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WHH Reign of Terror Article Quiz

1. The Jacobins viewed themselves as representing…

A. the oppressed middle class

B. the oppressed lower class
C. the oppressed monarchy
D. the oppressed enragees

2. The National Convention created the Committee of Public Safety instead of instituting a democracy
because...

A. of popular support for the monarchy

B. of dissent within the National Convention
C. of wars abroad and rebellions at home
D. powerful individuals desired power for themselves

3. Jean-Paul Marat was assassinated by…

A. Olympe de Gouges
B. Charlotte Corday
C. The Abbey Sieyes
D. Maximilian Robespierre

4. In opposition to the Jacobins, the enragees were even more radical and thought that property ownership…

A. was a fundamental perversion of the Terror

B. was a fundamental perversion of Christianity
C. was a fundamental necessity of the republic
D. was a fundamental perversion of moral human society

5. How many Frenchmen were executed or killed during the Terror?

A. 40,000
B. 20,000
C. 10,000
D. 50,000

6. All of the following were leaders of the Committee of Public Safety except…

A. Marat
B. Danton
C. Girondin
D. Robespierre
7. The tribunals of the Committee of Public Safety sought to execute…

A. enemies of the monarchy

B. enemies of the Republic
C. friends of the Republic
D. friends of the monarchy

8. Danton was executed in…

A. March, 1794
B. April, 1794
C. May, 1794
D. June, 1794

9. The Law of 22 Prairal allowed…

A. Tribunals to appoint lawyers and judges

B. Tribunals to declare enemies of the Republic outlaws
C. Tribunals to convict enemies without hearing any evidence
D. Tribunals to convict and execute supporters of the monarchy

10. All of the following were characteristics of the new revolutionary calendar except…

A. Each week was five days long

B. the year started with the first day of the revolution
C. each month was 30 days long
D. the Roman names for months were replaced with seasonal names

11. The Committee of Public Safety was replaced by…

A. religion of faith
B. religion of pagans
C. religion of reason
D. religion of Terror

12. The end of the Terror replaced the radical revolution with the…

A. Thermometer Reaction
B. Theological Reaction
C. Napoleon
D. Thermidorean Reaction