1. napolean bonaparte first came to power in france due to
a)popular election
b)he was installed by the austrians to maintain order
c) a coup d' etat
d) the death of the king
2. the napoleonic code concerns
a)laws
b)slavery
3. the number of estates
a)one
b)two
c)three
c)four
5. the reign of terror, controlled by the committee of public safety, made the guillotine famous; the leader of the committee was
a)napoleon
b)lauis xvi
c)wellsington
d)robespierre
6. on october 5-6, 1789, the paris mob, especially represented by women, marched to versailles and seized the royal family; what happened to the royals?
a)they were murdered
b)they were brought to paris
c)they were sent to austria as exiles
d)nothing, despite the mob, they remained at versailles
7) to which coutry were Luis XVI and his family trying to escape when they were captured?
a)austria
b)spain
c)britain
d)germany
8. the third estate was the
a)clergy
b)nobility
c)boureoisie/commoners
d)monarch
9. As a result of the seven years war, this nation became the greatest colonial power in the world
a)france
b)prussia
c)russsia
d)britian
10. in north america, the seven years war was known as the
a)great canadian war
b)french and indian war
c)anglo-franco war
d)war of the (indian) nations
11. What group emerged as themost radical element of the french revolution
a)jacobins
b)loyalists
c)communists
d)papists
12.the french revolutionary slogan neatly evoking the ideals of the rebellion was
a)"down with the aristocracy"
b)"liberty, equality, fraternity"
c)"death to the king and queen"
d)"kill all priests and burn all churches"
13. in 1789, the third estate broke away from the estates-general and reformed itself as the national assembly; the pledge members took is remembered as the
a)revolutionary promise
b)french code of honor
c)oath of versailles
d)tennis court oath
14. the "great skeptic" of the enlightenment, he believed that people really donot know anything; expectations and cusom guide life, not knowledge
a)locke
b)hume
c)voltaire
d)kant
15. the victor of the battle of the battle of trafalgar
a)nelson
b)napoleon
c)wellington
d)wellestley
16. the three stages of the french revolution
a)radical-moderate-radical
b)moderate-conservation-radical
c)radical-moderate-radical
d)moderate-radical-moderate
17. the french clergy composed which estate?
a)first
b)second
c)third
d)fourth
18. He advocated the separation of powers in goverment
a)locke
b)montesquieu
c)adam smith
d)rousseau
19. in the summer of 1789, peasants in rural france revolted against their local nobles; this event was termed the
a)"great troubles"
b)"great fear"
c)"great revolt"
d)"great march"
20. on september 22, 1792, france was declared this by the national covention
a)dictatorship
b)democracy
c)constitutional monarchy
d)republic
21. he advocated laissez-faire
a) locke
b) adam smith
c) beccaria
d) montesquieu
22. deism was based upon
a)the Newtonian concept of the universe, with God as a benevolent "clockmaker" who created the universe and set in motion in accourdance with rational laws
b)the denial of the existence of a suprime being
c)the divining of jesus christ as prime mover of the universe
d) the belief that God directly answered prayers of humans
23. the bourgeoisie were
a) lawyers
b) bankers
c) artisans
d) all of the above
24. the final government of the french revolution; it proved ineffective
a)national convention
b)estates-general
c)national assembly
d)the directory
25.the fate of marie-antoinette
a)executed
b)she pled to britain and found refuge
26. during the seven years war, the british helped this country financially, not wih troops
a)france
b)prussia
c)russia
d)saxony
27. in pre-revolutionary france, the political and social order was known as the
a)bourbon regime
b)new regime
c)old regime
d)conservative regime
28.from the list below, which ruler would NOT be considered an "enlightened despot"?
a)frederick the great
b)joseph II of austria
c)louis XVI
d) catherine the great
29.in the 1810, tsar alexander I repudiated this, causing Napoleon to decide to "punish" Russia
a)the Napoleonic Code
b) the Continental system
c)the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen
d) the festival of the supreme being

