Chapter 21 AP Euro Test Review
Use the following passage by Edmund Burke, Reflections on the French Revolution, 1790, to answer the following questions. Burke saw the main error of the Enlightenment philosophes as being which of the following? A. They were stuck in outmoded ideas B. They believed in constitutions C. They distrusted tradition D. They put too much faith in kings E. They excluded women
They distrusted tradition
The battle that prevented Napoleon's planned invasion of England was
Trafalgar
During 1793-1794, Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety owed much of their influence to the support of
a group of small property owners and wage laborers in Paris
The Directory continued French wars of conquest begun by early revolutionary governments
because big, victorious armies kept men employed and could draw sustenance from the conquered areas.
A major revolutionary ideal spread throughout Europe by the French armies during the Revolutionary and the Napoleonic periods was that
careers should be open to talented individuals from all classes
Revisionist historians of the French Revolution stress all of the following except the
conflict between the nobility and the bourgeoisie.
The Declaration of Pillnitz
declared war on the French revolutionary government
The Americans contributed to the French Revolution by
demonstrating the practical application of Enlightenment ideals
Napoleon's primary aim in establishing the Continental System was to
destroy Great Britain's economy
The main purpose of the women's march to Versailles in October 1789 was to
ensure the king's support for the Declaration of Rights and cheap bread for Paris.
Under the Napoleonic system, peasants in territories conquered by French armies were generally given
freedom from manorial obligations
Napoleon's Civil Code of 1804
institutionalized women's secondary status.
In the 1780s, over 50 percent of France's annual budget was expended on
interest payment on the debt
The men elected to represent the Third Estate at the Estates General were primarily
lawyers and government officials.
According to Olympes de Gouges,
men and women should be equal in the eyes of the law.
Mary Wollstonecraft argued that
men and women would benefit from sexual equality
The social groups that benefited most from the Revolution and Napoleon were the middle class and the
peasants
The American Revolution played and major role in European history because it
precipitated the French financial crisis that led to the calling of the Estates-General
The first use of the terms "right" and "left" was to describe the
seating arrangements in the French National Assembly chamber during the French Revolution
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen guaranteed all of the following except
social equality
The list of grievances, or cahiers de doleances, brought by members of the Estates-General to Versailles in 1789 called for
tax equity
All of the following are accurate statements concerning the Estates-General EXCEPT:
the Third Estate made up about 50% of the French population
The accomplishments of the National Assembly included all of the following except
the introduction of universal compulsory education
Abbe Sieyes answer to the question "What is the Third Estate?" was that it was
the most useful component of French society
The author of the cartoon below would most likely agree with all of the following EXCEPT:
the writing of the Declaration of Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen
One major difference in election procedures for the Legislative Assembly (established by the Constitution of 1791) and the National Convention that followed it in 1792 was that
there were property requirements for voting for the legislative Assembly, but none for the Convention. All adult French males could legally vote for the Convention.
The artist in this drawing
was sympathetic to what the people he was portraying were doing
The print below, commemorating the women's march on Versailles in October 1789, shows that
women wanted to leave their homes to join the work force
How did Austria fare in its relations with France in the years before Napoleon was overthrown?
A series of humiliating military defeats.
This selection was written by which of the following?
A supporter of the French Revolution
The grievance petitions from all three estates called for all of the following except
An American-style republic
The painting of Napoleon shown below portrays him as which of the following?
An imperial ruler
As the French Revolution began, which countries became its most vocal enemies?
Austria and Prussia
In 1815 Prince Metternich did which of the following?
Coordinated the dismantling of Napoleon's empire at the Congress of Vienna
The document below most closely resembles
Declaration of Independence
This document records and oath of unity taken by members of the
French Estates General in opposition to Louis XVI, thus marking the beginning of the French Revolution.
The policy of extending the French Revolution beyond France's borders was most clearly associated with the
Girondin party
The armies of revolutionary France enjoyed which of the following advantages over the armies of the major European monarchs?
Greater patriotism and morale
What was the most important factor shaping Metternich's view of Napoleon I?
His aristocratic birth and heritage
The radical Jacobins of the French Revolution asserted their authority
In the Committee of Public Safety
Which of the following statements accurately describes the Napoleonic Code?
It protected private property and the authority of husbands within the family.
The Third Estate was represented in the Estates General, which met in 1789. What happened to the French parliament in that year?
It was reconstituted at the National Assembly
"I will allow that bodily strength seems to give man a natural superiority over woman; and this is the only solid basis on which the superiority of men over women can be built." The passage above best reflects the argument of
Mary Wollstonecraft
How did Napoleon rise to power in France?
Napoleon's charismatic personality and great military leadership encouraged people to support him as he led a coup d'etat.
This selection is: A. Olympe de Gouges' Declaration on the Rights of Woman and Female Citizen B. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein C: Mary Wallsoncraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women D. Mary Wallstoncraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Man E. Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique
Olympe de Gouges' Declaration on the Rights of Woman and Female Citizen
In Great Britain the Enlightenment may best be characterized as which of the following:
Pragmatic and moderate
Napoleon Bonaparte's repressive occupation sparked a violent popular revolt in
Spain
Which of the following was a persistent cause of agitation and protests by the Parisian lower classes in the eighteenth century?
Substantial increases in the cost of bread
This agreement is commonly known as the
Tennis Court Oath
Burke regarded the French Revolution as a A. Terrible mistake B. A glorious triumph C. Necessary and timely D. A matter of indifference E. A model for future revolutions
Terrible mistake
Which of the following best characterizes eighteenth century France just prior to the Revolution of 1789?
The French monarchy was experiencing a deepening financial crisis.
Use the selection by Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes, delegate to the Estates General, "What is the Third Estate?," pamphlet, 1789, to answer the following question. Which of the following were members of the Third Estate in France in 1789? A. The nobles B. The clergy C. Military officers D. The bourgeoisie E. The colonists
The bourgeoisie
Which of the following caused the deepest and most persistent internal opposition to the French Revolution?
The enactment of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The scene below depicted by David is of what event?
The first meeting of the National Assembly.
The point of view of the artist in the caricature of eighteenth-century French society shown above is that
The peasantry is exploited both by the church and the nobility.