Assignment
1. Among the factions of the Third Republic that followed the Franco-Prussian War, who were the Communards?
Those who wished to see the return of the empire and were also known as Bonapartists
Followers of the Sedan army general Marshal McMahon.
Supporters of Adolphe Thiers, leader of the Third Republic.
Those who reverted to the ideals of the Revolution: separation of Church and State and the reinstitution of the Revolutionary calendar.
2. Which of the following was not one of the crises of the Third Republic?
The Panama Affair
Boulangisme
The execution of Prime Minister Laval
The Dreyfus Affair
3. Which queen ruled as regent until her son, Louis XIV, came of age and ascended to the throne?
Clothilda
Aliénord'Aquitaine
Anne d'Autriche (Anne of Austria)
Mariguerite de Navarre
4. Which French king was the last under the Ancien Régime and the one to fall victim to the French Revolution?
Louis XVI
Henri IV
Louis XVIII
François I
5. Which 19th-century leader expanded and consolidated the French railway system, modernized the banking system, and among many other public works and social programs, promoted the building of the Suez canal?
The Baron von Haussmann
Louis-Philippe
Napoleon III
Napoleon I
6. Celtic people who inhabited the land now known as France were called _____.
Gauls
Franks
Vikings
Basques
7. Which king constructed the Chateau of Versailles?
Louis XVI
François I
Charles X
Louis XIV
8. Who is the patron saint of France?
Marie Antoinette
Philippe Le Bel
Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)
Marianne
9. The feudal practice of commendatio whereby a vassal takes an oath of allegiance to his lord began in France under which royal dynasty?
The Capetians
The Carolingians
The Visigoths
The Merovingians
10. Who founded the French Academy in 1635?
Jacques du Tremblay
Cardinal de Mazarin
Cardinal Fleury
Cardinal de Richelieu
11. What was Joan of Arc's role in French history and why was she burned at the stake in 1431?
12. How far did the Carolingian Empire extend at its greatest point? Under whose leadership did this expansion occur?
13. What internal and external circumstances brought about the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire in the early years of the 10th century?