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