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) Renounce the pope
C) Swear an oath to the Constitution and new French government
D) Swear loyalty to the king
  • 2. Which regions were least likely to support the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
A) Mostly French-speaking regions
B) The Loire Valley
C) Regions on the periphery
D) Paris and the surrounding area
  • 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) 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) The bourgeoisie
B) General Lafayette and the army
C) Peasants in Paris
D) The clergy
  • 6. Which of the following movements influenced the French Revolution? a.
    The Second Great Awakening
A) The Second Great Awakening
B) The Glorious Revolution
C) The Enlightenment
D) The Catholic Reformation
  • 7. How did the Enlightenment impact religion in France?
A) The French people broke away from Catholicism and joined the Anglican Church
B) People began to question religious teachings
C) France created its own religion
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) Baron de Montesquieu
B) Edmund Burke
C) John Locke
D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • 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) Red
B) Both a & b
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) the tricolour cockade
B) culottes
C) green pins
D) berets
  • 14. How were newspapers different in the 18th century from today?
A) Newspapers had no advertisements in the 18th century
B) Newspapers were free in the 18th century
C) More people could read in the 18th century than today
D) Newspapers did not try to be objective in the 18th century
  • 15. Marie Antoinette was from which European country?
A) Germany
B) Great Britian
C) Prussia
D) Austria
  • 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) Jacques-Louis David
B) Claude Monet
C) Eugene Delacroix
D) Louis-Leopold
  • 18. Marie Antoinette was not popular with the people because
A) She excluded many of the old noble families from court
B) All of the above
C) She spent extravagantly
D) She exercised power over the king
  • 19. The physiocrats were
A) A group of Protestant priests
B) A group of nobles who advocated ending the monarchy
C) Economic reformers who advocated a single tax on soil
D) French people who moved to Austria
  • 20. Jacques Necker became famous throughout France for what?
A) Being exiled to Switzerland
B) Publishing a report on the French government’s finances
C) Fighting with the Americans
D) Abolishing the parlements
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