Practice Test 2
  • 1. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy stated that priests had to do what in order to be paid?
A) Renounce the pope
B) Swear an oath to the Constitution and new French government
C) Give up representation in the National Assembly
D) Swear loyalty to the king
  • 2. Which regions were least likely to support the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
A) The Loire Valley
B) Paris and the surrounding area
C) Regions on the periphery
D) Mostly French-speaking regions
  • 3. How did Pope Pius VI react to the Civil Constitution?
A) He ordered members of the clergy in France to take the oath
B) He approved of it
C) He did not give his opinion
D) He ordered members of the clergy in France not to take the oath
  • 4. What was meant by the term "bourgeoisie"?
A) A member of the nobility
B) The head of a guild
C) The poor
D) A wealthy, non-noble resident of a city
  • 5. Which of the following groups was most responsible for starting the French Revolution?
A) Peasants in Paris
B) General Lafayette and the army
C) The clergy
D) The bourgeoisie
  • 6. Which of the following movements influenced the French Revolution? a.
    The Second Great Awakening
A) The Catholic Reformation
B) The Second Great Awakening
C) The Glorious Revolution
D) The Enlightenment
  • 7. How did the Enlightenment impact religion in France?
A) People began to question religious teachings
B) People became more religious
C) The French people broke away from Catholicism and joined the Anglican Church
D) France created its own religion
  • 8. Which of the following authors developed the idea of the "social contract"?
A) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
B) John Locke
C) Baron de Montesquieu
D) Edmund Burke
  • 9. Which of the following authors wrote, “Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains”?
A) Edmund Burke
B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
C) John Locke
D) Baron de Montesquieu
  • 10. What were the colors of the French revolution?
A) Blue and white
B) Red and white
C) Red and blue
D) Blue, white, and red
  • 11. Which color(s) represented France, specifically Paris?
A) Both a & b
B) White
C) Blue
D) Red
  • 12. Which color(s) represented the “nation” of France?
A) Red
B) Both a & b
C) Blue
D) White
  • 13. Revolutionaries began wearing what symbol to show their support?
A) the tricolour cockade
B) culottes
C) green pins
D) berets
  • 14. How were newspapers different in the 18th century from today?
A) More people could read in the 18th century than today
B) Newspapers did not try to be objective in the 18th century
C) Newspapers were free in the 18th century
D) Newspapers had no advertisements in the 18th century
  • 15. Marie Antoinette was from which European country?
A) Austria
B) Germany
C) Great Britian
D) Prussia
  • 16. Jacques-Louis David became famous for a style of art known as
A) Neoclassicism
B) Impressionism
C) Romanticism
D) Rococo
  • 17. The artist who became famous for capturing everyday French middle class life was
A) Eugene Delacroix
B) Jacques-Louis David
C) Claude Monet
D) Louis-Leopold
  • 18. Marie Antoinette was not popular with the people because
A) She exercised power over the king
B) She spent extravagantly
C) She excluded many of the old noble families from court
D) All of the above
  • 19. The physiocrats were
A) Economic reformers who advocated a single tax on soil
B) French people who moved to Austria
C) A group of Protestant priests
D) A group of nobles who advocated ending the monarchy
  • 20. Jacques Necker became famous throughout France for what?
A) Publishing a report on the French government’s finances
B) Fighting with the Americans
C) Abolishing the parlements
D) Being exiled to Switzerland
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