Chapter 21 Practice Quiz
1. The chief problem facing the monarchy before
1789 was
(A) constant, nearly yearly, peasant revolts.
(B) near bankruptcy.
(C) that the Estates General insisted on voting on
taxes.
(D) lack of an heir.
(E) hostile relations with church.
2.
3.
Choose the correct chronological order for the
following events:
I. American Revolution
II. France becomes a republic
III. France becomes a constitutional monarchy
IV. Haitian independence
V. Napoleon becomes first consul
(A) I, III, II, IV, and V
(B) I, III, II, V, and IV
(C) III, I, II, IV, and V
(D) I, II, III, IV and V
(E) I, III, V, II, and IV
When the Third Estates took the Tennis Court Oath,
Louis XVI
(A) remained steadfast in his opposition to their
demands.
(B) gave in immediately to their demands.
(C) disbanded the National Assembly with his
troops.
(D) refused to respond in any way in order not to
dignify them.
(E) relented after the storming of the Bastille.
4.
The constitution of the constitutional monarchy
created in the first French Revolution
(A) allowed for universal suffrage.
(B) allowed for universal male suffrage.
(C) was accepted by the king only with great
reluctance.
(D) led to the attempted coup d’etat by Napoleon.
(E) did very little to limit royal or noble power.
5.
The phase “law is an expression of the general will”
from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the
Citizen shows the influence of
(A) Locke.
(B) Montesquieu.
(C) Descartes.
(D) Rousseau.
(E) Wollstonecraft.
6.
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy and Napoleon’s
concordat with the pope both
(A) placed the clergy under direct supervision of
the papacy.
(B) alienated the mostly religious peasants.
(C) restored expropriated lands to the church.
(D) effectively put the French church under
national authority.
(E) allowed priests to marry.
7.
During the first and second French revolutions, the
economic agendas of different social classes
dominated. Which were those classes in the first
and then the second revolution, respectively?
(A) Nobility, bourgeoisie
(B) Sans Culottes, bourgeoisie
(C) Bourgeoisie, sans culottes
(D) Bourgeoisie, nobility
(E) Nobility, sans culottes
8.
The Reign of Terror and Napoleon’s regime shared
which political practice?
A. Repression of nobles
B. Repression of free political thought
C. Use of the plebiscite
D. Dictatorship by the one individual that only
ended with foreign intervention
E. Government reliance on support from labor
unions
9. Which statement about the war against Austria
during the second revolution and the Reign of Terror
is most accurate?
A. It went badly for France, which survived
militarily only because the Reign of Terror ended
B. The government relied on volunteers to man its
army
C. Many soldiers refused to fight because of their
opposition to the Terror.
D. Robespierre proved to be a surprisingly effective
general.
E. French soldiers fought well and conquered
important territories in France
Chapter 21 Practice Quiz
10. Napoleon’s Civil Code
A. Gave women full equality including the vote
B. Gave women equality before the law, but not
the vote
C. Made woman legally subservient to their
husbands or fathers
D. Allowed women economic rights, like the signing
of contracts, but not political rights
E. Gave legal equality to noble women, but not
bourgeois women
11. The economic policies of the Committee of Public
Safety can best be summarized as
A. Proletarian communism
B. Mercantilism
C. Free-enterprise Capitalism
D. Embryonic socialism
E. Guild capitalism
12. In terms of slavery in the French colonies, Napoleon
A. Abolished it in the civil code
B. Effectively canceled its abolition by the
convention
C. Did nothing
D. Continued the policies of the convention
E. Temporarily restored to Haiti, promising to
abolish it in twenty years
13. Napoleon’s blockade of British goods
A. Was broken officially when Tsar Alexander I
refused to honor it
B. Led Britain to make a treaty with Napoleon in
1810
C. Devastated the English economy
D. Was hugely popular in that it promoted the sale
of French goods
E. Was effective in preventing the smuggling of
British goods into Europe
14. The government that replaced Napoleon was a(n)
A. Absolute monarchy under Louis XVII
B. Constitutional monarchy under Louis XVII
C. Provisional government that was to write a new
constitution for France
D. Puppet put in by the coalition that defeated
France who had little legitimacy there
E. Commonwealth with Napoleon’s son as
president
15. The chief effect of Napoleon’s rule on the territories
he conquered in Europe was
A. To stimulate nationalistic resistance
B. A series of unsuccessful revolutions against their
monarchs
C. Little, in that he did not impose any major
reforms
D. The stimulation of local industries
E. Permanent changes in the ruling families in
Spain and Italy