2C.1.2 Revolution and the failure of constitutional monarchy, 1789–93 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. Under the 1791 Constitution, what gave an 'active' citizen the right to vote?

   • Paying direct taxes
   • Owning noble titles
   • University education
   • Military service

2. Which document established a constitutional monarchy in France in September 1791?

   • Constitution of 1791
   • Concordat of 1801
   • Civil Code
   • Tennis Court Oath

3. Which failed attempt to flee France in June 1791 severely damaged royal credibility?

   • Champ de Mars
   • March to Versailles
   • Day of Daggers
   • Flight to Varennes

4. Which political faction strongly advocated war against Austria in 1792?

   • The Jacobins
   • The Royalists
   • The Feuillants
   • The Girondins

5. What were French Catholic clergy required to do under the 1790 Civil Constitution?

   • Pay personal taxes
   • Swear loyalty oath
   • Erect civil shrines
   • Surrender all land

6. Which event on 10 August 1792 led to the suspension of Louis XVI?

   • Storming of Tuileries
   • Tennis Court Oath
   • Flight to Varennes
   • September Massacres

7. In which month and year was the National Convention established in France?

   • September 1792
   • July 1789
   • August 1792
   • October 1792

8. Which 1792 declaration by foreign commanders threatened Paris and radicalised French revolutionaries?

   • Brunswick Manifesto
   • Declaration of Pillnitz
   • Edict of Nantes
   • Civil Constitution

9. How did the National Assembly respond immediately after Louis XVI's flight to Varennes?

   • Suspended him temporarily
   • Executed him immediately
   • Exiled him permanently
   • Crowned his son

10. Which social group formed the radical popular base of Parisian revolutionaries in 1792?

    • Wealthy bourgeoisie
    • Aristocratic nobles
    • Catholic clergy
    • Urban working class

11. What was a major domestic political consequence of France declaring war in April 1792?

    • Disarmament of Paris
    • End of inflation
    • Immediate royalist victory
    • Increased treason paranoia

12. What requirement in the Civil Constitution of the Clergy alienated many French priests?

    • The constitutional oath
    • Paying royal taxes
    • Protestant conversion
    • Monastery closure

13. What restriction in the 1791 Constitution angered poorer French citizens?

    • Ban on landholding
    • Feudal taxes
    • Mandatory military service
    • Active citizen status

14. What royal power did Louis XVI repeatedly use in 1791–92 to block Assembly decrees?

    • Financial veto
    • Dissolution power
    • Absolute pardon
    • Suspensive veto

15. Which political group became the primary defenders of radical republicanism in late 1792?

    • Royalists
    • Jacobins
    • Feuillants
    • Girondins

16. Which political system collapsed in France during August 1792?

    • First Republic
    • Absolute monarchy
    • Constitutional monarchy
    • The Directory

17. Which French faction strongly pushed for war in early 1792 to expose royal treachery?

    • Feuillants
    • Girondins
    • Jacobins
    • Sans-culottes

18. Which foreign powers issued the Declaration of Pillnitz in August 1791?

    • Austria and Prussia
    • Britain and Spain
    • Spain and Portugal
    • Russia and Sweden

19. Besides foreign invasion, what domestic crisis heavily drove revolutionary radicalisation in 1792?

    • Industrial expansion
    • Economic distress
    • Papal invasion
    • Agricultural surplus

20. What primary fear drove Parisians to carry out the September Massacres of 1792?

    • Joy over victory
    • Fear of invasion
    • Religious devotion
    • Royalist loyalty

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