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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 loyalty to the king
B) Renounce the pope
C) Give up representation in the National Assembly
D) Swear an oath to the Constitution and new French government
  • 2. Which regions were least likely to support the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
A) Paris and the surrounding area
B) The Loire Valley
C) Regions on the periphery
D) Mostly French-speaking regions
  • 3. How did Pope Pius VI react to the Civil Constitution?
A) He approved of it
B) He did not give his opinion
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) A member of the nobility
B) The poor
C) The head of a guild
D) A wealthy, non-noble resident of a city
  • 5. Which of the following groups was most responsible for starting the French Revolution?
A) General Lafayette and the army
B) The clergy
C) The bourgeoisie
D) Peasants in Paris
  • 6. Which of the following movements influenced the French Revolution? a.
    The Second Great Awakening
A) The Glorious Revolution
B) The Enlightenment
C) The Catholic Reformation
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) 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) Baron de Montesquieu
B) Edmund Burke
C) John Locke
D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • 9. Which of the following authors wrote, “Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains”?
A) John Locke
B) Edmund Burke
C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
D) Baron de Montesquieu
  • 10. What were the colors of the French revolution?
A) Red and white
B) Blue, white, and red
C) Blue and white
D) Red and blue
  • 11. Which color(s) represented France, specifically Paris?
A) Red
B) White
C) Blue
D) Both a & b
  • 12. Which color(s) represented the “nation” of France?
A) White
B) Blue
C) Red
D) Both a & b
  • 13. Revolutionaries began wearing what symbol to show their support?
A) green pins
B) culottes
C) berets
D) the tricolour cockade
  • 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) Austria
C) Germany
D) Great Britian
  • 16. Jacques-Louis David became famous for a style of art known as
A) Impressionism
B) Romanticism
C) Rococo
D) Neoclassicism
  • 17. The artist who became famous for capturing everyday French middle class life was
A) Eugene Delacroix
B) Jacques-Louis David
C) Claude Monet
D) Louis-Leopold
  • 18. Marie Antoinette was not popular with the people because
A) All of the above
B) She excluded many of the old noble families from court
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) French people who moved to Austria
D) Economic reformers who advocated a single tax on soil
  • 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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