2F.1.1 The Sun King, 1643–1685 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 17

The 20 questions

1. In what year did Louis XIV succeed to the French throne?

   • 1610
   • 1648
   • 1643
   • 1661

2. Which cardinal served as chief minister during the minority of Louis XIV?

   • Mazarin
   • Richelieu
   • Fleury
   • Colbert

3. Which series of civil rebellions challenged royal authority during Louis XIV's minority?

   • The Camisards
   • The Jacquerie
   • The Enragés
   • The Frondes

4. Which 1648 peace treaty ended the Thirty Years' War and expanded French power?

   • Treaty of Nijmegen
   • Treaty of Pyrenees
   • Peace of Westphalia
   • Treaty of Utrecht

5. Which 1659 treaty ended the war between France and Spain?

   • Treaty of Westphalia
   • Treaty of Pyrenees
   • Treaty of Dover
   • Treaty of Nijmegen

6. Which controller-general of finances, appointed in 1665, pursued mercantilist policies in France?

   • Colbert
   • Louvois
   • Mazarin
   • Fouquet

7. Which 1685 edict revoked legal Protestant religious toleration in France?

   • Edict of Fontainebleau
   • Edict of Grace
   • Edict of Nantes
   • Edict of Saint-Germain

8. Who was Louis XIV's war minister, who reformed the French army and its administration?

   • Fouquet
   • Louvois
   • Colbert
   • Mazarin

9. Which territory did Louis XIV claim during the War of Devolution from 1667 to 1668?

   • Dutch Republic
   • Franche-Comté
   • Imperial Alsace
   • Spanish Netherlands

10. Which 1678 peace treaty ended the Franco-Dutch War and granted France Franche-Comté?

    • Treaty of Ryswick
    • Peace of Westphalia
    • Treaty of Utrecht
    • Peace of Nijmegen

11. Which legal bodies did Louis XIV set up in the 1680s to annex borderlands?

    • Intendants of Provinces
    • Chambers of Reunion
    • Parlements of France
    • Council of Dispatches

12. What was Louis XIV's primary political motive for moving his court to Versailles?

    • Modernise the army
    • Increase tax collection
    • Subdue the Pope
    • Control the nobility

13. In what year was the Royal Academy of Sciences founded under Colbert's patronage?

    • 1666
    • 1653
    • 1648
    • 1661

14. Which religious movement, centred on the convent of Port-Royal, was suppressed by Louis XIV?

    • Quietism
    • Calvinism
    • Jansenism
    • Lutheranism

15. Which country was the primary target of Louis XIV's invasion in 1672?

    • England
    • Spain
    • Holy Roman Empire
    • Dutch Republic

16. Which English king made a secret treaty with Louis XIV at Dover in 1670?

    • William III
    • Charles I
    • Charles II
    • James II

17. Which royal officials centralised royal authority across French provinces under Louis XIV?

    • Courtiers
    • Seigneurs
    • Intendants
    • Parlements

18. Which economic policy did Jean-Baptiste Colbert use to increase French state wealth?

    • Feudalism
    • Mercantilism
    • Laissez-faire
    • Physiocracy

19. Which religious group fled France following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes?

    • Huguenots
    • Catholics
    • Jansenists
    • Quietists

20. In which year did Louis XIV's army invade the Dutch Republic, beginning the Franco-Dutch War?

    • 1667
    • 1672
    • 1685
    • 1678

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