AP European History



French Revolution Exam

_______1. The French Revolution had each of the following effects EXCEPT

A. people of lower birth holding wide influence in political and military affairs.

B. a serious challenge to Catholicism.

C. the effects of the Revolution were contained inside France.

D. conscripted armies defeating professionally trained armies.

_______ 2. The Estates-General was called in order to

A. decide about further support of American revolutionary efforts.

B. decide whether new taxes on the nobility should be instated.

C. divide the nobility into two groups in order to reduce its power.

D. Reduce the power of the monarch.

_______ 3. Most of the members of the National Assembly wished to create

A. a democracy with communal property.

B. a classical democracy.

C. A Republic

D. A Constitutional Monarchy

_______ 4. The famous tennis court oath was taken:

A. by the First Estate in response to the formation of the National Assembly.

B. by the Second Estate in order to quell the rioting in Paris.

C. in order to call for the king's abdication.

D. after the Third Estate left the Estates-General.

_______ 5. The First, Second and Third Estates represented which groups of society respectively?

A. nobility; commoners; clergy

B. clergy, nobility, commoners

C. clergy, commoners, nobility

D. commoners, clergy, nobility

_______ 6. The government of the Directory was primarily supported by:

A. The army

B. sans-culottes groups.

C. Napoleon

D. The Catholic Church

_______ 7. The Great Fear resulted in:

A. a political uprising by sans-culottes which resulted in hundreds of executions.

B. Peasant disturbances that destroyed aristocratic privileges

C. the reactionary policy of the church regarding Deism.

D. an aristocratic reaction to the storming of the Bastille.

_______ 8. The Thermidorian Reaction did NOT include the

A. return of the monarch’s cousin

B. institution of another legislative assembly of two chambers

C. establishment of the Directory

D. executions of the leaders of terror.

_______ 9. The financial problem of the French government in the 18th century lay

A. with the dissension among the nobility

B. with the dominance of the Catholic church over the royal government

C. in the incompetence of the royal government

D. with the king’s inability to tap the wealth of the French nation

_______ 10. The war against Austria in 1792:

A. disrupted the revolution and allowed noble emigres to return to France.

B. radicalized the masses and led to a second revolution.

C. united the aristocracy against the forces of revolution

D. Resulted in British interference in French domestic policies

_______ 11. The British economy survived the "Continental System" of Napoleon because

A. of the resentment against France among the other European powers

B. of British access to markets in the Americas

C. Britain still controlled the seas

D. All of the above

_______ 12. The Russians were able to repel Napoleon’s invasion in 1812 because of:

A. the mild winter

B. the Russian superiority in manpower

C. a scorched earth policy against Napoleon

D. the Russian tactic of engaging in decisive battles with Napoleon

_______ 13. Which of the following was NOT part of the content or impact of the Napoleonic Code?

A. The Roman Catholic Church’s monopoly on religion ended

B. Feudal obligations of the peasants ended

C. Class distinctions were reinforced

D. The liberalizing ideas of the Enlightenment began to reach much of Europe

_______ 14. The danger to the Directory came from these groups EXCEPT:

A. the royalists who hoped to restore the Bourbon monarchy.

B. The sans-culottes who had gained in influence during the French Revolution

C. Napoleon Bonaparte who wanted a republic

D. The free peasantry who were now land owners.

_______ 15. The Napoleonic Code maintained that:

A. salaried officials were to be chosen by favor rather than by merit.

B. Labor unions were to be legalized

C. Women were to be social and political equals to men

D. All privileges based on birth were to be abolished.

_______ 16. The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen proclaimed all EXCEPT:

A. “men are born and remain free and equal in rights”

B. “property being inviolable and sacred right..”

C. “women and men to be social and political equals”

D. “liberty consists in being able to do anything that does not harm another person…”

_______ 17. Name the correct order of governing bodies in chronological order.

A. Estates-General, National Assembly, National Convention

B. Estates-General, National Convention, National Assembly

C. Estates-General, National Convention, Directory

D. Estates-General, Directory, National Convention

_______ 18. Dechristianization resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:

A. Removal of “saint” from street names

B. Limited freedom to worship in churches

C. Renaming of churches to secular names

D. Adoption of a new republican calendar

_______ 19. Napoleon’s Empire and allies included:

A. Britain, Spain, and Prussia

B. Prussia, Spain, and Italy

C. Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, and Spain

D. Sweden, Italy, and Spain

_______ 20. After the defeat of Napoleon, the next ruler was

A. Louis XVIII, cousin of Louis XVI

B. Louis XVII, brother of Louis XVI

C. Louis XVIII, brother of Louis XVI

D. Napoleon II, distant relative of Napoleon

_______ 21. As ruler of France, Louis Napoleon’s authority in the 1850s and the early 1860s most closely resembled that of a(n)

A. Enlightened despot

B. British prime minister

C. American president

D. British monarch

E. Totalitarian dictator

_______ 22. Place the following events of the French Revolution in the correct chronological order:

I. The storming of the Bastille

II. The Tennis Court Oath

III. The first meeting of the Estates-General

IV. The Reign of Terror

V. Execution of Louis XVI

A. I, II, III, IV, and V

B. III, II, I, V, and IV

C. II, III, I, IV, and V

D. III, I, II, IV, and V

E. I, IV, V, II and III

_______ 23. Women were involved in the French Revolution in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

A. Marching on Versailles to accost the king and queen

B. Organizing political clubs advocating political rights for women

C. As sans-culottes

D. Sewing tents and clothes for the war

E. As delegates of the Third Estate in the National Assembly

_______ 24. The chief problem facing the French monarchy before 1789 was

A. Constant, nearly yearly, peasant revolts

B. Near bankruptcy

C. The refuse of the Estates General to pass tax reform

D. Lack of an heir

E. Hostile relations with the church

_______ 25. The Reign of Terror and Napoleon’s regime shared which political practice?

A. Repression of nobles

B. Repression of political dissidents

C. Use of the plebiscite to mask dictatorship

D. Dictatorship by one individual that ended only after foreign intervention

E. Reliance on political support from labor unions

_______ 26. In which state did Jews NOT have some measure of religious toleration?

A. Prussia under Frederick the Great

B. The Austrian Empire under Joseph II

C. England under Cromwell

D. The Ottoman Empire after 1492

E. The Dutch republic in the seventh century

_______ 27. Which philosopher wrote in support of popular sovereignty?

A. Voltaire

B. Montesquieu

C. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

D. David Hume

E. Immanuel Kant

_______ 28. John Locke’s concept of the tabula rasa was taken in the eighteenth century to mean that

A. Knowledge comes from perception

B. Public education ought to be established for all children

C. Enlightened monarchy was the best form of government

D. Rebellion was a natural right

E. Parents could have little influence over their children

_______ 29. Who first formally articulated the value of the empirical method?

A. Galileo Galilei

B. Francis Bacon

C. Johannes Kepler

D. Isaac Newton

E. Margaret Cavendish

_______ 30. Before the scientific revolution, people seeking scientific information generally found it in

A. The Bible

B. Statements issued by the church

C. The writings of Aristotle and Ptolemy

D. The writings of Marsiglio of Padua

E. Chinese text

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