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) Paris and the surrounding area
B) Mostly French-speaking regions
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 ordered members of the clergy in France to take the oath
C) He did not give his opinion
D) He approved of it
  • 4. What was meant by the term "bourgeoisie"?
A) The head of a guild
B) A wealthy, non-noble resident of a city
C) The poor
D) A member of the nobility
  • 5. Which of the following groups was most responsible for starting the French Revolution?
A) General Lafayette and the army
B) The bourgeoisie
C) Peasants in Paris
D) The clergy
  • 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 became more religious
B) People began to question religious teachings
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) 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) Edmund Burke
D) Baron de Montesquieu
  • 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) Red
B) Blue
C) Both a & b
D) White
  • 12. Which color(s) represented the “nation” of France?
A) Both a & b
B) Red
C) Blue
D) White
  • 13. Revolutionaries began wearing what symbol to show their support?
A) berets
B) culottes
C) the tricolour cockade
D) green pins
  • 14. How were newspapers different in the 18th century from today?
A) Newspapers had no advertisements in the 18th century
B) More people could read in the 18th century than today
C) Newspapers did not try to be objective in the 18th century
D) Newspapers were free in the 18th century
  • 15. Marie Antoinette was from which European country?
A) Austria
B) Germany
C) Prussia
D) Great Britian
  • 16. Jacques-Louis David became famous for a style of art known as
A) Impressionism
B) Rococo
C) Neoclassicism
D) Romanticism
  • 17. The artist who became famous for capturing everyday French middle class life was
A) Eugene Delacroix
B) Louis-Leopold
C) Claude Monet
D) Jacques-Louis David
  • 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 nobles who advocated ending the monarchy
C) A group of Protestant priests
D) Economic reformers who advocated a single tax on soil
  • 20. Jacques Necker became famous throughout France for what?
A) Abolishing the parlements
B) Being exiled to Switzerland
C) Publishing a report on the French government’s finances
D) Fighting with the Americans
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