18c Royal Absolutism

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1 The Palace of Versailles was associated with all of the following EXCEPT?:
a symbol of the absolute state.
a reception hall for government and state affairs.
a home for the king alone.
to keep nobles occupied excluding them from real government power.
the intention to impress and awe foreign powers.
2 All of the following were characteristics of James I's reign EXCEPT?:
The Anglican Church was a major support to the monarchy.
He understood little about the laws and customs of England.
He persecuted the Puritans.
He and Parliament agreed frequently, especially about taxes.
the alienation of Parliament members.
3 I.   _____________________
     a) The alienation of the Puritans.
     b) Heavy taxes.
     c) Kings taking advantage of Parliament.
     d) Kings ruling with divine rights.

Which of the following belongs in the blank space above?
The Causes of the English Civil War
The Reasons for the Defeat of James VI
The Characteristics of a Constitutional Monarchy
The Characteristics of Louis XIV's Reign
Examples of Daily Life at the Court of Versailles
4 They that have instituted a commonwealth being thereby bound by covenant cannot lawfully make a new covenant, among themselves, to be obedience in any other, in anything whatsoever, without his permission.

The above quote was most likely said by?:
Voltaire.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
Leonardo Bruni.
John Locke.
Thomas Hobbes.
5 All of the following were characteristics of the English Bill of Rights EXCEPT?:
Religious freedom and equality were established.
Parliament had right to make laws.
Elections of Parliament were free of king intervention.
Parliament alone could levy taxes.
The king could not raise standing armies without Parliamentary consent.
6 Which sequence of events is in correct order?:
Petition of Rights, English Civil War, Glorious Revolution, Long Parliament.
Charles I dismisses Parliament, Long Parliament, Glorious Revolution, Bill of Rights.
Bill of Rights, Glorious Revolution, Long Parliament, Short Parliament.
Long Parliament, Triennial Act, Anglican "Book of Common Prayer" imposed on Presbyterians, Petition of Rights.
Long Parliament, English Civil War, Triennial Act, Petition of Rights.
7 All of the following were characteristics of pre-revolutionary France EXCEPT:
The classes of the people were divided into three Estates.
Prices rising faster than wages.
A large harvest that met everyone's needs.
Tax exemptions that included the taille.
The essence of feudalism in which peasants had obligations to their landlord.
8 All of the following are characteristics of the successful Absolute rulers EXCEPT?:
Using the old system of absolutism to their advantage.
Restructuring the government policy making to give their subjects an amount of control.
A leader's effectiveness depended on their subjects' demands.
Total control of the lives of their subjects.
none of the above.