1800s Political Test
The 1800's were a very interesting time when it came to voting, most people could not or were not allowed to vote, for example women. This period led to a lot of changes in politics. Take the test below to see how well you would have fared it you existed during that time period.
- 1.How many male children is each household required to give up for the sake of the King's military campaigns?
- A.
Volunteers only.
- B.
One.
- C.
More than one.
- D.
None.
- E.
All male children.
- 2.You are at a grand gala and the Kings of Austria and France rush down the hallway towards you. You must obstruct one. Which one do you obstruct?
- A.
The King of France
- B.
The King of Austria
- C.
Kill myself to avoid obstructing a King.
- D.
Obstruct both of them!
- E.
Either - it doesn't matter.
- 3.What is your opinion on commoner children accidentally run down in the street and killed by aristocrats' carriages? Are the children victims?
- A.
What does it matter?
- B.
Victims?!? What about the damage to the carriage? And inconvenience of the passengers?
- C.
Apalling. Commoners' lives matter.
- D.
Apalling. Those children are needed for service to the state.
- E.
Justice must be sought for the children and the nobles involved prosecuted.
- 4.What is your opinion on Freemasonry?
- A.
I am a Freemason. (Report to Count Bonaretti for termination).
- B.
They are the conspiratorial delusions of reactionary madmen.
- C.
As long as they faithfully serve the state it does not matter.
- D.
They must be excluded from government and all stations of social importance.
- E.
THE HYDRA! THEY ARE THE HYDRA!
- 5.What is your opinion on dueling? Was the King right to ban the practice?
- A.
The King has banned dueling, which has turned countrymen against each other. The King's word is law and the practice weakened the nation.
- B.
My feelings are mixed. I do not feel the High Court of Honor is adequate to settle my disputes.
- C.
I wish to see a legislation of dueling practices.
- D.
How better to get the oppressors to fight amongst themselves?
- E.
It is essentially ritual murder. It should be illegal.
- 6.What are your economic opinions?
- A.
The government has no right to interfere with trade or commerce.
- B.
Free trade may have merits, but we cannot allow the reigns to be too loose.
- C.
Protectionism and state control are the path to a stable economy.
- D.
Laissez-Faire will bring prosperity.
- E.
The Crown Monopolies should be restored and all industry brought under government control to advance the state interests.
- 7.Which of these statements, goals, or values do you most agree with?
- A.
The state above all else.
- B.
Justice and right thinking, as the ancients said.
- C.
Freedom, as our fathers had.
- D.
L'Ancien regime and stability.
- E.
Preservation of the status quo.
- 8.How much influence should the Holy Father have over our Kingdom?
- A.
The Holy Father speaks for the Almighty, the font of the King's authority, and is therefore supreme.
- B.
The King rules by divine right, which is evident in itself. He should not clash with the Holy Father if there is to be harmony in the realm.
- C.
The King is the ultimate authority in the realm. The Pope is not.
- D.
The Pope should confine himself to spiritual matters; the King's authority is secular.
- E.
God is dead.
- 9.What is the role of lesser nobility in the Kingdom?
- A.
They have sworn loyalty to the King and must serve him faithfully so long as he upholds the old traditions.
- B.
They constitute an unnecessary division of power.
- C.
They are rentiers.
- D.
They are the guardians of tradition and stability and all that is noble under the crown.
- E.
They are wealthy landowners who should be regarded as another political institution with no extraordinary properties.
- 10.What is your opinion of the Invasion of Tunis?
- A.
Disastrous. We suffered several humiliating defeats.
- B.
Disastrous. It sent troops abroad at a time of instability.
- C.
Disastrous. Tunis is worthless.
- D.
Satisfactory. It marked the end of the infidel Barbary States, which have plagued us since the times of our forefathers.
- E.
Excellent. The acqusition of Tunis was a necessary part of national liberation and restoration.
- 11.What is your general opinion of the Austrians?
- A.
They are occupiers.
- B.
They are neighbors.
- C.
They are logical, natural allies.
- D.
They are too decentralized.
- E.
They are backward fools.
- 12.What is Sardinia-Piedmont's path to greatness in the future?
- A.
National liberation and cultural union.
- B.
Conquest in Europe and centralization.
- C.
Colonialism and civilizing primitive peoples in the name of god and country.
- D.
Domestic development and modernization.
- E.
Traditional values and weathering the crisis that batter other, hastier countries.
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