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