic

How does a subsistence crisis happen?

• Bad harvest leads to scarcity of grains

• Rising food prices and the poorest cannot buy bread

• Leads to weaker bodies, diseases, deaths and even food riots

• All the above

In the war against Prussia and Austria the

army sang the patriotic song ____________.

The song Marseillaise was written by

Identify the symbol use in the French revolution.

Which of the following statements is untrue about the Third Estate?

• The Third Estate was made of the poor only

• Within the Third Estate some were rich and some were poor

• Richer members of the Third Estate owned lands

• Peasants were obliged to serve in the army, or build roads

1. Who wrote the pamphlet called ‘What is the Third

Estate’?

• Mirabeau, a nobleman

• Abbe Sieyes

• Rousseau, a philosopher

• Montesquieu

What was a guillotine?

• a device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person was beheaded

• a fine sword with which heads were cut off

• a special noose to hang people

• None Of The Above