Lesson 2D.1.1

2D.1.1 Challenges to the restored order and the failure of revolution, c1830–49 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 4

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  1. Which foreign power sent troops to crush the 1831 Italian revolutions?

    • Austria
    • Prussia
    • Russia
    • France
  2. What type of government did Mazzini's Young Italy aim to establish?

    • Papal state
    • Federal monarchy
    • Unitary republic
    • Constitutional empire
  3. Who did Vincenzo Gioberti propose should head a unified Italian federation?

    • King of Piedmont
    • Duke of Tuscany
    • The Pope
    • Emperor of Austria
  4. Which Italian state issued the liberal constitution known as the Statuto Albertino?

    • Papal States
    • Two Sicilies
    • Piedmont-Sardinia
    • Lombardy-Venetia
  5. Which foreign power intervened militarily to destroy the Roman Republic in 1849?

    • Britain
    • Austria
    • France
    • Spain
  6. Which Pope was elected in 1846, raising liberal hopes for Italian unification?

    • Gregory XVI
    • Pius IX
    • Leo XIII
    • Pius VIII
  7. Which battle in July 1848 resulted in a major defeat for Piedmont?

    • Battle of Custoza
    • Battle of Solferino
    • Battle of Magenta
    • Battle of Goito
  8. Which Austrian field marshal led the military suppression of Italian rebels in 1848?

    • Josef Radetzky
    • Alfred von Windisch-Grätz
    • Felix von Schwarzenberg
    • Klemens von Metternich
  9. Which March 1849 battle forced Charles Albert to abdicate as King?

    • Battle of Pastrengo
    • Battle of Goito
    • Battle of Custoza
    • Battle of Novara
  10. Who commanded the military defence of the short-lived Roman Republic in 1849?

    • Giuseppe Mazzini
    • Giuseppe Garibaldi
    • Daniele Manin
    • Camillo Cavour
  11. Which form of government did Giuseppe Mazzini advocate for a unified Italy?

    • An absolute monarchy
    • A unitary republic
    • A papal confederation
    • A federal monarchy
  12. What main method did secret societies like the Carbonari use to push for reform?

    • Diplomatic treaties
    • Parliamentary elections
    • Conspiratorial risings
    • Mass strikes
  13. Which foreign army was expelled from Milan during the Five Days of March 1848?

    • Britain
    • Spain
    • France
    • Austria
  14. What action did Ferdinand II of Naples take shortly after granting a constitution in 1848?

    • He revoked it
    • He dissolved parliament
    • He joined Piedmont
    • He abdicated
  15. Which major military power was primarily responsible for crushing the 1848–49 Italian revolutions?

    • Russia
    • Austria
    • Prussia
    • Britain
  16. Which pope initially encouraged Italian liberals in 1846 by introducing political reforms?

    • Pius IX
    • Leo XIII
    • Pius VII
    • Gregory XVI
  17. Which state led the unsuccessful war against Austria in 1848?

    • Naples
    • Piedmont
    • Lombardy
    • Tuscany
  18. Which social group formed the main support base for the early Risorgimento?

    • Industrial workers
    • Urban paupers
    • Middle-class elites
    • Peasant farmers
  19. Which two northern Italian regions remained under direct Austrian rule after 1849?

    • Piedmont and Liguria
    • Parma and Modena
    • Lombardy and Venetia
    • Tuscany and Romagna
  20. Which fortress network enabled the Austrian army to regroup in northern Italy in 1848?

    • The Alpine Line
    • Venetian Bastion
    • The Pentagon
    • The Quadrilateral

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