Practice Test 2
  • 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) Swear an oath to the Constitution and new French government
C) Renounce the pope
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) Paris and the surrounding area
C) Mostly French-speaking regions
D) Regions on the periphery
  • 3. How did Pope Pius VI react to the Civil Constitution?
A) He approved of it
B) He ordered members of the clergy in France not to take the oath
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) The poor
B) A wealthy, non-noble resident of a city
C) A member of the nobility
D) The head of a guild
  • 5. Which of the following groups was most responsible for starting the French Revolution?
A) General Lafayette and the army
B) The clergy
C) Peasants in Paris
D) The bourgeoisie
  • 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) People became more religious
B) People began to question religious teachings
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) Baron de Montesquieu
B) John Locke
C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
D) Edmund Burke
  • 9. Which of the following authors wrote, “Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains”?
A) Edmund Burke
B) John Locke
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) Red and blue
D) Blue and white
  • 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) Both a & b
B) White
C) Red
D) Blue
  • 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) More people could read in the 18th century than today
B) Newspapers had no advertisements in the 18th century
C) Newspapers were free 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) Austria
B) Germany
C) Great Britian
D) Prussia
  • 16. Jacques-Louis David became famous for a style of art known as
A) Rococo
B) Neoclassicism
C) Impressionism
D) Romanticism
  • 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 spent extravagantly
B) She exercised power over the king
C) All of the above
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) Being exiled to Switzerland
C) Publishing a report on the French government’s finances
D) Fighting with the Americans
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