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1 Crisis of the Ancien Régime

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the court painter of the Spanish monarch Carlos IV?

(a)  

2.

Who is the little fellow in the left hand side, behind Fernando?

a)

Fernando's doppelgänger

b)

Godoy, his archenemy

c)

Fernando's conscience telling him: acepta la Pepa felón!

d)

Carlos María Isidro, his brother

3.

When did Carlos IV become king?

(a)  

4.

How did the French Revolution affect the reign of Carlos IV?

a)

Most of the enlightened reforms of his father were stopped.

b)

He was beheaded in the guillotine

c)

He proclaimed the rights of men in a Costitution

d)

He abdicated in his son Fernando VII

5.

Who was Manuel Godoy?

a)

Prime Minister of the king Carlos IV

b)

Generalísimo and the Prince of Peace

c)

The favourite or valido of Carlos IV and María Luisa de Parma

d)

The new king

6.

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Fontainebleau?

a)

A popular revolt to kill Godoy and force Calos IV to abdicate

b)

Godoy authorised Napoleon to send the French army across Spain to Portugal

c)

An alliance between England and Spain against Napoleon

d)

A law regulating wells and fountains

7.

Why was the new king of Spain (José I) called "Pepe Botella"?

a)

He was a drunkard

b)

He did not like French names since he was from Corsica

c)

He was elected by spinning a bottle

d)

He alleviated the taxes on alcohol

8.

Who were the "afrancesados"?

a)

Spaniards who collaborated in the French regime of José I

b)

Students who choose the French elective

c)

Enlightened philosophers

d)

The Napoleonic soldiers occupying Spain

9.

When was the Independence War started?

a)

1st of May 1808

b)

2nd of May 1808

c)

3rd of May 1809

d)

4th of May 1807

10.

Which of these battles belong to the Spanish War of Independence?

a)

Trafalgar 1805

b)

Waterloo 1815

c)

Bailén 1808

d)

Arapiles 1812

11.

What were the "Juntas"?

a)

The city councils ofthe 19th century

b)

The institution in charge of drafting and issuing the Constitution

c)

The politicians in charge of government and war in the absence of Fernando VII

d)

The absolutist factions against the Constitution

12.

The ideological agenda of which social group dominated the drafting of the Constitution? 

a)

Gentlepeople

b)

Bourgeoisie or middleclass

c)

Clergy

d)

Lumpenproletariat

13.

Did the mayority of the Spanish population support the Cadiz Constitution during 1812-1814?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Yes, specially the absolutists.

d)

We don´t know

14.

What was the name of the measure taken by Fernando VII so that female succession was legal, in benefit of Isabel II his daughter?

(a)  

15.

When was the 1812 Constitution in force?

a)

1812-1814

b)

1814-1820

c)

1820-1823

d)

1823-1833