Practice Test 2
  • 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) The Loire Valley
C) Mostly French-speaking regions
D) Regions on the periphery
  • 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 ordered members of the clergy in France to take the oath
C) He approved of it
D) He did not give his opinion
  • 4. What was meant by the term "bourgeoisie"?
A) The poor
B) A member of the nobility
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) The clergy
B) Peasants in Paris
C) General Lafayette and the army
D) The bourgeoisie
  • 6. Which of the following movements influenced the French Revolution? a.
    The Second Great Awakening
A) The Catholic Reformation
B) The Second Great Awakening
C) The Enlightenment
D) The Glorious Revolution
  • 7. How did the Enlightenment impact religion in France?
A) The French people broke away from Catholicism and joined the Anglican Church
B) People became more religious
C) People began to question religious teachings
D) France created its own religion
  • 8. Which of the following authors developed the idea of the "social contract"?
A) John Locke
B) Baron de Montesquieu
C) Edmund Burke
D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • 9. Which of the following authors wrote, “Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains”?
A) Baron de Montesquieu
B) Edmund Burke
C) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
D) John Locke
  • 10. What were the colors of the French revolution?
A) Blue, white, and red
B) Red and white
C) Red and blue
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) White
B) Blue
C) Red
D) Both a & b
  • 13. Revolutionaries began wearing what symbol to show their support?
A) berets
B) green pins
C) culottes
D) the tricolour cockade
  • 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 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) Austria
B) Germany
C) Great Britian
D) Prussia
  • 16. Jacques-Louis David became famous for a style of art known as
A) Neoclassicism
B) Romanticism
C) Rococo
D) Impressionism
  • 17. The artist who became famous for capturing everyday French middle class life was
A) Claude Monet
B) Eugene Delacroix
C) Jacques-Louis David
D) Louis-Leopold
  • 18. Marie Antoinette was not popular with the people because
A) She exercised power over the king
B) She spent extravagantly
C) All of the above
D) She excluded many of the old noble families from court
  • 19. The physiocrats were
A) Economic reformers who advocated a single tax on soil
B) A group of Protestant priests
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) Publishing a report on the French government’s finances
B) Fighting with the Americans
C) Being exiled to Switzerland
D) Abolishing the parlements
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