Question 1

The battle that broke French naval power in the Mediterranean was fought at:

Accepted Answer

A)  Abukar. 
B)  Wagram. 
C)  Trafalgar. 
D)  Leipzig. 
E)  Borodino. 
A)  Abukar. 
B)  Wagram. 
C)  Trafalgar. 
D)  Leipzig. 
E)  Borodino. C

Question 2

At the Battle of the Nations,fought near Leipzig:

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia surrendered to Napoleon's armies. 
B)  Napoleon won his greatest victory against the Fourth Coalition. 
C)  Napoleon surrendered and was sent to Waterloo in exile. 
D)  Britain defeated the French army. 
E)  the allies dealt the French a resounding defeat. 
A)  Russia surrendered to Napoleon's armies. 
B)  Napoleon won his greatest victory against the Fourth Coalition. 
C)  Napoleon surrendered and was sent to Waterloo in exile. 
D)  Britain defeated the French army. 
E)  the allies dealt the French a resounding defeat. E

Question 3

Those who urged the French government to reform its economic policies were known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the economists. 
B)  the physiocrats. 
C)  the philosophes. 
D)  the mercantilists. 
E)  the Second Estate. 
A)  the economists. 
B)  the physiocrats. 
C)  the philosophes. 
D)  the mercantilists. 
E)  the Second Estate. B

Question 4

According to the Napoleonic Code,fathers could imprison their children without cause.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Russian campaign of 1812 was marked by minor fighting until the Russians made a stand just outside Moscow at:

Accepted Answer

A)  Jaffa. 
B)  Pushkin. 
C)  Wagram. 
D)  Borodino. 
E)  Saint Petersburg. 
A)  Jaffa. 
B)  Pushkin. 
C)  Wagram. 
D)  Borodino. 
E)  Saint Petersburg.

Question 6

When the Third Estate renamed itself the National Assembly and was locked out of the Estates-General meeting hall at Versailles,it and sympathetic members of the First and Second Estates met at another site at Versailles and swore what was known as the _________ not to separate until a constitution for France had been drafted.

Accepted Answer

A)  Hippocratic Oath 
B)  Oath of the Stables 
C)  Oath of Versailles 
D)  Oath of the Gardens 
E)  Oath of the Tennis Court 
A)  Hippocratic Oath 
B)  Oath of the Stables 
C)  Oath of Versailles 
D)  Oath of the Gardens 
E)  Oath of the Tennis Court

Question 7

The leader of the Haitian Revolution,who did not live to see independence,was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Toussaint L'Ouverture. 
B)  Jean-Jacques Dessalines. 
C)  Marie-Louis Gouze. 
D)  François Babeuf. 
E)  Vincent Ogé. 
A)  Toussaint L'Ouverture. 
B)  Jean-Jacques Dessalines. 
C)  Marie-Louis Gouze. 
D)  François Babeuf. 
E)  Vincent Ogé.

Question 8

The Eighteenth Brumaire is important because:

Accepted Answer

A)  it was the day that Napoleon was declared a "temporary consul." 
B)  it was the day that Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself king. 
C)  it represented the victory of the Directory over the National Convention. 
D)  it abolished the French republic. 
E)  it was the day the First Republic was declared. 
A)  it was the day that Napoleon was declared a "temporary consul." 
B)  it was the day that Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself king. 
C)  it represented the victory of the Directory over the National Convention. 
D)  it abolished the French republic. 
E)  it was the day the First Republic was declared.

Question 9

The naval battle in 1805 between the French and British naval forces was won by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Admiral Francisco Goya. 
B)  Viscount Arthur Wellesley. 
C)  Admiral Horatio Nelson. 
D)  Comte de Mirabeau. 
E)  Vice Admiral Maximilien Robespierre. 
A)  Admiral Francisco Goya. 
B)  Viscount Arthur Wellesley. 
C)  Admiral Horatio Nelson. 
D)  Comte de Mirabeau. 
E)  Vice Admiral Maximilien Robespierre.

Question 10

Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the establishment of _________ in every major town to train government officials.

Accepted Answer

A)  enrages 
B)  lycées 
C)  assignats 
D)  academies 
E)  collèges 
A)  enrages 
B)  lycées 
C)  assignats 
D)  academies 
E)  collèges

Question 11

After the defeat of Napoleon,the Cognac family was restored to the throne,though briefly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The changes Napoleon made in French society gave rise to a new elite composed of:

Accepted Answer

A)  bankers. 
B)  merchants. 
C)  landowners. 
D)  businessmen. 
E)  all of these 
A)  bankers. 
B)  merchants. 
C)  landowners. 
D)  businessmen. 
E)  all of these

Question 13

The economic system created by Napoleon Bonaparte to starve British trade was known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Napoleonic System. 
B)  the Continental System. 
C)  the Anti-English Union. 
D)  the European System. 
E)  the French System. 
A)  the Napoleonic System. 
B)  the Continental System. 
C)  the Anti-English Union. 
D)  the European System. 
E)  the French System.

Question 14

The summer of 1792 was when:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Paris Commune was abolished by the National Assembly. 
B)  the French Revolution entered the radical stage of its history. 
C)  Louis XVI was executed by the National Assembly as a common criminal. 
D)  French forces defeated the allied armies of Prussia and Austria. 
E)  the Directory seized control of France and ended the "Terror." 
A)  the Paris Commune was abolished by the National Assembly. 
B)  the French Revolution entered the radical stage of its history. 
C)  Louis XVI was executed by the National Assembly as a common criminal. 
D)  French forces defeated the allied armies of Prussia and Austria. 
E)  the Directory seized control of France and ended the "Terror."

Question 15

How did the Convention differ in its aims from the First Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The Convention,unlike the first wave of

Question 16

The Concordat of 1801:

Accepted Answer

A)  returned authority over all matters concerning the Catholic Church to the pope. 
B)  was an intensification of principles established by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. 
C)  renewed the hostilities between the French state and the Catholic Church. 
D)  returned all Church lands appropriated by the revolution. 
E)  did not revoke the principle of religious freedom established by the revolution. 
A)  returned authority over all matters concerning the Catholic Church to the pope. 
B)  was an intensification of principles established by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. 
C)  renewed the hostilities between the French state and the Catholic Church. 
D)  returned all Church lands appropriated by the revolution. 
E)  did not revoke the principle of religious freedom established by the revolution.

Question 17

In general,it can be stated that Maximilien Robespierre was:

Accepted Answer

A)  entirely responsible for originating the idea of the "Terror." 
B)  a fervent disciple of Rousseau's concept of "the general will." 
C)  a selfish, bloodthirsty madman. 
D)  never a member of the National Convention. 
E)  a minor character in the revolution who fought against the "Terror." 
A)  entirely responsible for originating the idea of the "Terror." 
B)  a fervent disciple of Rousseau's concept of "the general will." 
C)  a selfish, bloodthirsty madman. 
D)  never a member of the National Convention. 
E)  a minor character in the revolution who fought against the "Terror."

Question 18

Peasants in prerevolutionary France paid a disproportionate share of the taxes,such as the corvée and the tithe to the Church,but the most onerous of these was the tax on:

Accepted Answer

A)  wine. 
B)  wheat. 
C)  salt. 
D)  truffles. 
E)  meat. 
A)  wine. 
B)  wheat. 
C)  salt. 
D)  truffles. 
E)  meat.

Question 19

French society was legally divided into the Three Estates,which legally divided society into an upper (First Estate),middle (Second Estate),or lower (Third Estate)class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The meeting of the Estates-General was radicalized from the beginning because of the positions taken by the members of the Third Estate and also because of the published popular views of _________,a member of the First Estate:

Accepted Answer

A)  Comte de Mirabeau 
B)  Marquis de Lafayette 
C)  Baron de Montesquieu 
D)  Abbé Emmanuel Sieyès 
E)  Viscount Louis de Capet 
A)  Comte de Mirabeau 
B)  Marquis de Lafayette 
C)  Baron de Montesquieu 
D)  Abbé Emmanuel Sieyès 
E)  Viscount Louis de Capet

Exam 18: The French Revolution

The battle that broke French naval power in the Mediterranean was fought at:

At the Battle of the Nations,fought near Leipzig:

Those who urged the French government to reform its economic policies were known as:

According to the Napoleonic Code,fathers could imprison their children without cause.

The Russian campaign of 1812 was marked by minor fighting until the Russians made a stand just outside Moscow at:

The leader of the Haitian Revolution,who did not live to see independence,was:

The Eighteenth Brumaire is important because:

The naval battle in 1805 between the French and British naval forces was won by:

Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the establishment of _________ in every major town to train government officials.

After the defeat of Napoleon,the Cognac family was restored to the throne,though briefly.

The changes Napoleon made in French society gave rise to a new elite composed of:

The economic system created by Napoleon Bonaparte to starve British trade was known as:

The summer of 1792 was when:

How did the Convention differ in its aims from the First Revolution?

The Concordat of 1801:

In general,it can be stated that Maximilien Robespierre was:

Peasants in prerevolutionary France paid a disproportionate share of the taxes,such as the corvée and the tithe to the Church,but the most onerous of these was the tax on:

French society was legally divided into the Three Estates,which legally divided society into an upper (First Estate),middle (Second Estate),or lower (Third Estate)class.

The meeting of the Estates-General was radicalized from the beginning because of the positions taken by the members of the Third Estate and also because of the published popular views of _________,a member of the First Estate:

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