Nationalism In Europe

Q1: Choose the correct nationality of the artist Frederic Sorrieu who visualised in his painting a society made up of Democratic and Social Republic.

• German
• Swiss
• French
• American

Q2: When did the French Revolution start?

• 1789
• 1879
• 1780
• 1769

Q3: Who was called the Árchitect of Germany’s Unification?

• Napoleon
• Ottto Von Bismarck
• Mazzini
• Garibaldi

Q4: What type of conservative regimes were set up in 1815 in Europe?

• Autocratic
• Democratic
• Aristocratic
• Dictatorial

Q5: Nationalism brought about in Europe the emergence of :

• The Nation State
• The Modern State
• Multinational Dynastic State
• Alliances formed among many European states

Q6: ‘Nationalism’, which emerged as a force in the late 19th century, means

• strong devotion for one’s own country and its history and culture.
• strong devotion for one’s own country without appreciation for other nations.
• strong love for one’s own country and hatred for others.
• equally strong devotion for all the countries of the world.

Q7: When was Ireland forcibly incorporated into the United Kingdom ?

• 1798
• 1801
• 1800
• 1799

Q8: Which of the given aspects signifies the image of ‘Germania’.

• Fold and Cultural Tradition
• Auterity and Asceticism
• Revenge and Vengeance
• Heroism and Justice

Q9: Identify the French artist who prepared a series of four prints visualising his dream of a world from the following:

• Kitagewa Utamaro
• Richard M Hoe
• Voltaire
• Frederic Sorrieu

Q10: The  first  clear  expression of Nationalism in Europe came with :

• The American Revolution
• The French Revolution
• The Russian Revolution
• The Industrial Revolution

Q11: Pick out the correct definition to define the term ‘Plebiscite’.

• Plebiscite is a direct vote by which only the female members of a region are asked to accept or reject a proposal.
• Plebiscite is a direct vote by the female members of a matriarchal system to accept or reject a proposal.
• Plebiscite is a direct vote by only a chosen few from the total population of a parti-cular region to accept or reject a proposal.
• Plebiscite is a direct vote by which all the citizens of a region are asked to accept or reject a proposal.

Q12: Each power – Russia, Germany, England, Austro-Hungary – was keen on countering the hold of other powers over the Balkans, this became one of the major reasons for …………

• First World War
• Second World War
• Fall of the Ottomon Empire
• Integration of the Balkan States

Q13: When the Greek struggle for Independence begins?

• 1821
• 1797
• 1850
• 1800

Q14: Napoleon invaded Italy in

• 1821
• 1790s
• 1905
• 1797

Q15: The ideas of a United Community enjoying equal rights under a Constitution were expressed by the French as :

• La Patrie
• Le Citoyen
• Both (a) and (b)
• None of the above

Q16: Ernst Renan believed that the existence of nations is a necessity because

• it ensures protection to all inhabitants.
• it ensures liberty to all inhabitant citizens.
• it ensures Parliamentary form of govern-ment to its inhabitants.
• it ensures jobs and good health to all its inhabitants.

Q17: Which area was the most serious source of nationalist tension in Europe after 1871?

• Southern Europe
• mid Europe
• Balkan States
• Eastern States

Q18: What the crown of oak leaves symbolise?

• Peace
• Heroism
• Courage
• Tolerance

Q19: Who was proclaimed King of united Italy in 1861?

• Victor Emmanuel II
• Louis Philippe
• Mazzini
• Cavour

Q20: Frederic Serrieu, a French artist, in his series of four prints (1848) visualised his dream of a world as:

• A world made up of ‘democratic and social republics’
• A world made up of one nation, one world
• A world with one absolute ruler
• A world following one religion, one language

Q21: Which of the following countries did not attend the Congress of Vienna?

• Britain
• Russia
• Prussia
• Switzerland

Q22: How many wars over seven years – with Austria, Denmark and France – ended in Prussian victory and completed the process of unification?

• four
• three
• six
• two

Q23: Which sentence best explains the Utopian Society?

• A society where everyone is equal
• A society with a comprehensive constitution
• An idealist society which can never be achieved
• A democratic society

Q24: Which of the following artists painted the image of Germania?

• Philip Veit
• Frederic Sorrieu
• Ernst Renan
• Richar M Hoe

Q25: What kind of political and constitutional change was brought about by the French Revolution?

• It ended the absolute monarchy
• It transferred power to a body of the French citizens
• It proclaimed that henceforth people would constitute the nation and shape its destiny
• All the above

Q26: The first great revolution which gave the clear idea of nationalism with its core words: ‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was:

• The Russian Revolution
• The French Revolution
• The American Revolution
• India’s First War of Independence

Q27: In which year did Louis Philippe flee and the National Assembly was proclaimed a Republic?

• 1846
• 1848
• 1845
• 1847

Q28: Which of the following treaty gave Greece a recognition of an independent nation?

• Treaty of Vienna
• Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Lausanne
• Treaty of Constantinople

Q29: Who said ‘When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold’?

• Garibaldi
• Bismarck
• Mazzini
• Duke Metternich

Q30: The Civil Code of 1804, also known as the Napoleonic Code, established :

• Equality before the law
• Secured the right to property
• Did away with all the privileges based on birth
• All the above

Q31: The French revolutionaries declared that the mission and destiny of the French nation was

• to conquer the people of Europe.
• to liberate the people of Europe from despotism.
• to strengthen absolute monarchies in all the countries of Europe.
• to propagate the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity in every part of the world.

Q32: What happened at the Treaty of Constantinople of 1832?

• revolutionary nationalism in Europe sparked off
• struggle for independence amongst the Greeks began
• Greece was recognised as an independent nation
• European civilisation and mobilised public opinion to support its struggle against a Muslim empire

Q33: Romanticism refers to which movement.

• Political Movement
• Religious Movement
• Cultural Movement
• Literary Movement

Q34: What happened to Poland at the end of 18th century. Which of the following answers is correct?

• Poland achieved independence at the end of the 18th century.
• Poland came totally under the control of Russia and became part of Russia.
• Poland became the part of East Germany.
• Poland was partitioned at the end of the 18th century by three Great Powers: Russia, Prussia and Austria.

Q35: Socially and politically dominant class in Europe during mid-eighteenth century was __________ .

• The Nobility
• The landed aristocracy
• The Church
• The absolute monarchs

Q36: The Civil Code of 1804 in France is usually known as:

• The French Revolutionary Code
• Napoleonic Code
• European Imperial Code
• The French Civil Code

Q37: Who was Giuseppe Mazzini, what did he do?

• French revolutionary, formed groups
• British statesman, gave a speech
• Russian politician, wrote a book
• Italian Revolutionary, founded two underground societies – Young Italy in Marseilles and Young Europe in Berne and opposed monarchy

Q38: Who formed the secret society called ‘Young Italy’.

• Metternich
• Mazzini
• Johann Gottfried Herder
• Otto Von Bismarck

Q39: Who played the leading role in the unification of Germany?

• German Emperor (formerly King of Prussia) – Kaiser William I.
• Otto Von Bismarck (Prussian Chief Minister).
• Johann Gottfried Herder – German philosopher.
• Austrian Chancellor – Duke Metternich.

Q40: All the new regimes, set up in 1815, were autocratic because:

• They did not tolerate criticism and dissent
• They imposed censorship laws to control what was said in newspapers, plays, songs etc.
• They curbed activities which questioned their legitimacy
• All the above

Q41: The Napoleonic Code was exported to which of the following regions?

• England
• Spain
• Regions under French control
• Poland

Q42: When did the Treaty of Vienna take place and who were the participants?

• 1816, Britain, Russia, Prussia
• 1815, Britain, Russia, Prussia, Austria
• 1820, Britain and Russia
• 1817, Russia, Prussia, Austria

Q43: Before the Revolution in France in 1789, which of the following types of government were functioning there.

• Monarchy
• Military
• Body of French Citizen
• Dictatorship

Q44: Three wars over seven years with Austria, Denmark, Germany and France, ended in

• Danish victory
• Prussian victory
• French victory
• German victory

Q45: Name one kind of revolt that started in Europe in 1848.

• Linguistic Revolt in Germany
• Artisans, industrial workers and peasants revolted against economic hardships
• Revolt  against  monarchy  in Switzerland
• Revolt for freedom in Greece

Q46: The liberal nationalism stands for:

• freedom for the individual and equality before law.
• preservation of autocracy and clerical privileges.
• freedom for only male members of society and equality before law.
• freedom only for senior citizens.

Q47: What was conservatism?

• strict rules on the society
• social norms became conservative
• monarchy, the Church, social hierarchies, property and the family – should be preserved
• different norms for different classes

Q48: Italian Princely house ruled which of the following states before the Unification of Italy.

• Sardania-piedmont
• Lomabardy
• Venetia
• Kingdom of two Sicilies

Q49: Who was proclaimed the emperor of Germany in 1871?

• Otto Von Bismarck
• Victor Emmanuel II
• Count Cavour
• Kaiser William I of Prussia

Q50: Which new spirit guided European nations after Napoleon’s defeat?

• Fascism
• Conservatism
• Nazism
• Communism

Q51: The term ‘Universal Suffrage’ means:

• the right to vote and get elected, granted only to men.
• the right to vote for all adults.
• the right to vote and get elected, granted exclusively to property owning men.
• the right to vote and get elected, granted only to educated men and women.

Q52: What did the customs union or zollverein do?

• abolished tax
• abolished tariff barriers and reduced the number of currencies from over thirty to two
• abolished tariff charges and reduced the currencies to 5
• only abolished tariff barriers

Q53: Which one of the following was not the feature of Napoleonic Code?

• Equality before the law
• Universal Adult Franchise
• Right to Property
• Privileges based on birth

Q54: The denial of universal suffrage in Europe, led to _________________.

• Revolutions
• Women and non-propertied men organising opposition movements, demanding equal rights throughout 19th and early 20th centuries
• Demand of equal political rights
• Return of monarchy

Q55: The Treaty of recognized Greece as an independent nation:

• Vienna 1815
• Constantinople 1832
• Warsaw 1814
• Leipzig 1813

Q56: A merchant travelling in 1833 from Hamburg to Nuremberg to sell his goods would have had to pass through ……………….

• 11 customs barriers
• no custom barriers
• 6 custom barriers
• 3 custom barriers

Q57: Who hosted the ‘Treaty of Vienna’?

• Frédéric Sorrieu
• Victor Emmanuel
• Duke Metternich
• Giuseppe Garibaldi

Q58: In the 19th century, the French artists symbolised the French nation as :

• Marianne, a popular Christian name for women
• Marianne, a female figure, with a red cap, the tricolour and the cockade
• As a female named Marianne, with characteristics of liberty (a red cap, a broken chair) and the Republic (the red cap, tricolour and the cockade)
• All the above

Q59: Who became the King of United Italy in 1861?

• Giuseppe Garibaldi
• Victor Emmanuel II
• Count Cavour
• Giuseppe Mazzini

Q60: In revolutionary France, the right to vote and to get elected was granted exclusively to ………………….

• property-owning men
• all
• Men and women
• upper class

Q61: The political and constitutional changes brought about by the French Revolution were:

• it ended the absolute monarchy.
• It transferred power to a body of the French citizens.
• It proclaimed that henceforth people would constitute the nation and shape its destiny.
• All the above.

Q62: The purpose behind the painting “The Massacre at Chios” by Eugene Delacroix, 1824, was:

• To appeal to the emotions of the spectators and create sympathy for the Greeks
• To dramatise the incident in which 20,000 Greeks were killed
• To focus on the suffering of women and children
• All the above

Q63: What helped in the formation of a nation-state in Britain?

• The formation of a nation-state in Britain was the result of a sudden upheaval.
• In 1688, the monarchy in Britain had seized the power from English Parliament.
• The parliament through a bloodless revolution seized power from the monarchy which gradually led to the emergence of a nation-state.
• The British nation was formed as a result of a war with Scotland and Wales.

Q64: The allegory of the German nation who wears a crown of oak leaves was a:

• Marianne
• Union Jack
• Britannia
• Germania

Q65: What is Suffrage?

• Right to property
• Right to Justice
• Right to vote
• Right to complain

Q66: What does ‘Absolutist’ mean?

• A Philosophy
• A Theory
• Monarchical Government
• A Painting

Q67: German philosopher Johann Gotfried Herder claimed that true German culture was discovered through

• Folk songs, folk poetry, folk dances
• Common people — das volk
• Vernacular language
• All the above

Q68: A large part of Balkan region was under the control of:

• Russian empire
• Ottoman empire
• German empire
• Habsburg rulers

Q69: The first clear expression of nationalism came with:

• The American Revolution
• The French Revolution
• The Russian Revolution
• The Industrial Revolution

Q70: Cavour’s contribution to Italian unification was :

• Diplomatic alliance with the enemies of Austria
• War with Austrians and Bourbons.
• Diplomatic alliance with France in 1859 and strengthening
• Defeated the Bourbon kings