Practice Test 2
  • 1. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy stated that priests had to do what in order to be paid?
A) Renounce the pope
B) Swear an oath to the Constitution and new French government
C) Give up representation in the National Assembly
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) Paris and the surrounding area
C) Regions on the periphery
D) The Loire Valley
  • 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) 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 clergy
C) General Lafayette and the army
D) The bourgeoisie
  • 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 Glorious Revolution
D) The Enlightenment
  • 7. How did the Enlightenment impact religion in France?
A) People began to question religious teachings
B) France created its own religion
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) Edmund Burke
B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
C) John Locke
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) Blue, white, and red
B) Red and white
C) Red and blue
D) Blue and white
  • 11. Which color(s) represented France, specifically Paris?
A) White
B) Blue
C) Both a & b
D) Red
  • 12. Which color(s) represented the “nation” of France?
A) White
B) Both a & b
C) Red
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 were free in the 18th century
B) Newspapers did not try to be objective in the 18th century
C) More people could read in the 18th century than today
D) Newspapers had no advertisements in the 18th century
  • 15. Marie Antoinette was from which European country?
A) Austria
B) Germany
C) Great Britian
D) Prussia
  • 16. Jacques-Louis David became famous for a style of art known as
A) Romanticism
B) Impressionism
C) Rococo
D) Neoclassicism
  • 17. The artist who became famous for capturing everyday French middle class life was
A) Jacques-Louis David
B) Eugene Delacroix
C) Claude Monet
D) Louis-Leopold
  • 18. Marie Antoinette was not popular with the people because
A) She spent extravagantly
B) All of the above
C) She exercised power over the king
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) 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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