3.1 Absolute Monarchy in Spain and France

According to Bossuet, what is the role of the king?

• A. to execute laws passed by the Estates-General
  

• B. to listen to the opinions of his subjects
  

• C. to rule with complete authority over his subjects
  

• D. to unite with his subjects for religious reasons.

2. How did Charles V and Philip II expand the Spanish state?

• A. They supported Protestant rebels in the Netherlands.
  

• B. They fought wars and tried to expand Catholicism.
  

• C. They united separate Spanish kingdoms into a unified state.
  

• D. They carried on a successful war against Britain.

  
  

How did Henry IV help reunite France after years of fighting between Catholics and Huguenots?

• A. He converted to Catholicism, but granted rights to the Huguenots.
  

• B. He revoked the Edict of Nantes.
  

• C. He expelled the Huguenots from France.
  

• D. He built a new royal palace at Versailles.

  
  

Which of the following was one of the ways Louis XIV increased his power as an absolute monarch?

• A. He brought nobles under his control.
  

• B. He encouraged religious freedom.
  

• C. He restricted government jobs to the aristocracy.
  

• D. He fought a series of successful wars across Europe.

Both the French “splendid century” and the Spanish “golden century” were marked by

• A. a renewed emphasis on religious art.
  

• B. the emergence of opera and ballet.
  

• C. royal patronage of the arts.
  

• D. the rise of the novel as a form of literature.