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Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 19

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1. Which of these significant reforms was proposed in the Cahiers de Doleances for the district of Carcassonne (see Document 19-1)?

The official ties between the state and the Roman Catholic Church were to be severed.

The monarch was formally to renounce all political power.

New laws and taxes were to be ratified by the people, as represented in the Estates General.

All adult men were to receive voting rights.

Correct. The answer is c. In order to facilitate this change, the Estates General was to meet on a regular and scheduled basis.

Incorrect. The answer is c. In order to facilitate this change, the Estates General was to meet on a regular and scheduled basis.

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2. According to Sieyès (see Document 19-2), which of these was responsible for the economic prosperity of the nation?

The first estate

The second estate

The third estate

The combined efforts of all three estates

Correct. The answer is c. Sieyès credited the third estate with all productive economic activity.

Incorrect. The answer is c. Sieyès credited the third estate with all productive economic activity.

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3. Which of these best characterizes the relationship between the Declaration of the Rights of Man (see Document 19-3) and the Law of 22 Prairial (see Document 19-4)?

The Law of 22 Prairial significantly eroded the legal rights and protections established in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

The Law of 22 Prairial reinforced the legal rights and protections established in the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

The Law of 22 Prairial explicitly repudiated the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

The Law of 22 Prairial explicitly claimed to be consistent with the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

Correct. The answer is a. The Law of 22 Prairial undermined the legal protections of the accused and put new and, in many ways, arbitrary limitations on freedom of speech.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The Law of 22 Prairial undermined the legal protections of the accused and put new and, in many ways, arbitrary limitations on freedom of speech.

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4. According to the Napoleonic Code, what do wives owe their husbands (see Document 19-5)?

Love

Protection

Obedience

Support

Correct. The answer is c. According to the code, married people owed each other fidelity, succor, and assistance. Beyond that, husbands owed their wives protection and wives owed their husbands obedience.

Incorrect. The answer is c. According to the code, married people owed each other fidelity, succor, and assistance. Beyond that, husbands owed their wives protection and wives owed their husbands obedience.

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5. Which of these best characterizes Mary Wollstonecraft’s beliefs about the qualities traditionally attributed to women (see Document 19-6)?

That they were compatible with an expanded view of women’s rights

That they were qualities to which men should also aspire

That they reinforced the idea that women are weak

That they were applicable to all women, but did not define them in their entirety

Correct. The answer is c. Wollstonecraft hoped to convince women that “susceptibility of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste” were “almost synonymous with epithets of weakness, and that those beings who are only the objects of pity will soon become objects of contempt.”

Incorrect. The answer is c. Wollstonecraft hoped to convince women that “susceptibility of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste” were “almost synonymous with epithets of weakness, and that those beings who are only the objects of pity will soon become objects of contempt.”

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6. Toussaint L’Ouverture (see Document 19-7) claimed to act in accordance with

international law.

God’s will and his own conscience.

the principles established by the French Revolution.

the traditions and beliefs of his people.

Correct. The answer is c. Toussaint L’Ouverture declared his commitment to the principles of the French Revolution, going so far as to say that he would die in defense of them.

Incorrect. The answer is c. Toussaint L’Ouverture declared his commitment to the principles of the French Revolution, going so far as to say that he would die in defense of them.