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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) Give up representation in the National Assembly
C) Swear loyalty to the king
D) Renounce the pope
  • 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 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 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 Catholic Reformation
D) The Enlightenment
  • 7. How did the Enlightenment impact religion in France?
A) People began to question religious teachings
B) People became more religious
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) John Locke
B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
C) Edmund Burke
D) Baron de Montesquieu
  • 9. Which of the following authors wrote, “Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains”?
A) Edmund Burke
B) Baron de Montesquieu
C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
D) John Locke
  • 10. What were the colors of the French revolution?
A) Red and blue
B) Blue, white, and red
C) Red and white
D) Blue and white
  • 11. Which color(s) represented France, specifically Paris?
A) White
B) Red
C) Both a & b
D) Blue
  • 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) the tricolour cockade
B) berets
C) green pins
D) culottes
  • 14. How were newspapers different in the 18th century from today?
A) Newspapers did not try to be objective 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 had no advertisements in the 18th century
  • 15. Marie Antoinette was from which European country?
A) Prussia
B) Germany
C) Austria
D) Great Britian
  • 16. Jacques-Louis David became famous for a style of art known as
A) Rococo
B) Romanticism
C) Impressionism
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) All of the above
B) She spent extravagantly
C) She exercised power over the king
D) She excluded many of the old noble families from court
  • 19. The physiocrats were
A) A group of Protestant priests
B) Economic reformers who advocated a single tax on soil
C) A group of nobles who advocated ending the monarchy
D) French people who moved to Austria
  • 20. Jacques Necker became famous throughout France for what?
A) Abolishing the parlements
B) Publishing a report on the French government’s finances
C) Being exiled to Switzerland
D) Fighting with the Americans
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