Option 1
1) The 18th century is referred to as:
1) Age of the Middle Ages 3) Age of the Renaissance
2) Age of Enlightenment 4) Age of Romanticism
2. Thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment:
1) Н. Copernicus, Galileo 3) T. More, Erasmus of Rotterdam
2) R. Descartes, Avicenna 4) J.-J. Rousseau, Montesquieu
3. What statements characterize the views of the Enlighteners?
1) belief in human reason
2) necessity of abolishing private property
3) the church is the main support of the state and society
4) the way of reorganizing society – education of people in order to achieve stability in society, it is necessary to limit the rights and freedoms of people
4. Enlightenment thinkers:
1) strengthened the foundations of the feudal system
2) they were sure of the crucial role of education for the development of society
3) reflected much on the place of man in the universe
4) provoked a process of Counter-Reformation
5. The outcome of the Age of Enlightenment is:
1) the destruction of medieval consciousness and the preparation of the ground for the bourgeois revolutions
2) overcoming the cultural gap between the nobility and the third estate
3) growth of European citizens’ prosperity
4) invention of printing
6. The novel Gulliver’s Travels was written by an Enlightenment-era writer:
1) J.W. Goethe 2) Montesquieu 3) J. Swift 4) T. Mohr .
7. “The King’s first painter” was called an Enlightenment artist:
1) F. Schiller 2) J. L. David 3) F. Boucher 4) J. B. Chardin
8. The author of the grandiose musical work for chorus, soloists, and orchestra, The Matthew Passion:
1) В. A. Mozart 2) J. S. Bach 3) P. O. Beaumarchais 4) J. A. Goodon
9. Correlate the cultural figure with the work. One item in the left column corresponds to one item in the right column.
| Cultural figure | The work |
| A) Johann Wolfgang Goethe B) Jacques Louis David B) Daniel Defoe | 1) The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 2) Faust 3) A sculptural portrait of Voltaire 4) “The Oath of Horace” |
10. The industrial revolution in England began
1) late sixteenth century 3) late eighteenth century
2) late 17th century 4) late 19th century
11. The agrarian revolution in England is the process of
1) transition to the use of hired labor in agriculture
2) introduction of new crops
3) growth of rural population
4) transition to an agrarian society
12. Proponents of the independence of the English colonies are called:
1) pioneers 3) patriots
2) loyalists 4) pilgrims
13. Which country assisted the North American colonies in their War of Independence?
1) Austria; 3) Ireland
2) Prussia; 4) France.
14. Robespierre’s arrest and the fall of the Jacobin dictatorship resulted from:
1) popular uprising 3) the plot and coup of 9 Thermidor
2) results of elections to the Convent 4) decision of the Constituent Assembly
15. The name of the political current during the years of the French Great Bourgeois Revolution:
1) rabid 2) Diggers 3) Protestants 4) Roundheads
16. The overthrow of the monarchy in France resulted from:
1) the Jacobean decree on the “suspicious”
2) revolt of the people on August 10, 1792
3) seizure of the Bastille on July 14, 1789.
4) conspiracy by members of the Convention
17. “Mountain” and “swamp” during the Great French Revolution were referred to as:
1) the departments of France 3) the representatives of the second and third classes
2) factions in the Convention 4) supporters and opponents of republican order
18. A common feature between the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen in France and the Declaration of Independence in the United States was the provision for:
1) the abolition of slavery 3) the need for terror
2) popular sovereignty 4) elimination of colonial dependence
19. Danton and Marat were:
1) members of the Jacobin Club 3) ministers of King Louis XVI
2) leaders of the “Mad Men” 4) leaders of the big bourgeoisie at the early phase of the revolution.
20. What activities were carried out while the Jacobins were in power?
1) Declaration of War in Austria
2) Execution of King Louis XVI
3) enactment of the decree on the “suspicious
4) abolition of minor feudal obligations
5) introduction of fixed prices for necessities
Option 2
1. “The Age of Reason” is referred to as:
1) 16th century. 2) 17th century. 3) 18th century 4) nineteenth century.
2. Thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment:
1) Я. Huss, F. Bacon
2) Diderot, Voltaire Bruno, I. Newton.
3) F. Rabelais, W. Shakespeare
3. The ideas of the Enlighteners:
1) paved the way for bourgeois revolutions
2) strengthened the power of the Catholic Church
3) strengthened the foundations of the feudal system
4) caused the beginning of the Reformation
4. What ideas did the Enlighteners put forward?
1) the need for an absolute monarchy
2) the need to strengthen the class system
3) education is the main way to improve society
4) the necessity of granting people civil rights and freedoms
5) revolution is the only possible way to rebuild society
5. The outcome of the Enlightenment is:
1) the beginning of the process of the secularization of culture
2) affirmation of humanistic values
3) elimination of illiteracy
4) liberation of the oppressed masses
6. The comedy The Marriage of Figaro was written by an Enlightenment-era writer:
1) J.W. Goethe 2) J. Swift 3) T. More 4) P.O. Beaumarchais
7. “The singer of the third estate” was called the Enlightenment era artist:
1) J.S. Bach 2) A. Watteau 3) J.B. Chardin 4) J.A. Houdon
8. The author of the famous “Moon” and “Heroic” sonatas:
1) L. Beethoven 2) W. Hogarth 3) D. Defoe 4) W.A. Mozart
9. Match the cultural figure with the work.
One element in the left column corresponds to one element in the right column.
| Cultural activist | The work |
| A) J. Swift. Swift B) W.A. Mozart B) J.B. Chardin | 1) “Requiem” 2) “Election” series of engravings 3) “Still Life with the Attributes of Art 4) “Gulliver’s Travels |
10. The Industrial Revolution is the process of:
1) the creation of manufactories
2) transition from manual to machine labor
3) increase in the number of urban population
4) separation of crafts from agriculture
11. the agrarian revolution in england took place
1) in the late 16th century 3) in the late 18th century
2) late 17th century 4) late 19th century
12. Opponents of the independence of the English colonies are called:
1) pioneers 3) patriots
2) loyalists 4) pilgrims
13. Napoleon Bonaparte came to power as a result of:
1) an uprising of the people 3) the coup of 9 Thermidor
2) decision of the Directory 4) coup of the 18th Brumaire
14. The reason for the fall of the Jacobin dictatorship in France was:
1) Robespierre’s treason
2) population discontent with the terror
3) defeat in the fight against invaders
4) Napoleon Bonaparte seized Paris
15. The coup d’état of June 2, 1793 brought to power in France:
1) the Girondists 2) the Jacobins 3) the Sanquelots 4) the Thermidorians
16. The Girondists and Jacobins during the Great French Revolution were called:
1) Catholics and Huguenots 3) second and third estates
2) factions in the Convention 4) supporters and opponents of restoration of absolutism
17. The French Constitution of 1791 and the U.S. Constitution of 1787 contained an article on:
1) a republican form of government
2) federal structure of the country
3) universal suffrage
4) separation of the three branches of government
18. Lafayette and Mirabeau were:
1) members of the Jacobin club
2) scholar-enlighteners
3) leaders of the “rabid”.
4) leaders of the Third Estate at the beginning of the revolution
19. What activities were carried out during the Great French Revolution by the Constituent Assembly?
1) adoption of the Constitution
2) Decree on the prohibition of strikes
3) Proclamation of the Republic
4) Adoption of the decree on the “suspicious
5) introduction of fixed prices of articles of prime necessity
20. What was the year of the American Constitution?
1) 1787; 3) 1789; 2) 1788; 4) 1790.
