Which of the following statements about the French Revolution is FALSE?
a. It degenerated into a Reign of Terror followed by a military dictatorship.
b. It resulted largely from social inequality and economic turmoil.
c. It served as a model for the American Revolution that shortly followed.
d. It witnessed the mobilization of women in pursuit of greater sexual equality.
Question 2
The philosophic optimism of Enlightenment figures was satirized in Candide and other writings by
a. Diderot.
b. Voltaire.
c. Descartes.
d. Jefferson.