Question 1

Which battle marked Napoleon's final defeat?

Accepted Answer

A) Leipzig 
B) Borodino 
C) Trafalgar 
D) Austerlitz 
E) Waterloo 
A) Leipzig 
B) Borodino 
C) Trafalgar 
D) Austerlitz 
E) Waterloo E

Question 2

What was part of Napoleon's agreement with the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

A) The pope agreed to condemn all enemies of France. 
B) Napoleon acknowledged his subservience to the Pope. 
C) The pope was given the right to sue for lands confiscated during the Revolution. 
D) Catholicism was recognized as the religion of the majority of French people. 
E) Private citizens would return church property they had acquired during the Revolution. 
A) The pope agreed to condemn all enemies of France. 
B) Napoleon acknowledged his subservience to the Pope. 
C) The pope was given the right to sue for lands confiscated during the Revolution. 
D) Catholicism was recognized as the religion of the majority of French people. 
E) Private citizens would return church property they had acquired during the Revolution. D

Question 3

Which royal fortress located in Paris was stormed by a mob on July 14, 1789, resulting in a wave of riots throughout France?

Accepted Answer

A) Chartres 
B) St.Denis 
C) The Bastille 
D) The Louvre 
E) The Tuileries 
A) Chartres 
B) St.Denis 
C) The Bastille 
D) The Louvre 
E) The Tuileries C

Question 4

What were the most important weaknesses of Napoleon's empire?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon Bonaparte's empire, at its heig

Question 5

Many European intellectuals saw the American Revolution as the embodiment of the Enlightenment's political dreams.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Loyalists made up ____ percent of the American colonial population.

Accepted Answer

A) 2 to 3 
B) 30 to 35 
C) 20 to 30 
D) 35 to 45 
E) 15 to 30 
A) 2 to 3 
B) 30 to 35 
C) 20 to 30 
D) 35 to 45 
E) 15 to 30

Question 7

In what ways did Napoleon's policies repudiate the accomplishments of the French Revolution? In what ways did his policies strengthen the accomplishments of the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon's policies repudiated the accom

Question 8

On August 4, 1789, the National Assembly voted to abolish

Accepted Answer

A) the death penalty. 
B) monarchial government. 
C) aristocratic privileges. 
D) slavery. 
E) private property. 
A) the death penalty. 
B) monarchial government. 
C) aristocratic privileges. 
D) slavery. 
E) private property.

Question 9

What events led to the formation of the National Assembly?

Accepted Answer

The formation of the National Assembly i

Question 10

The National Convention was dominated by lawyers, professionals, and property owners.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What was true of the National Convention during the early stages of the "Radical Revolution"?

Accepted Answer

A) It was comprised primarily of professionals, like its predecessor, the National Assembly. 
B) It successfully resisted the Parisians' radical attempts to control the Convention. 
C) It favored ending the disastrous European war. 
D) It failed to create any kind of large standing army. 
E) It requested that Napoleon become dictator. 
A) It was comprised primarily of professionals, like its predecessor, the National Assembly. 
B) It successfully resisted the Parisians' radical attempts to control the Convention. 
C) It favored ending the disastrous European war. 
D) It failed to create any kind of large standing army. 
E) It requested that Napoleon become dictator.

Question 12

Most Third Estate delegates to the Estates-General advocated

Accepted Answer

A) the return of serfdom. 
B) a complete reworking of French law. 
C) the abolition of private property. 
D) the abolition of the Church. 
E) constitutional government. 
A) the return of serfdom. 
B) a complete reworking of French law. 
C) the abolition of private property. 
D) the abolition of the Church. 
E) constitutional government.

Question 13

What did the National Convention do in September 1792?

Accepted Answer

A) It established a constitutional monarchy. 
B) It abolished the monarchy and established a republic. 
C) It voted to preserve the life of Louis XVI. 
D) It was dismantled by Louis XVI. 
E) It was immediately replaced by the Directory. 
A) It established a constitutional monarchy. 
B) It abolished the monarchy and established a republic. 
C) It voted to preserve the life of Louis XVI. 
D) It was dismantled by Louis XVI. 
E) It was immediately replaced by the Directory.

Question 14

In 1796 and 1797, Napoleon won a series of victories over ____ in Italy.

Accepted Answer

A) Austria 
B) Prussia 
C) Britain 
D) the pope 
E) Naples 
A) Austria 
B) Prussia 
C) Britain 
D) the pope 
E) Naples

Question 15

American success in the War for Independence depended on forming an alliance with Prussia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which group constituted a key conduit for "enlightened" American political and moral ideas back to Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) Returning British prisoners of war 
B) French army and navy officers 
C) European nobles returning from expeditions to the new American frontier 
D) Missionary priests returning from evangelical campaigns deep in the U.S.back country 
E) Official proclamations sent to the governments of Europe by George Washington 
A) Returning British prisoners of war 
B) French army and navy officers 
C) European nobles returning from expeditions to the new American frontier 
D) Missionary priests returning from evangelical campaigns deep in the U.S.back country 
E) Official proclamations sent to the governments of Europe by George Washington

Question 17

What did the National Convention do with regard to religion?

Accepted Answer

A) It took measures to strengthen the Roman Catholic Church. 
B) It issued an edict allowing for total religious freedom. 
C) It took measures to de-Christianize the republic. 
D) It made the republic completely atheistic. 
E) It expelled the Jews from France. 
A) It took measures to strengthen the Roman Catholic Church. 
B) It issued an edict allowing for total religious freedom. 
C) It took measures to de-Christianize the republic. 
D) It made the republic completely atheistic. 
E) It expelled the Jews from France.

Question 18

What conditions facilitated Napoleon's rise to power?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon's rise to power was facilitated

Question 19

Which group comprised the First Estate in France?

Accepted Answer

A) The nobility 
B) The clergy 
C) The peasants 
D) The military 
E) the nobility 
A) The nobility 
B) The clergy 
C) The peasants 
D) The military 
E) the nobility

Question 20

With whom did Napoleon make peace with the Concordat of 1801?

Accepted Answer

A) The Church 
B) The Directory 
C) Austria 
D) England 
E) The aristocrats 
A) The Church 
B) The Directory 
C) Austria 
D) England 
E) The aristocrats

Which battle marked Napoleon's final defeat?

What was part of Napoleon's agreement with the Catholic Church?

Which royal fortress located in Paris was stormed by a mob on July 14, 1789, resulting in a wave of riots throughout France?

What were the most important weaknesses of Napoleon's empire?

Many European intellectuals saw the American Revolution as the embodiment of the Enlightenment's political dreams.

Loyalists made up ____ percent of the American colonial population.

In what ways did Napoleon's policies repudiate the accomplishments of the French Revolution? In what ways did his policies strengthen the accomplishments of the French Revolution?

On August 4, 1789, the National Assembly voted to abolish

What events led to the formation of the National Assembly?

The National Convention was dominated by lawyers, professionals, and property owners.

What was true of the National Convention during the early stages of the "Radical Revolution"?

Most Third Estate delegates to the Estates-General advocated

What did the National Convention do in September 1792?

In 1796 and 1797, Napoleon won a series of victories over ____ in Italy.

American success in the War for Independence depended on forming an alliance with Prussia.

Which group constituted a key conduit for "enlightened" American political and moral ideas back to Europe?

What did the National Convention do with regard to religion?

What conditions facilitated Napoleon's rise to power?

Which group comprised the First Estate in France?

With whom did Napoleon make peace with the Concordat of 1801?

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Exam 6: A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

Which battle marked Napoleon's final defeat?

What was part of Napoleon's agreement with the Catholic Church?

Which royal fortress located in Paris was stormed by a mob on July 14, 1789, resulting in a wave of riots throughout France?

What were the most important weaknesses of Napoleon's empire?

Many European intellectuals saw the American Revolution as the embodiment of the Enlightenment's political dreams.

Loyalists made up ____ percent of the American colonial population.

In what ways did Napoleon's policies repudiate the accomplishments of the French Revolution? In what ways did his policies strengthen the accomplishments of the French Revolution?

On August 4, 1789, the National Assembly voted to abolish

What events led to the formation of the National Assembly?

The National Convention was dominated by lawyers, professionals, and property owners.

What was true of the National Convention during the early stages of the "Radical Revolution"?

Most Third Estate delegates to the Estates-General advocated

What did the National Convention do in September 1792?

In 1796 and 1797, Napoleon won a series of victories over ____ in Italy.

American success in the War for Independence depended on forming an alliance with Prussia.

Which group constituted a key conduit for "enlightened" American political and moral ideas back to Europe?

What did the National Convention do with regard to religion?

What conditions facilitated Napoleon's rise to power?

Which group comprised the First Estate in France?

With whom did Napoleon make peace with the Concordat of 1801?

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States International Wars and Social Change

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction Revolution and Romanticism 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity Anxiety and Imperialism 1894-1914

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The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War 2

Cold War and a New Western World 1945-1965

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After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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