2C.1.4 From the Directory to Brumaire, 1795–99 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. What executive body was created by the Constitution of Year III in 1795?

   • The Consulate
   • The Directory
   • The National Convention
   • The Triumvirate

2. Who issued the royalist Verona Declaration in June 1795 claiming the French throne?

   • Louis XVI
   • Louis Philippe
   • Louis XVIII
   • Charles X

3. What ideology was promoted by Gracchus Babeuf during the 1796 Conspiracy of Equals?

   • Free-market capitalism
   • Absolute monarchy
   • Proto-communism
   • Constitutional monarchism

4. Which political group was purged from parliament during the Coup of Fructidor in 1797?

   • Jacobins
   • Royalists
   • Girondins
   • Enragés

5. Which director helped organise the Coup of Brumaire alongside Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799?

   • Paul Barras
   • Lazare Carnot
   • Abbé Sieyès
   • Georges Danton

6. In which Gregorian month and year did the Coup of Brumaire end the Directory?

   • November 1799
   • September 1797
   • July 1794
   • October 1795

7. Which 1798 law made mass military conscription a permanent requirement in France?

   • Law of Suspects
   • Jourdan Law
   • Le Chapelier Law
   • Law of 22 Prairial

8. Which paper currency issued in 1796 failed to solve France's financial crisis?

   • Assignats
   • Mandats territoriaux
   • Écus
   • Francs

9. On which date in October 1795 did Napoleon suppress a royalist uprising in Paris?

   • 12 Germinal
   • 9 Thermidor
   • 13 Vendémiaire
   • 18 Brumaire

10. Which 1797 treaty negotiated by Napoleon forced Austria to make peace with France?

    • Treaty of Campo Formio
    • Treaty of Amiens
    • Treaty of Luneville
    • Treaty of Basel

11. Which group was targeted and purged in the Coup of Fructidor in September 1797?

    • Neo-Jacobin deputies
    • Royalist deputies
    • Enragés
    • Girondin deputies

12. Which political group was targeted by the Directory in the Coup of Floréal?

    • Neo-Jacobin deputies
    • Royalist deputies
    • Moderate republicans
    • Girondin deputies

13. Which royalist guerilla uprising in western France opposed Directory conscription?

    • The Federalist Revolts
    • The Babouvist Conspiracy
    • The White Terror
    • The Chouannerie

14. Which structural feature of the Constitution of Year III caused frequent deadlock with the Directory?

    • Absolute royal veto
    • Separation of powers
    • Centralised martial law
    • Universal male suffrage

15. Why did the socialist Conspiracy of Equals fail to overthrow the Directory in 1796?

    • Betrayed by informer
    • Suppressed by Prussia
    • Defeated in battle
    • Lacked clear leadership

16. On which institution did the Directory increasingly rely to maintain its political power?

    • The Catholic Church
    • The Jacobin Club
    • The army
    • The Paris Commune

17. What military demand caused widespread domestic discontent across France under the Directory?

    • Censorship
    • Rationing
    • Conscription
    • Hyperinflation

18. Which factor was most crucial in enabling ambitious generals to gain political power by 1799?

    • Reliance on army
    • Peasant revolts
    • Economic prosperity
    • Foreign intervention

19. Which revolutionary principle from 1789 was retained in the Constitution of Year III?

    • Civil equality
    • Price controls
    • Universal suffrage
    • Direct democracy

20. Which political system replaced the Directory following the Coup of Brumaire in November 1799?

    • The Consulate
    • The Restoration Monarchy
    • The National Convention
    • The Second Republic

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