8th Grade Chapter 4 Test - Nouns

Identify the underlined noun as common or proper. 1. While forcibly held in Alexandria, Napoleon learned that France was in danger.

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Identify the underlined noun as common or proper. 2. He slipped past the British blockade and entered the country through its southern border.

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Identify the underlined noun as common or proper. 3. The people of Paris were ready for a change in government when Napoleon finally made his way to the city.

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Identify the underlined noun as common or proper. 4. He and his followers overthrew the old government and set up a new system called the Consulate.

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Identify the underlined noun as common or proper. 5. Although three men were to share power in this system, Napoleon as First Consul was the ruler with the real power.

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Identify the underlined noun as common or proper. 6. His first action upon taking control was to make peace with France’s enemies.

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Identify the underlined noun as common or proper. 7. Reform within the country was his next priority.

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Identify the underlined noun as common or proper. 8. Of his many accomplishments, the greatest may have been the Napoleonic Code, an orderly arrangement of laws that formed the basis for France’s modern legal system.

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Identify the underlined noun as count or noncount. 9. Napoleon’s goal was to control all of Europe.

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Great Britain stood in his way. Identify the underlined word as count or noncount.

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