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Quiz for Working with Evidence: Representing the French Revolution

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Source 16.1: The Patriotic Snack, Reunion of the Three Estates, August 4, 1789

Source 16.2: A Reversal of Roles: The Three Estates of Revolutionary France

Source 16.3: Revolution and Religion: “Patience, Monsignor, your turn will come.”

Source 16.4: An English Response to Revolution: “Hell Broke Loose, or, The Murder of Louis”

Choose the best answer to each question.

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1. What is the significance of the peasants hunting rabbits and game birds in Source 16.1, The Patriotic Snack, Reunion of the Three Estates, August 4, 1789?

It represents the three estates working together to remove a threat to the nation’s agricultural harvest.

It represents the continued domination of the peasantry by wealthy elites.

It represents the end of social privilege because, before the French Revolution, peasants who hunted on the estates of the nobility were subject to harsh punishment or even death.

The rabbits and game birds represented foreign agents determined to undermine France’s new harmonious social order.

1. What is the significance of the peasants hunting rabbits and game birds in Source 16.1, The Patriotic Snack, Reunion of the Three Estates, August 4, 1789?

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2. In what way are Sources 16.1 and 16.2 similar?

Both represent the social transformation of France as peaceful.

The figures in both images are represented as social equals.

Both represent the social transformation of France as a violent process.

The figures in both images are easily identifiable as members of prerevolutionary social groups.

2. In what way are Sources 16.1 and 16.2 similar?

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3. What sort of future does Source 16.3 depict for the Catholic Church in France?

The outlawing of the Church and all religious practice.

The maintenance of the Church with the same privileges that it enjoyed before the revolution.

The creation of a smaller, less wealthy church.

The intended execution of the French clergy because they opposed the revolution.

3. What sort of future does Source 16.3 depict for the Catholic Church in France?

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4. What is an important difference between Source 16.4 and the other images in this collection?

Source 16.4 is concerned with the new social order in France.

Source 16.4 is the only image to represent the social strife associated with the French Revolution.

Source 16.4 is the only image created by a pro-revolutionary artist.

Source 16.4 is the only image created by a foreign artist.

4. What is an important difference between Source 16.4 and the other images in this collection?

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5. Sources 16.1, 16.2, and 16.3 depict which Enlightenment ideal?

That all citizens should be equal under the law

That religion was a superstitious practice that should be suppressed

That women also possess inalienable rights

That successful social change required struggle and violence

5. Sources 16.1, 16.2, and 16.3 depict which Enlightenment ideal?