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Identify the French artist, who prepared a series of four prints visualising his dream of a world.

A
Kitagewa Utamaro

B
Richard M. Hoe

C
Voltaire

D
Frederic Sorrieu

Solution

Frederic Sorrieu was the French artist who prepared a series of four prints visualising his dream of a world. It shows people of Europe and America-men and woman of all ages and social classes marching in a long train and offering homage to the statue of liberty.
Question 2
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What was livre?

A
A unit of currency in France

B
A tax levied by the church

C
A group of priviledged people

D
A tax to be paid directly to the state

Solution

A unit of currency in France from 781 to 1794.
Question 3
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Which right was given to the French women in 1946?

A
Right to hold political offices

B
Right to get education

C
Right to divorce

D
Right to vote

Solution

The political activities of French women during the revolutionary year was kept alive as an inspiring memory. It was finally in 1946 that women in France won the right to vote.
Question 4
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What did Bastille symbolise as?

A
Military strength of France

B
Humanity

C
Despotic rule of Louis XVI

D
Louis XVI's cowardice act

Solution

Bastille was a symbol of social injustice, inequality and absolute monarchy.
Question 5
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What was the main objective of the Constitution of 1791?

A
To dethrone the king

B
To limit the powers of the clergy and the nobility

C
To limit the powers of the king

D
To make king more powerful

Solution

The powers instead of being concentrated in the hands of one person were now separated and assigned to different institutions – the legislature, executive and judiciary. This made France a constitutional monarchy.
Question 6
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When were Napoleon’s codes introduced in France?

A
1789

B
1791

C
1799

D
1804
Solution
Napoleon’s codes (1804) were a set of civil codes that had to be practised by French society. The aim of the code was to reform the French society, in areas such as family, property, civil procedure etc. They were the following:
- Established equality before the law
- Abolished all privileges based on birth
- Granted the right to property to French citizens
- Simplified administrative divisions
- Abolished feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom
- Removed restrictions on guilds in towns
- Improved transport and communication
Question 7
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Whose name is associated with 'the reign of terror'?

A
Robespierre

B
Mirabeau

C
Napoleon Bonaparte

D
Dr Guillotin

Solution

The period from 1793 to 1794 is referred to as the Reign of Terror. Robespierre followed a policy of severe control and punishment.
Question 8
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The 'active citizens' ________________.

A
were entitled to vote.

B
were not entitled to vote.

C
were entitled to protest.

D
were entitled to accumulate wealth.

Solution

Only men above 25 years of age who paid taxes equal to at least 3 days of labourer's wage were given the status of active citizens, that is, they were entitled to vote.
Question 9
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Whose name is associated with the pamphlet called 'What is the third estate' ?

A
Mirabeau

B
John Locke

C
Montesquieu

D
Abbe Sieyes

Solution

Abbe Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes wrote the influential pamphlet “What is the third estate.” 'What is the third estate' was a political pamphlet which was written in January 1798 shortly before the "outbreak of the French Revolution". In this pamphlet, he argued that people of the 'third estate' established this nation so, they all no need any dead weight. The people of the third estate wanted a genuine leader who can equally represent them.
Question 10
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For what purpose did Louis XVI call an assembly of the Estates General on 5 May 1789?

A
To pass proposals for new taxes

B
To pass proposals for abolishing the feudal system

C
To pass proposals for new price index

D
To give the poor their due rights

Solution

Louis XVI called an assembly of Estates General to pass proposals for new taxes on 5th May 1789. The Estates General represented the French estates in the realm. This law was brought to an end when the Third Estate was formed and created in the National Assembly.

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Question 1

Kitagewa Utamaro

Richard M. Hoe

Voltaire

Frederic Sorrieu

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Question 2

A unit of currency in France

A tax levied by the church

A group of priviledged people

A tax to be paid directly to the state

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Question 3

Right to hold political offices

Right to get education

Right to divorce

Right to vote

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Question 4

Military strength of France

Humanity

Despotic rule of Louis XVI

Louis XVI's cowardice act

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Question 5

To dethrone the king

To limit the powers of the clergy and the nobility

To limit the powers of the king

To make king more powerful

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Question 6

1789

1791

1799

1804

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Question 7

Robespierre

Mirabeau

Napoleon Bonaparte

Dr Guillotin

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Question 8

were entitled to vote.

were not entitled to vote.

were entitled to protest.

were entitled to accumulate wealth.

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Question 9

Mirabeau

John Locke

Montesquieu

Abbe Sieyes

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Question 10

To pass proposals for new taxes

To pass proposals for abolishing the feudal system

To pass proposals for new price index

To give the poor their due rights

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