The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 16: Overturning the Political and Social Order

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
When Louis XVI asked the Assembly of Notables to agree to financial reforms in 1787, these nobles and officials demanded the convocation of the
A)Continental Congress.
B)Estates General.
C)Parlement.
D)House of Commons.
2
Commoners-the bourgeoisie, professionals, peasants, and urban populace-made up which estate in France?
A)first
B)second
C)third
D)fourth
3
French royal authority began to collapse when the storming of which of the following first triggered uprisings throughout France?
A)first estate
B)Bastille
C)Versailles
D)Tuileries Palace
4
The French National Assembly, influenced by Enlightenment ideals, proclaimed the
A)Declaration of Independence.
B)Declaration of the Rights of Women.
C)Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.
D)Social Contract.
5
After Louis XVI and his family were brought from Versailles to Paris in 1789, the French central government was transformed into a
A)democracy.
B)constitutional monarchy.
C)monarchy.
D)republic.
6
Many members of the clergy of France, as well as believers, curtailed their support of the new government after it seized church property and issued the
A)Concordat.
B)dreaded tax reforms.
C)Declaration of the Rights of Women.
D)Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
7
Leadership of the politically active sans-culottes was provided by the radical bourgeoisie members of the
A)National Assembly.
B)Jacobin Club.
C)Girondins.
D)first estate.
8
The Jacobins were known as the Mountain in the National Convention because
A)they were the more conservative faction.
B)they were the most radical group in the government.
C)they sat in the highest seats in the hall.
D)they were primarily from the region of Bordeaux.
9
The levée en masse resulted in an increase in both the numbers of and national patriotism within the French
A)army.
B)universities.
C)Parliament.
D)police.
10
The Cult of Reason created by radical revolutionaries was intended to replace popular belief in
A)Enlightenment ideals.
B)a heliocentric universe.
C)pagan gods.
D)Christianity.
11
The date of the declaration of the Republic was re-named the first day of
A)anno domini.
B)the Year I.
C)September 1792.
D)Brumaire.
12
The most significant armed revolt to take place in France against the Republic began in 1793 in what region?
A)Lyons
B)Marseilles
C)Vendée
D)Bordeaux
13
During the period of the Thermidorian reaction and the bourgeois "White" Terror, a new conservative constitution placed executive power in the hands of the
A)Republic.
B)Directory.
C)National Convention.
D)emperor.
14
Napoleon's expedition to Egypt came to an end at the Battle of the Nile when
A)French forces had fulfilled their mission of scientific exploration.
B)the French fleet was destroyed by the British Admiral Nelson.
C)Napoleon and his troops were called back to Paris.
D)Napoleon signed the Treaty of Campo Formio.
15
The Concordat that Napoleon signed with the pope in 1801 declared that
A)Jews would also have freedom of worship.
B)the confiscated land of the Catholic Church would be returned.
C)Catholicism was the religion of the majority of French people.
D)civil marriage would be recognized by the Catholic Church.
16
In 1804, Napoleon satisfied his personal ambition and need for political legitimacy by
A)leading a coup d'état against the Republic.
B)embarking on a revolutionary crusade in Europe.
C)funding a major scientific expedition.
D)making France an empire and himself emperor.
17
Napoleon's conquest of Europe was limited to the continent when British Admiral Nelson's fleet defeated the French and Spanish at the
A)Battle of Austerlitz.
B)Battle of Trafalgar.
C)Battle of Friedland.
D)Battle of the Nile.
18
French military strength was sapped by the need to continually put down uprisings and resistance in
A)Spain.
B)England.
C)Portugal.
D)Italy.
19
After being severely weakened by his invasion of Russia, Napoleon was defeated by combined European forces in 1813 at
A)Borodino.
B)Leipzig.
C)Elba.
D)Paris.
20
After his final defeat by British and Prussian forces in June 1815, Napoleon was imprisoned on the island of
A)Waterloo.
B)Corsica.
C)St. Helena.
D)Newfoundland.
21
In the years immediately before the French Revolution, well-publicized revolts elsewhere in the Western world helped to convince French elites that they too could challenge the power of the state. Revolts took place in each of the following areas EXCEPT
A)Russian Poland.
B)British North America.
C)the Austrian Netherlands.
D)Latin America.
22
Which of the following is true about the third estate deputies who were elected into the Estates General in 1789?
A)They represented half of the French population.
B)They included both the middle class and the peasantry.
C)They sought to create a constitutional government.
D)They initially sat together with the other two estates and voted by head.
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