Louis XIV adult rule begins
  • 1. When did Louis XIV's adult rule officially begin?
A) 1700
B) 1685
C) 1661
D) 1643
  • 2. What age was Louis XIV when he assumed full control of government?
A) 40
B) 30
C) 23
D) 18
  • 3. Louis XIV is associated with which French royal palace?
A) Louvre
B) Chateau de Chambord
C) Fontainebleau
D) Versailles
  • 4. Which minister served as Louis XIV's chief advisor at the beginning of his reign?
A) Cardinal Mazarin
B) Marquis de Louvois
C) Cardinal Richelieu
D) Jean-Baptiste Colbert
  • 5. What was the title of Louis XIV?
A) Star Emperor
B) Moon Emperor
C) Galaxy Monarch
D) Sun King
  • 6. Louis XIV's reign is often referred to as the _______________ century.
A) Dark
B) Revolutionary
C) Grand
D) Enlightened
  • 7. During Louis XIV's rule, which country was France constantly at war with?
A) Netherlands
B) Spain
C) Austria
D) England
  • 8. What was the name of Louis XIV's queen consort?
A) Maria Theresa
B) Marie de' Medici
C) Anne of Austria
D) Marie Antoinette
  • 9. Which of the following cultural figures was associated with Louis XIV's court?
A) Ludwig van Beethoven
B) Johann Sebastian Bach
C) William Shakespeare
D) Molière
  • 10. Louis XIV revoked which decree that had granted religious freedom?
A) Edict of Potsdam
B) Edict of Milan
C) Edict of Worms
D) Edict of Nantes
  • 11. What was the name of the conflict that marked the end of Louis XIV's territorial expansion?
A) Thirty Years' War
B) War of the Spanish Succession
C) Seven Years' War
D) War of the Roses
  • 12. Louis XIV's reign was known for promoting which political ideology?
A) Libertarianism
B) Republicanism
C) Absolutism
D) Anarchism
  • 13. Which king was known for signing the Treaty of Dover with Louis XIV?
A) William III of England
B) Philip IV of Spain
C) Louis XIII of France
D) Charles II of England
  • 14. Who succeeded Louis XIV as King of France?
A) Louis XVI
B) Louis XV
C) Louis XIII
D) Louis XVII
  • 15. Who was the French finance minister during the early part of Louis XIV's adult rule?
A) Turgot
B) Necker
C) Jean-Baptiste Colbert
D) Fouquet
  • 16. What was the name of the court composer under Louis XIV?
A) Jean-Baptiste Lully
B) Johann Sebastian Bach
C) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
D) Claudio Monteverdi
  • 17. Which courtier and mistress of Louis XIV held significant influence over him?
A) Madame du Barry
B) Madame de Maintenon
C) Madame de Pompadour
D) Madame de Montespan
  • 18. What term did Louis XIV use to describe his role and power as a monarch?
A) Liberté, égalité, fraternité
B) Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant
C) Cogito, ergo sum
D) L'État, c'est moi
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