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1. Writing Sample: "What is the Third Estate?"
This writing sample explains that the lower classes (the third estate) should take up their rightful place at the helm of the nation, rather than as the repressed poor under the clergy and the nobility (first and second estates). It's revolutionary thinking at its best!
Who is this applicant?
2. Writing Sample: An issue of "L'Ami du Peuple" ("Friend of the People").
This incendiary newspaper calls for the heads of enemies of the revolution, and dares to name names! It's harsh and gripping material made for revolutionary times like these roaring 1790s! Revolutionary credentials are convincing!
Who is the applicant?
3. Writing Sample: "Le Vieux Cordelier" (or "The Old Cordelier")
This eloquent, beautiful piece calls for a return to the old ideals of the Revolution, which the author perceived to be lost amid the harsh brutality of the later revolutionary era. Calmer than what I've looked at, but soaring and idealistic - this applicant makes a good case!
Who is the applicant?
4. Writing Sample: an issue of "Le Père Duchesne" ("Father Duchesne").
This gruff, evocative, and often vulgar piece called for a lower class uprising that would destroy, not just change, the old order. It's rough, tough, and no-holds-barred! Not the smoothest of applicants, but he certainly has a way about him.
Who is this applicant?
5. Former Position Held: First revolutionary Mayor of Paris.
This guy was a heavy hitter in the early days of the Revolution, President of the Third Estate when they swore the Tennis Court Oath, and first Mayor of Paris under the post-Bastille government! Very impressive!
Who is this applicant?
6. Painting Sample: "Death of Marat".
This job applicant shows us how he deftly uses the neoclassical style to further a political cause that he believes in. The painting depicts the murder of Jean-Paul Marat in his bathtub.
Who is the applicant and painter of this piece?
7. Positions Held: President of the National Convention, Deputy of the Committee of Public Safety.
This man dominated the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror, declaring that all enemies of the Revolution must be killed to allow the young Republic to live. He also established an official religion to replace Christianity - the Cult of the Supreme Being.
Who is this very ambitious job applicant?
8. Job History: Drafted the Constitution of 1793.
Went to the front and helped secure the borders.
As a member of the Committee of Public Safety, delivered the reports on "criminals against the Revolution" who were to be sent to the guillotine, earning him the nickname "The Angel of Death".
Who is this mouthpiece of the Revolution and confidant of Maximilien Robespierre (who, naturally, serves as a reference on this job application)?
9. Former Position Held: He was a rare member of the nobility who was elected to represent the Third Estate at the Estates-General.
Writing sample: A piece in which he calls upon the king to declare a new relationship between king and country, where a parliamentary Constitutional monarchy would supplant the absolutist government in place.
Who is this even-handed, larger-than-life nobleman who tried through classical political channels to move the country in a constitutional-monarchy direction at the start of the Revolution?
10. Former Position Held: One of the nine original members of the Committee of Public Safety.
Actions: One of the creators of the Revolutionary Tribunal.
Leader of the "Indulgent" party which held that the government should use Terror sparingly, negotiate with foreign powers, and be lenient to the radicals in the streets.
This man is larger than life, with a booming presence in his job interview. Definitely a man to rally the troops, as it were. Can you name him?
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