Question

24 Read the text given below and answer the following questions.

The period from 1793 to 1794 is referred to as the Reign of Terror. Robespierre followed a

policy of severe control and punishment. All those whom he saw as being ‘enemies’ of the

Republic- ex nobles and clergy, members of other political parties, even members of his own

party who did not agree with his methods- were arrested, imprisoned and then tried by a

revolutionary tribunal. If the court found them ‘guilty’, they were guillotined. The Guillotine

is a device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person is beheaded. It was

named after Doctor Guillotine who invented it.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option

24.1. The Reign of Terror was because of _________. 1



A. Robespierre

B. Voltaire

C. Rousseau

D. Socrates

24.2. The enemies were tried by ________. 1

A. revolutionary tribunal

B. executive tribunal

C. forbidden tribunal

D. support tribunal

24.3. What was the punishment given to the guilty? 1

A. They were beheaded

B. They were hanged

C. They were suffocated

D. They were imprisoned

24.4. What is guillotine? 1

A. A device that beheads people

B. A device that hangs people

C. A device that chains people

D. A device that comforts people​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.Robespierre

2.executive tribunal

3.they were beheaded

a device that beheads people

Answer 2

Answer:

24.1 - A. Robespierre

24.2 - A. Revolutionary Tribunal

24.3 - A. They were beheaded

24.4 - A. A device that beheads people