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Practice Test 2
Contributed by: Callahan
  • 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) Mostly French-speaking regions
C) Paris and the surrounding area
D) Regions on the periphery
  • 3. How did Pope Pius VI react to the Civil Constitution?
A) He did not give his opinion
B) He ordered members of the clergy in France to take the oath
C) He approved of it
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) A wealthy, non-noble resident of a city
C) The poor
D) The head of a guild
  • 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 Glorious Revolution
B) The Catholic Reformation
C) The Enlightenment
D) The Second Great Awakening
  • 7. How did the Enlightenment impact religion in France?
A) People began to question religious teachings
B) France created its own religion
C) People became more religious
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) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
B) John Locke
C) Edmund Burke
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 and white
B) Red and blue
C) Red and white
D) Blue, white, and red
  • 11. Which color(s) represented France, specifically Paris?
A) Both a & b
B) White
C) Blue
D) Red
  • 12. Which color(s) represented the “nation” of France?
A) Blue
B) White
C) Both a & b
D) Red
  • 13. Revolutionaries began wearing what symbol to show their support?
A) green pins
B) berets
C) culottes
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) Austria
D) Germany
  • 16. Jacques-Louis David became famous for a style of art known as
A) Rococo
B) Impressionism
C) Romanticism
D) Neoclassicism
  • 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 exercised power over the king
B) She spent extravagantly
C) All of the above
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) French people who moved to Austria
C) Economic reformers who advocated a single tax on soil
D) A group of Protestant priests
  • 20. Jacques Necker became famous throughout France for what?
A) Abolishing the parlements
B) Fighting with the Americans
C) Being exiled to Switzerland
D) Publishing a report on the French government’s finances
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