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Question 1

In September of 1792, the National Convention

Select one:
a. voted to preserve the life of Louis XVI
b. was immediately replaced by the Directory.
c. abolished the monarchy and established a republic. Correct
d. established a constitutional monarchy
e. was dismantled by Louis XVI

The correct answer is: abolished the monarchy and established a republic.


Question 2

The cahiers de doléances called for

Select one:
a. the abolition of the Estates-General.
b. abolishing the fiscal privileges of the church and nobility. Correct
c. the royal execution of all rebels in France.
d. the beheading of Louis XVI.
e. universal voting privileges for all French people

The correct answer is: abolishing the fiscal privileges of the church and nobility.


Question 3

Napoleon's Continental System tried to defeat the British by

Select one:
a. a massive invasion of Britain.
b. isolating India from Britain.
c. attacking the British colonies in North America.
d. causing political unrest in Britain.
e. preventing British trade. Correct

The correct answer is: preventing British trade.


Question 4

Counterrevolutionary activity would be less likely to occur in

Select one:
a. Lyon
b. Marseilles
c. Vendee
d. Paris

The correct answer is: Paris


Question 5

In regard to religion, the National Convention
Select one:
a. took measures to strengthen the Roman Catholic Church.
b. took measures to dechristianize the republic. Correct
c. expelled the Jews from France.
d. made the republic completely atheistic.
e. issued an edict allowing for total religious freedom.

The correct answer is: took measures to dechristianize the republic.


Question 6

Not among the factors in the defeat of Napoleon was
Select one:
a. the spread of nationalism in the conquered countries.
b. mass reactions to his brutal suppression of local customs in the conquered countries. Correct
c. the failure of the Continental System.
d. that most independent European states were united against him by 1814.
e. the defeat of the French navy at the Battle of Trafalgar.

The correct answer is: mass reactions to his brutal suppression of local customs in the conquered countries.


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The most immediate cause of the French Revolution was

Select one:
a. the radical calls of the philosophes for reform
b. Louis XVI's rejection of the cahiers de doléances
c. the blocking of attempted reforms by the French Parliaments
d. the government's failure to resolve its debts and other economic problems Correct
e.
violent uprisings by the common people who were demanding political and economic equality.

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The correct answer is: the government's failure to resolve its debts and other economic problems
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French society on the eve of their revolution

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a. was still largely dominated by the nobility and clergy. Correct
b. was rapidly changing, with the middle class becoming vastly more influential.
c. saw a sharp decline in sexual morality
d. was dominated by the military.
e.
was in a state of almost complete anarchy.

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The correct answer is: was still largely dominated by the nobility and clergy.
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The third estate was composed of all of the following except

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a. shopkeepers
b. the unemployed
c. peasants
d. skilled craftsmen
e. the clergy Correct
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The correct answer is: the clergy
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Which country did NOT join a coalition against France in 1793?
Select one:
a. Italy Correct
b. Britain
c. Prussia
d. Austria
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In 1789, the Estates-General was



Select one:
a. in unanimous agreement that only radical changes could solve France's problems
b.
divided over the issue of voting by "orders" or by "head." Correct

c. Louis XVI's parliamentary body often consulted by the king
d. unanimously in agreement about the necessity of immediately creation a "National Assembly."
e. dominated by the first estate composed mostly of urban lawyers
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divided over the issue of voting by "orders" or by "head."

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What type of government was established in France by 1791?.

Select one:
a. democracy
b. dictatorship
c. republic
d.
socialist

e.
constitutional monarchy Correct

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The correct answer is:
constitutional monarchy

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The Law of the General Maximum set
Select one:
a. a limit on nobles in the Convention
b. length of office for deputies
c. punishments
d. price controls Correct
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The Concordat

Select one:
a. allowed for reforms in the French military.
b. reestablished the Catholic Church and gave the pope limited authority in France. Correct
c.
established an absolute separation of church and state in France.

d. was part of Napoleon's Civil Code.
e. reformed the French civil service.
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The correct answer is: reestablished the Catholic Church and gave the pope limited authority in France.
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Which of the following statements best applies to Napoleon's domestic policies?

Select one:
a. Much autonomy was given to the provincial departments as the previous system of prefects was overhauled.
b. His Civil Code reaffirmed the ideals of the Revolution while creating a uniform legal system.
c. His "new aristocracy" was actually little different from the old, as it was based on privilege and wealth.
d. As a devout Catholic, he reestablished Catholicism as the official state religion.
e.
He abolished most of the civilian bureaucracy, preferring to govern by military rule. Incorrect

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The correct answer is: His Civil Code reaffirmed the ideals of the Revolution while creating a uniform legal system.
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The French Republic's army in the 1790s

Select one:
a.
got weaker and smaller as the decade went by.

b. was small, but effective in battle.
c. was totally defeated by foreign aristocratic forces.
d. fueled modern nationalism and was raised through total mobilization of the population. Correct
e. received little backing from the home front.
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The correct answer is: fueled modern nationalism and was raised through total mobilization of the population.
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The Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror

Select one:
a. attempted to restore the church's influence over politics.
b. was headed by Maximilien Robespierre. Correct
c. implemented a successful series of economic and price controls through France.
d.
b and c

e.
concentrated exclusively upon military matters.

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The correct answer is: was headed by Maximilien Robespierre.
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What group emerged as the most important radical element in French politics, at the beginning of the French Revolution?

Select one:
a. Papists
b. Bonapartists
c. Communards
d.
Jacobins Correct

e. Loyalists
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The correct answer is:
Jacobins

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Vital fiscal reform of the French state just prior to the French Revolution was impeded by

Select one:
a. nobles of the sword who wished to study carefully royal proposals to tax them.
b. nobles of the robe in the thirteen regional French Parliaments who regularly refused to approve or enforce new royal tax proposals
c. the clergy unwilling to part with the riches of the church.
d.
opposition from Louis XVI and his ministers.

e. peasants who hired lawyers to defend their traditional exemptions. Incorrect
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The correct answer is: nobles of the robe in the thirteen regional French Parliaments who regularly refused to approve or enforce new royal tax proposals
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The Estates-General consisted of representatives of the three orders: the First Estate (clergy), the Third Estate (people), and the Second Estate, representing the

Select one:
a.
intendants.

b. army.
c. towns.
d. nobility Correct
e. pope.
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The correct answer is: nobility
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Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon contributed to scientific development in the 17th century by

Select one:
a. introducing logarithms
b. perfecting the metric system
c. articulating theories of scientific method Correct
d. conducting experiments about gravitational forces
e. making observations of planetary movements
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The correct answer is: articulating theories of scientific method
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A major difference between Calvinism and Lutheranism relates to

Select one:
a. infant baptism
b. monasticism
c. emphasis on predestination Correct
d. clerical marriage
e. the place of women in society
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The correct answer is: emphasis on predestination
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A prominent writer who denounced Napoleon's despotic rule was

Select one:
a. Rousseau.
b.
Mary Wollstonecraft.

c. Voltaire.
d. Germaine de Stael. Correct
e. Marshal Nye.
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The correct answer is: Germaine de Stael.