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Testing on the topic: “The Great French Revolution”

1.What was the significance of the Great French Revolution:

a) internal political;

b) intrafamily;

c) international.

2.What foundations for development were laid by the revolution:

a) the basis of the lack of rights of the people;

b) the basics of political struggle;

c) the foundations of the rule of law.

3.What was the main thing in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen:

a) class privileges;

b) feudal privileges;

c) lack of private property.

d) the presence of private property.

4. What was proclaimed by the 1st Constitution of 1791:

5.Like the Girondins Legislative Assembly decided to strengthen their influence:

a) grant universal suffrage;

b) start a victorious war;

c) end the victorious war;

d) abolish private property.

6.Jacobins are supporters of:

a) absolute monarchy (king of the state);

b) constitutional monarchy and republic;

c) an independent state headed by a president.

7.Who was the most numerous class in France on the eve of the revolution:

a) clergy;

b) merchants and entrepreneurs;

c) artisans;

d) peasants.

8.The main reason for the revolution:

a) crisis of absolutism;

b) in economics;

c) financial crisis;

d) plague epidemic.

9. Reasons why the deputies of the Estates General renamed it the National Assembly:

a) the desire to limit the power of the monarch;

b) the desire to demonstrate admiration for the monarch;

c) the desire to create a constitution

10.Whose ideas inspired the supporters of the revolution:

a) George Byron;

b) Isaac Newton;

c) Rousseau and Montesquieu.

11.The name of the fortress is a symbol of absolutism in France.

12.Name of the executed king:

a) Louis XIV;

b) Charles Stuart II;

c) Louis XVI.

13.How did the Convention differ from the Legislative Assembly:

a) there are many monarchists among the deputies;

b) there are many “right-wingers” among the deputies;

c) there are many “leftists” among the deputies.

14.How was the policy of the Jacobins different:

a) broad democratic freedoms;

b) terror;

V) social policy.

15. During whose reign the Constitution was adopted, which was enshrined in the French Republic. but abolished universal suffrage:

a) during the reign of Louis XIV;

b) during the reign of the Girondins;

c) under the rule of the Jacobins;

d) on the board of the Directory.

16.Who came to power as a result of the coup d'etat of 18-19 Brumaire

a) Thermidorians;

b) Jacobins;

c) Girondists;

d) Napoleon.

17.Which areas were conquered by the young 26-year-old general Napoleon during the reign of the Directory:

a) Australia and Austria;

b) China and Japan;

c) England and Africa;

d) Italy and Egypt.

Test on the topic "The Great French Revolution". (keys)

Testing on the topic: “The Great French Revolution”

1.What was the significance of the Great French Revolution:

A) internal political; b) intrafamily; c) international.

2.What foundations for development were laid by the revolution:

A) the foundations of the lack of rights of the people; b) the basics of political struggle; c) the foundations of the rule of law.

3.What was the main thing in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen:

A) class privileges; b) feudal privileges;

B) lack of private property. d) the presence of private property.

4. What was proclaimed by the 1st Constitution of 1791:

5. How the Girondins in the Legislative Assembly decided to strengthen their influence:

A) grant universal suffrage;

B) start a victorious war;

C) end a victorious war;

D) abolish private property.

6.Jacobins are supporters of:

A) absolute monarchy (king of the state);

B) constitutional monarchy and republic;

B) an independent state headed by a president.

7.Who was the most numerous class in France on the eve of the revolution:

A) clergy;

B) merchants and entrepreneurs;

B) artisans;

D) peasants.

8.The main reason for the revolution:

A) crisis of absolutism; b) in economics; c) financial crisis; d) plague epidemic.

9. Reasons why the deputies of the Estates General renamed it the National Assembly:

A) the desire to limit the power of the monarch;

B) the desire to demonstrate admiration for the monarch;

B) the desire to create a constitution

10.Whose ideas inspired the supporters of the revolution:

A) George Byron;

B) Isaac Newton;

B) Rousseau and Montesquieu.

11.The name of the fortress is a symbol of absolutism in France.

12.Name of the executed king:

A) Louis XIV; b) Charles Stuart II; c) Louis XVI.

13.How did the Convention differ from the Legislative Assembly:

A) there are many monarchists among the deputies;

B) there are many “right-wingers” among the deputies;

C) there are many “leftists” among the deputies.

14.How was the policy of the Jacobins different:

A) broad democratic freedoms;

B) terror;

B) social policy.

15. During whose reign the Constitution was adopted, which was enshrined in the French Republic. but abolished universal suffrage:

A) during the reign of Louis XIV;

B) during the reign of the Girondins;

B) in the reign of the Jacobins;

D) on the board of the Directory.

16.Who came to power as a result of the coup d'etat of 18-19 Brumaire in 1799:

A) Thermidorians; b) Jacobins; c) Girondists; d) Napoleon.

17.Which areas were conquered by the young 26-year-old general Napoleon during the reign of the Directory:

A) Australia and Austria; b) China and Japan; c) England and Africa; d) Italy and Egypt.

Test on the topic “The Great French Revolution”. 8th grade

1.The French celebrate the national holiday:

2. As a result of the coup of the 18th Brumaire, the following became consuls:

A) Barras, b) Sieyes, c) Napoleon

3.The following were in favor of ending the war and abolishing the price maximum:

A) “extreme”, b) “moderate”, c) “rabid”

4. Overthrow of the monarchy in France:

A) Constituent Assembly, b) Directory, c) Jacobins

6. Prominent figures of the Jacobin Club were:

A) Robespierre, b) Marat, c) Louis XVI

7.The head of the National Guard was:

A) Napoleon, b) Mirabeau, c) Lafayette

8.Arrange in chronological order:

A) march on Versailles, b) storming of the Bastille. c) execution of Louis XVI d) introduction of the revolutionary calendar e) execution on the Champ de Mars

9.By what principle are the rows united?:

A) Marat, Danton, Robespierre

B) “mountain”, Gironda, “Swamp”

10.Place politicians in order of increasing degree of radicalism:

A) J.Ru. b) J. Danton, c) O. Mirabeau. d) M. Robespierre, d) J. Brissot

11. Match the concepts and definitions:

11.1.supreme legislative body a.revolutionary tribunal

11.2.limitation of prices and wages of the b.section

11.3.highest court in.National Convention

11.4.revolutionary government of the city maximums

11.5.organ of revolutionary political investigation d.Committee of Public Salvation

11.6. Local government bodies e. Public Vigilance Committee

11.7. self-government bodies in Paris, municipalities

12.On the wave discontent, a group of agitators emerged, who received the name “mad” from the Girondins; their leader was called the “Red Priest.” He demanded an introduction death penalty for speculation. Who are we talking about?

KEY

1.B

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.A,B

7.B

8.BADVG

9.A) “Mountain” of the Convention, leaders of the Jacobins, b) groups of the Convention

10.VDBGA

11.1.-B, 11.2.-G, 11.3.-A, 11.4.-D, 11.5.-E, 11.6.-F, 11.7.-B

12. Jacques Roux

Test on the topic "The Great French Revolution". (keys)

Is it true that the guillotine was invented during the French Revolution7

The guillotine was invented by Joseph Guillotin in 1792 and, it must be said, it was a breakthrough in the field of the death penalty. Although the very idea of ​​such an execution is a rather ambiguous issue, the guillotine was definitely more humane than previous methods, since it granted instant death.

What did a baguette symbolize during the Revolution?

In 1793, an official decree was issued stating that bread should be baked the same way. No more heavy round loaves for the poor and light, crumbly loaves for the rich. Then the baguette became the “bread of equality”.

He symbolized royal power, therefore it was banned

He was the bread of equality

It was the food of the rich, so it was violently destroyed

It was seen as a symbol of harmony and correctness of French society

What item of clothing was banned by the leaders of the Revolution?

Under the old regime in France, a person's clothing depended on his position in society. Moreover, only the privileged classes wore culottes. Respectively, simple people advocated the abolition of this sign of inequality.

Gold buttons

When did the first public zoo open in Paris?

In November 1793, the Paris Botanical Garden became home to exotic animals that had previously lived in the private menageries of aristocrats. By 1794, 58 animals had gathered there, and a real zoo was opened.

Before the revolution. Due to the riots it had to be closed

Before the revolution, but even during the fighting he continued to work

10 years after the revolution, when society calmed down

Immediately after the revolution

What was the role of women during the revolts of 1789?

On March 5, 1789, the Women's March at Versailles took place, bringing together mostly working women to demand better economic conditions and for the king and his family to move to Paris from Versailles. The king did this the next day.

They stayed home and protected property

They ran with the children, protecting them

They took part in marches

They prepared food for the strikers, repaired clothes, and collected money.

What did Queen Marie Antoinette say before going to the guillotine?

On January 12, 1793, the king was beheaded. Marie Antoinette followed her husband on October 16, 1793. Her last words were "I'm sorry" - not to the people, but to her executioner; she accidentally stepped on his foot.

"I regret"

"Long live the revolution"

"You'll regret this!"

"I won't forgive you for this"

Can you recognize the portrait of the man who led the French Revolution?

Maximilian de Robespierre, who was one of the main influences of the revolution and the Reign of Terror, ironically found himself sentenced to death by the guillotine after the political tide turned against him. He was executed on July 28, 1794.

What happened to the Louvre during the revolutionary unrest?

In 1793, the Louvre Palace became a full-fledged museum.

He was burned

It was turned into a full-fledged museum

It was dismantled for building material

It was closed for the next 100 years

What does medicine owe to the French Revolution?

Two French surgeons, Larrey and Percy, introduced the practice of the Red Cross before its official appearance. Larry invented the horse-drawn ambulance, which was used to transport the wounded to the hospital. Percy went further: he introduced mobile medical units that could conduct operations directly on the battlefield. Moreover, they treated all the wounded without exception, and not just “their own”.

The emergence of "Ambulance"

The emergence of the surgical profession

Invention of the scalpel

Creation of the Red Cross organization

Is it true that after the Revolution it was decided to completely rename the calendar months?

The calendar still had 12 months, but they were given names such as "Thermidor", "Brumaire" and "Frimer".

Freedom. Equality. Brotherhood

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Test on the topic: “France in the 16th century. Causes and beginning of the Great French Revolution"

Option 1

Option 2

What year did the Great French Revolution begin?

Which city was considered the largest commercial, financial and industrial center in France?

What hindered the development of internal trade in France?

a) Low level of income of entrepreneurs;

b) Seigneurial customs boundaries and absence unified system measures, weights, money;

c) Insufficient government funding;

d) Insufficient number of merchant ships in the river fleet.

2. Choose from the list given a class that did not exist in France?

a) Clergy;

b) Nobility;

c) Askers;

d) All other tax-paying population;

Indicate which class, according to the ancient formula, served as property for the king?

a) First;

b) Second;

c) Third;

d) All at once.

In accordance with the Charter of what year, only nobles were appointed to officer positions in the army?

Please indicate in what period agriculture Is France on the rise?

a) From 1720 to 1770;

b) From 1730 to 1780;

c) S. 1740 to 1790;

d) From 1750 to 1800.

Indicate a group of representatives of the third estate that fought for the liberation of production from old medieval rules and prohibitions?

a) Peasants;

b) Hired employees;

c) Day laborers;

d) Bourgeois.

How did contemporaries characterize the reign of Louis XV?

a) Time of economic recovery;

b) Time of great transformations;

c) Time of crisis of absolutism;

d) The Golden Age of the French Monarchy.

What was the name of Louis XVI's wife?

a) Elizabeth II;

b) Catherine I;

c) Marie Antoinette;

d) Isabella of Aragon.

What famous ideology was directed against absolutism?

a) “Carolingian Renaissance”;

b) Hagiography;

c) Ideology of the Enlightenment;

d) Poetry of the troubadours.

Please provide the name of the Comptroller General of Finance?

a) Jacques Savary;

b) Jean-Baptiste Colbert;

c) Jacques Turgot;

d) Nicola Fouquet.

Indicate the start date of the work of the Estates General under Louis XVI?

What is the National Assembly of France?

a) Assembly of all classes of France;

b) Meeting of representatives of the third estate in the Estates General in 1789;

c) Council under the king;

d) Municipality of Paris.

What is the Constituent Assembly?

a) Political party;

b) Merchant Guild;

c) Assembly establishing a new political system in France;

d) Humanitarian organization of France.

When did the National Assembly proclaim itself the Constituent Assembly of France?

What is the name of the fortress that was captured by the rebels in 1789?

a) La Rochelle;

b) Carcassonne;

c) Bastille;

d) Montsegur.

Indicate the “color of the royal House of Bourbon” that was added to the blue and red colors of the French flag?

b) black;

c) green;

d) yellow.

Indicate the name of the boss national guard France?

a) Jean-Paul Marat;

b) Gilbert de Lafayette;

c) Maximilian Robespierre;

d) Antoine Barnave.

What is maternity leave?

a) legal act;

b) treatise;

c) religious treatise;

d) private letter.

Answers

Option 1

Option 2

1. d) Paris.

2. b) Seigneurial customs borders and the absence of a unified system of measures, weights, and money.

2. c) Askers.

3. c) Third.

4. a) From 1720 to 1770.

4. d) Bourgeois.

5. c) Time of crisis of absolutism.

5. c) Marie Antoinette.

6. c) Ideology of the Enlightenment.

6. c) Jacques Turgot.

7. b) Meeting of representatives of the third estate in the Estates General in 1789

8. c) Assembly establishing a new political system in France.

9. c) Bastille.

9. a) white.

10. b) Gilbert de Lafayette.

10. a) regulatory legal act.

History test France in the 18th century. Causes and beginning of the French Revolution 7th grade with answers. The test is presented in two versions, each with 5 tasks.

Option 1

1. The French bourgeoisie - bankers, owners of factories, merchants - were part of

1) first estate
2) second estate
3) third estate

2. Among the causes of the French Revolution are

1) dissatisfaction among broad sections of the population with absolutism
2) the desire of the third estate to gain political rights and freedoms
3) the economic crisis that lasted throughout the 18th century.

superfluous in this list.

3.

1) convening of the Estates General
2) storming of the Bastille
3) decree abolishing feudal duties
4) proclamation of the Constituent Assembly

4.

Among the deputies of the Estates General, convened by the king, a dispute arose about the voting procedure. Representatives of the third estate - according to ancient tradition - demanded that voting be carried out not according to estates. They proposed that the decision be determined by the votes of all deputies. The majority were from representatives of the third estate.

5.

In July 1789 absolute monarchy fell in France.

1) true
2) incorrect

Option 2

1. French bourgeoisie - bankers, factory owners, merchants

1) constituted a special class
2) were a privileged class
3) together with peasants, farm laborers, and hired workers, they were part of the third estate

2. Among the causes of the French Revolution, historians name

1) failure of Turgot’s reforms
2) the increased importance of the third estate, deprived of political rights and freedoms
3) desire for state independence

Find and enter the item number, superfluous in this list.

3. Arrange in chronological order historical events. Write down the numbers that represent historical events in the correct sequence.

1) accession to the throne of Louis XVI
2) proclamation of the Constituent Assembly
3) storming of the Bastille
4) proclamation of the National Assembly

4. Read the text and find the error in the description.

The royal prison Bastille was taken by the Parisians within a few hours. The garrison tried to resist, but ultimately capitulated. A few months later the fortress was destroyed to the ground. An obelisk was erected on the Place de la Bastille with the inscription: “Long live the revolution!”

1) in fact, the garrison of the Bastille capitulated at the first demand of the rebels
2) in fact, the inscription on the obelisk read: “They dance here”
3) in fact, the Bastille was turned into a museum and has survived to this day

5. Is the following statement true?

In July 1789, King Louis XVI retained the throne, but his power ceased to be absolute.

1) true
2) incorrect

Answers to the history test France in the 18th century. Causes and beginning of the French Revolution 7th grade
Option 1
1-3
2-3
3-1423
4-2
5-1
Option 2
1-3
2-3
3-1423
4-2
5-1

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