2017 Napoleonic Era Quiz

As the map indicates, Napoleon’s military conquests disrupted which major European state goal or policy regarding foreign affairs?

• Balance of power 
• Establishing a singular European religion 
• Foreign policy based solely on peaceful negotiation and diplomacy 
•  Encouraging revolts and uprisings within rival European nations

One of Napoleon’s main goals of the military conquests depicted in the above map was

• to curb the influence of the Enlightenment 
• to promote radical Republicanism
• to gain Papal recognition and approval
• to spread his ideals of the French Revolution

Which of the following most closely reflects the reaction among European countries to the Napoleonic conquests depicted in the above map?

• Embracing of traditional French culture
• Limited pockets of resistance confined to the German states
• A tide of popular protest against the deposed monarchy 
• Rising anti-French nationalism

Kings have to calculate the chances of their very existence in the  immediate future; passions are let loose, and league together to overthrow everything which society respects as the basis of its existence; religion, public morality, laws, customs, rights, and duties, all are attacked, confounded, overthrown or called in question. The great mass of the people are tranquil spectators of these attacks and revolutions, and of the absolute want of all means of defense. A few are carried off by the torrent, but the wishes of the immense majority are to maintain a repose which exists no longer, and of which even the first elements seem to be lost….
--Prince Klemens von Metternich, Secret Memorandum to Tsar Alexander I, 1820
The ideas expressed in the passage best illustrate which of the following nineteenth century ideologies?

• liberalism
• romanticism
• conservatism
• nationalism

Kings have to calculate the chances of their very existence in the  immediate future; passions are let loose, and league together to overthrow everything which society respects as the basis of its existence; religion, public morality, laws, customs, rights, and duties, all are attacked, confounded, overthrown or called in question. The great mass of the people are tranquil spectators of these attacks and revolutions, and of the absolute want of all means of defense. A few are carried off by the torrent, but the wishes of the immense majority are to maintain a repose which exists no longer, and of which even the first elements seem to be lost….
--Prince Klemens von Metternich, Secret Memorandum to Tsar Alexander I, 1820
The passage best reflects the concerns voiced by participants in which of the following?

• the Congress of Vienna
• the “June Days” Revolution
• the Frankfurt Parliament
• the Crimean War

Kings have to calculate the chances of their very existence in the  immediate future; passions are let loose, and league together to overthrow everything which society respects as the basis of its existence; religion, public morality, laws, customs, rights, and duties, all are attacked, confounded, overthrown or called in question. The great mass of the people are tranquil spectators of these attacks and revolutions, and of the absolute want of all means of defense. A few are carried off by the torrent, but the wishes of the immense majority are to maintain a repose which exists no longer, and of which even the first elements seem to be lost….
--Prince Klemens von Metternich, Secret Memorandum to Tsar Alexander I, 1820
The passage was most likely a response to which of the following events?

• The Peterloo Massacre
• The Carlsbad Decrees
• The Decembrist Uprising
• The French Revolution

Political conflicts in France in the aftermath of the French Revolution led most directly to which of the following?

• The decline of royalist factions wanting to restore the monarchy
• A resurgence of extremist Jacobin groups
• A civilian government dependent on the army for support
• Factions from the Right seeking to establish a democratic republic

Which of the following best reflects the main goal of French expansionist policies within its sister republics and annexed lands?

• The resurgence of the Holy Roman Empire
• The spread of revolutionary republicanism
• Persecution of religious minorities
• Territorial reconstruction throughout Europe

Which of the following best reflects the main goal and strategy of European nations facing French incursions?

• Restoration of the balance of power through military coalitions
• Diplomatic measures seeking to contain French expansion
• Territorial acquisition of weaker European states
• Negotiations seeking terms of peace