Question 1

King Louis XVIII was coronated at Rheims in 1831.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

In her quest for political reforms, Olympia de Gouges called for all of the following except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a voluntary tax to be paid by all 
B)  a state system of social security and state employment 
C)  a system of public education for boys and girls 
D)  local community ownership of farmlands for peasants 
E)  equal social and political rights for women compared to men 
A)  a voluntary tax to be paid by all 
B)  a state system of social security and state employment 
C)  a system of public education for boys and girls 
D)  local community ownership of farmlands for peasants 
E)  equal social and political rights for women compared to men C

Question 3

After the October Days, what term best describes the government of France?

Accepted Answer

A)  Republic 
B)  Constitutional monarchy 
C)  Absolutist monarchy 
D)  Democracy 
E)  Plutocracy 
A)  Republic 
B)  Constitutional monarchy 
C)  Absolutist monarchy 
D)  Democracy 
E)  Plutocracy B

Question 4

Napoleon's first military victory as Army commander was in ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sicily 
B)  northern Italy 
C)  southern Italy 
D)  Austria 
E)  Corsica 
A)  Sicily 
B)  northern Italy 
C)  southern Italy 
D)  Austria 
E)  Corsica

Question 5

The most symbolic effort of the new republic to break with the taint of the past was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of the metric system 
B)  the revision of the calendar 
C)  the conversion of Notre Dame to an academic institution 
D)  the destruction of Versailles 
E)  None of these. 
A)  the use of the metric system 
B)  the revision of the calendar 
C)  the conversion of Notre Dame to an academic institution 
D)  the destruction of Versailles 
E)  None of these.

Question 6

The Vendée was a bastion of support for the Revolutionary government outside of Paris.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Roughly how many people were killed in the Great Terror?

Accepted Answer

A)  1300 
B)  2300 
C)  13,000 
D)  25,000 
E)  40,000 
A)  1300 
B)  2300 
C)  13,000 
D)  25,000 
E)  40,000

Question 8

What distinguished Robespierre and his group from those who led uprisings in the countryside?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Students should be ab

Question 9

What set the stage for the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. A stagnant economy in

Question 10

The events of the October Days were characterized by ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Louis's return to Paris to stand trial 
B)  the armed seizure of power by the National Assembly 
C)  the takeover of the National Assembly by the Jacobin faction 
D)  Louis's resignation as king 
E)  the shift of power from Versailles to Paris 
A)  Louis's return to Paris to stand trial 
B)  the armed seizure of power by the National Assembly 
C)  the takeover of the National Assembly by the Jacobin faction 
D)  Louis's resignation as king 
E)  the shift of power from Versailles to Paris

Question 11

What was the the French National Assembly's response to slavery?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. With the debates rais

Question 12

Standardization of the government in France is best exemplified by the creation of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Metric measurements 
B)  Cahiers 
C)  Deputies of the Assembly 
D)  Departments 
E)  Entrance testing for positions in the government by merit rather than rank 
A)  Metric measurements 
B)  Cahiers 
C)  Deputies of the Assembly 
D)  Departments 
E)  Entrance testing for positions in the government by merit rather than rank

Question 13

Reforms to the church were made by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. What was the group of people called who refused to abide by this constitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Separatists 
B)  Traitors 
C)  Nonjurors 
D)  The first estate 
E)  Jansenists 
A)  Separatists 
B)  Traitors 
C)  Nonjurors 
D)  The first estate 
E)  Jansenists

Question 14

How did the National Assembly's issuance of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen evolve? Why was this document originally perceived as insufficient?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. After finding themsel

Question 15

The major problem seen with Louis XVI's calling of the Estates General was that ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  it gave equal numbers of representatives to the clergy and nobility as to the Third Estate 
B)  all three estates would present one unified vote, one vote per estate 
C)  there were insufficient measures of support for the poor presented in the meeting 
D)  the king did not have to listen to the Estates General because it was not covered in the constitution 
E)  the Third Estate was not well enough informed about the workings of the government to present a united platform 
A)  it gave equal numbers of representatives to the clergy and nobility as to the Third Estate 
B)  all three estates would present one unified vote, one vote per estate 
C)  there were insufficient measures of support for the poor presented in the meeting 
D)  the king did not have to listen to the Estates General because it was not covered in the constitution 
E)  the Third Estate was not well enough informed about the workings of the government to present a united platform

Question 16

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Marie Antoinette

Accepted Answer

Austrian Habsburg princess mar

Question 17

All of the following were demands of the sans-culottes except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  universal suffrage 
B)  state-sponsored welfare 
C)  universal public education 
D)  government price controls 
E)  government regulation of private property rights 
A)  universal suffrage 
B)  state-sponsored welfare 
C)  universal public education 
D)  government price controls 
E)  government regulation of private property rights

Question 18

What did Napoleon do with the paintings and statues he encountered on his conquests?

Accepted Answer

A)  He destroyed them. 
B)  He located the artists and gave them rewards for their skills. 
C)  He looted them and sent them to the Louvre. 
D)  He put them in local museums established by him. 
E)  All of these. 
A)  He destroyed them. 
B)  He located the artists and gave them rewards for their skills. 
C)  He looted them and sent them to the Louvre. 
D)  He put them in local museums established by him. 
E)  All of these.

Question 19

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Joseph Emmanuel Sieyès

Accepted Answer

Catholic priest who

Question 20

Waterloo, the site of Napoleon's ultimate defeat, is in present-day ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  England 
B)  France 
C)  Belgium 
D)  Austria 
E)  Russia 
A)  England 
B)  France 
C)  Belgium 
D)  Austria 
E)  Russia

Exam 19: Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

King Louis XVIII was coronated at Rheims in 1831.

In her quest for political reforms, Olympia de Gouges called for all of the following except ______________.

After the October Days, what term best describes the government of France?

Napoleon's first military victory as Army commander was in ______________.

The most symbolic effort of the new republic to break with the taint of the past was ______________.

The Vendée was a bastion of support for the Revolutionary government outside of Paris.

Roughly how many people were killed in the Great Terror?

What distinguished Robespierre and his group from those who led uprisings in the countryside?

What set the stage for the French Revolution?

The events of the October Days were characterized by ______________.

What was the the French National Assembly's response to slavery?

Standardization of the government in France is best exemplified by the creation of which of the following?

Reforms to the church were made by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. What was the group of people called who refused to abide by this constitution?

How did the National Assembly's issuance of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen evolve? Why was this document originally perceived as insufficient?

The major problem seen with Louis XVI's calling of the Estates General was that ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Marie Antoinette

All of the following were demands of the sans-culottes except ______________.

What did Napoleon do with the paintings and statues he encountered on his conquests?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Joseph Emmanuel Sieyès

Waterloo, the site of Napoleon's ultimate defeat, is in present-day ______________.

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Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

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The Kingdoms of Western Europe

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Europes Age of Expansion

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

State Building and the European State System

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Trade and Empire

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

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War and Revolution

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Democracy Under Siege

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

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