2C.1.3 The National Convention, the Jacobins and the Terror, 1793–94 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. Which group led the uprising in June 1793 that expelled the Girondin deputies?

   • Emigres
   • Vendeans
   • Feuillants
   • Sans-culottes

2. Which executive committee created in April 1793 effectively governed France during the Terror?

   • Committee of Public Safety
   • The Paris Commune
   • Committee of General Security
   • National Convention

3. What was the primary purpose of the Revolutionary Tribunal established in March 1793?

   • Collecting war taxes
   • Setting food prices
   • Trying political offences
   • Drafting constitutions

4. Which September 1793 law permitted the arrest of anyone suspected of opposing the Revolution?

   • Law of Suspects
   • Law of 22 Prairial
   • Maximum General
   • Decree against Profiteers

5. Which close ally of Robespierre was executed alongside him in July 1794?

   • Saint-Just
   • Jacques Hebert
   • Georges Danton
   • Jean-Paul Marat

6. Which June 1794 law accelerated trials and marked the start of the Great Terror?

   • Levee en Masse
   • Edict of Fraternity
   • Law of 22 Prairial
   • Law of Suspects

7. Which region witnessed a major counter-revolutionary revolt in 1793 over conscription and religion?

   • The Vendee
   • Brittany
   • Toulon
   • Lyons

8. What main internal crisis contributed to the adoption of the Terror in 1793?

   • Bread riots
   • Royalist invasions
   • Federalist revolts
   • Peasant uprisings

9. What did the Festival of the Supreme Being in June 1794 aim to promote?

   • Restoration of Catholicism
   • Abolition of slavery
   • Total economic equality
   • Civic religion

10. Which legislation imposed maximum price limits on essential goods in September 1793?

    • General Maximum
    • Decree of August
    • Law of 22 Prairial
    • Law of Suspects

11. What was the primary role of representatives on mission during the Terror?

    • Negotiating foreign treaties
    • Drafting local laws
    • Managing royal finances
    • Enforcing central policy

12. Who led the Indulgents executed in April 1794 for advocating an end to the Terror?

    • Jacques Hebert
    • Lazare Carnot
    • Jean-Paul Marat
    • Georges Danton

13. What was the main responsibility of local Watch Committees set up in March 1793?

    • Collecting wartime taxes
    • Training military recruits
    • Monitoring local suspects
    • Distributing subsidised bread

14. What primarily triggered the Coup of Thermidor against Robespierre in July 1794?

    • Fear of purges
    • Economic collapse
    • Food shortages
    • Military defeat

15. Who assassinated the radical Jacobin journalist Jean-Paul Marat in July 1793?

    • Charlotte Corday
    • Madame Roland
    • Olympe de Gouges
    • Lucile Desmoulins

16. Which faction was purged by Robespierre in spring 1794 alongside the radical Hébertists?

    • The Girondins
    • The Enragés
    • The Feuillants
    • The Indulgents

17. What legal right did the Law of 22 Prairial remove from defendants in 1794?

    • Right to appeal
    • Right to trial
    • Right to defence
    • Right to silence

18. Why did deputies in the National Convention unite to overthrow Robespierre in July 1794?

    • Foreign invasion
    • Soaring food prices
    • Fear of execution
    • Military defeats

19. Which body functioned as the main executive government of France during the Terror?

    • Revolutionary Tribunal
    • Committee of Public Safety
    • Committee of General Security
    • The Directory

20. In which western French region was a major counter-revolutionary revolt brutally suppressed in 1793?

    • Provence
    • Brittany
    • Vendée
    • Normandy

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