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Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 19

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Quiz for Chapter 19: The Cataclysm of Revolution, 1789–1799

Document Links:

Document 19-1: Abbé Sieyès, What Is the Third Estate?

Document 19-2: Political Cartoon

Document 19-3: National Assembly, The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Document 19-4: Olympe de Gouges, Declaration of the Rights of Woman

Document 19-5: Maximilien Robespierre, Report on the Principles of Political Morality

Document 19-6: Decree of General Liberty/Bramante Lazzary, General Call to Local Insurgents

Question 19.1

1. Which of the following was the principal basis for Abbé Sieyès’s criticism of the French nobility (Document 19-1)?

They monopolized the best jobs in the private sector.

They held privileges that were contrary to common law.

Their talents and services competed with the contributions of average citizens.

They neglected affairs of the state because of their extensive work for society.

Question 19.2

2. What was the primary message of the French political cartoon (Document 19-2) depicting a man carrying three figures on his back?

The strength of France depended on painful but necessary sacrifices of everyday citizens.

The church, crown, and nobility had the right and duty to determine the fate of the nation.

The French regime rested on the twin pillars of social inequality and human suffering.

Wealth, privilege, and tradition were necessary instruments of political authority.

Question 19.3

3. According to The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Document 19-3), what was the source of French sovereignty?

The person of the king

The National Assembly

Public military forces

The nation and its citizens

Question 19.4

4. Which of the following clearly separated The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Document 19-3) from the Declaration of the Rights of Woman (Document 19-4)?

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen asserted that law is the expression of the general will of male citizens, whereas the Declaration of the Rights of Woman argued that it must be the same for all.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen supported constitutional monarchy as a form of government, whereas the Declaration of the Rights of Woman favored a democracy in which men and women were equal.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen maintained that all people were equal in rights, whereas the Declaration of the Rights of Woman argued that women deserved special privileges.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen claimed that property ownership was a privilege, whereas the Declaration of the Rights of Woman asserted that it was a right belonging to both sexes.

Question 19.5

5. Which of the following best characterizes Robespierre’s defense of the use of terror as a method of government during the French Revolution (Document 19-5)?

Terror was the natural expression of democratic principles.

Terror was necessary to achieve the goal of democracy.

Terror was the mainspring of popular government.

Terror was an inheritance from despotic government.

Question 19.6

6. Based on the Decree of General Liberty (Document 19-6), how did the French expect the newly freed slaves in the colony of St. Domingue to act?

As economic free agents

As servants to their former masters

With gratitude and industriousness

With fear and shame