History Quiz French Revolution

In what year did women win suffrage movement to get access to right to vote?

• 1804

• 1947

• 1946

• 1791

How many women's clubs were formed during the French Revolution?

• About 45

• About 60

• About 65

• About 55

Which government did Olympe de Gouges criticize for closing down women's clubs?

• National Convention

• Jacobins

• Directory

• National Assembly

• Napoleon's military dictatorship

The Constitution of 1793 reduced women to passive citizens

• Statement is not false

• Statement is not true

Which government do you think was the best for France?

(This is a poll and is not form marks)

• Jacobins

• National Convention

• National Assembly

• Napoleon's military dictatorship

• Directory

Where are these people marching to?

• Marseilles

• Versailles

• Paris

• Bordeaux

• Nantes

Identify the correct statements:

(i) Only daughters of clergy, nobility and wealthier members of the third estate could study.

(ii) Women's political clubs were banned by Robespierre.

(iii) The Revolutionary government made schooling compulsory for girls.

• (i) & (ii)

• (ii) & (iii)

• (i) & (iii)

• All are correct

Women's fight for right to vote was carried out through an international __________ movement during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (Write with correct spelling, otherwise the question will be marked wrong)

By which government was Olympe de Gouges tried?

• National Assembly

• National Convention

• She wasn't tried; was executed directly

• Napoleon's military dictatorship

• Jacobin Government

What were the professions practiced by the women of poorer sections of Third Estate?

• Seamstresses / laundresses

• Looking after children

• Professors at schools

• Florists

• Bakers