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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) 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) The Loire Valley
B) Regions on the periphery
C) Mostly French-speaking regions
D) Paris and the surrounding area
  • 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 approved of it
C) He ordered members of the clergy in France to take the oath
D) He did not give his opinion
  • 4. What was meant by the term "bourgeoisie"?
A) A wealthy, non-noble resident of a city
B) The poor
C) The head of a guild
D) A member of the nobility
  • 5. Which of the following groups was most responsible for starting the French Revolution?
A) The clergy
B) General Lafayette and the army
C) The bourgeoisie
D) Peasants in Paris
  • 6. Which of the following movements influenced the French Revolution? a.
    The Second Great Awakening
A) The Catholic Reformation
B) The Enlightenment
C) The Second Great Awakening
D) The Glorious Revolution
  • 7. How did the Enlightenment impact religion in France?
A) France created its own religion
B) People became more religious
C) People began to question religious teachings
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) 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) Baron de Montesquieu
C) Edmund Burke
D) John Locke
  • 10. What were the colors of the French revolution?
A) Red and white
B) Blue and white
C) Red and blue
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) Blue
B) Both a & b
C) Red
D) White
  • 13. Revolutionaries began wearing what symbol to show their support?
A) the tricolour cockade
B) green pins
C) berets
D) culottes
  • 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) Prussia
B) Great Britian
C) Germany
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) Louis-Leopold
B) Eugene Delacroix
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) All of the above
C) She excluded many of the old noble families from court
D) She spent extravagantly
  • 19. The physiocrats were
A) Economic reformers who advocated a single tax on soil
B) French people who moved to Austria
C) A group of Protestant priests
D) A group of nobles who advocated ending the monarchy
  • 20. Jacques Necker became famous throughout France for what?
A) Fighting with the Americans
B) Abolishing the parlements
C) Publishing a report on the French government’s finances
D) Being exiled to Switzerland
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