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