HIEU 425 French Revolution and Napoleonic Era Test 1
with 100% Correct |Verified Solutions 2024/25 Update
In his influential work, De l'esprit de lois (The Spirit of the Laws), Montesquieu said which of the
following: - ✔✔dividing power between monarchy and parliament (and/or parlements) was
the best way to ward off despotism.
The means of spreading Enlightenment ideas throughout France included: - ✔✔all of the
above.
According to Professor Donna Donald, France's social structure became more unsettled in the
eighteenth-century because the bourgeoisie were attaining political power as well as wealth. -
✔✔False
France's intervention on the side the American colonies in their war for independence led to a
decisive French victory which increased the country's territory and wealth, easing its economic
and financial problems. - ✔✔False
In The Social Contract, what did Jean-Jacques Rousseau argue about liberty? - ✔✔Liberty is
based on the "general will," the common interest of the citizens.
The French peasantry: - ✔✔were uniformly illiterate and had no awareness of the world
outside their villages. (incorrect)
The philosophes were thinkers who criticized the political, religious, and social institutions of
Ancien Régime France. - ✔✔True
In "Voltaire, Selections from the Philosophical Dictionary," the philosophe calls for (in
Enlightenment fashion) Europeans to leave the Chinese and the Indians in peace, due to the
antiquity of their cultures. - ✔✔True
with 100% Correct |Verified Solutions 2024/25 Update
In his influential work, De l'esprit de lois (The Spirit of the Laws), Montesquieu said which of the
following: - ✔✔dividing power between monarchy and parliament (and/or parlements) was
the best way to ward off despotism.
The means of spreading Enlightenment ideas throughout France included: - ✔✔all of the
above.
According to Professor Donna Donald, France's social structure became more unsettled in the
eighteenth-century because the bourgeoisie were attaining political power as well as wealth. -
✔✔False
France's intervention on the side the American colonies in their war for independence led to a
decisive French victory which increased the country's territory and wealth, easing its economic
and financial problems. - ✔✔False
In The Social Contract, what did Jean-Jacques Rousseau argue about liberty? - ✔✔Liberty is
based on the "general will," the common interest of the citizens.
The French peasantry: - ✔✔were uniformly illiterate and had no awareness of the world
outside their villages. (incorrect)
The philosophes were thinkers who criticized the political, religious, and social institutions of
Ancien Régime France. - ✔✔True
In "Voltaire, Selections from the Philosophical Dictionary," the philosophe calls for (in
Enlightenment fashion) Europeans to leave the Chinese and the Indians in peace, due to the
antiquity of their cultures. - ✔✔True
