History
French Society During the Late Eighteenth Century
Practice questions
Which analysis is correct regarding women's labour?Which combination best represents the economic burden of the Third Estate?For which group was the imbalance between bread price and wages most dangerous?Which statement correctly differentiates tithe and taille?Why did savings of poor families decline in France?Which social condition created thoughtful leadership within the Third Estate?The suffering of the Third Estate was not only economic because it was also linked with what?Under which condition does the real wage of workers fall?Which class strengthened the demand for a merit-based society through education and property?What common problem did peasants and urban workers of the Third Estate share?Why did the continuation of noble privileges anger the middle class?Which statement shows the relation between economic crisis and social structure in eighteenth-century France?Which indicator is most useful to understand the dissatisfaction of poor people in France?How were the grievances of peasants and middle class linked despite being different?What was the combined effect of tax exemptions and food inflation in French society?Why would it be wrong to treat subsistence crisis only as a natural disaster?The educated section of the Third Estate leaned more toward which idea?What type of system made relief difficult for the poor during crisis?If bread price rises and wages remain fixed what will happen to poor people of the Third Estate?How did inequality in French society prepare the ground for political revolution?