The Congress of Vienna

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1. When did the Congress of Vienna take place? 1648 1919 1814/15 1951

2. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte throughout most of the deliberations of the Vienna Congress? In Paris In exile on the island of St. Helena In exile on the island of Elba In Vienna

3. France's largest fear at the Congress of Vienna was what? Losing French colonies in Asia War with the United States The rise of Prussian power Britain's challenge on the high seas

4. What was a primary reason for the delay in opening the Congress? Delegates were unable agree upon the disposition of Napoleon The plenipotentiaries could not agree on the order of signatures The War of 1812 had not been completed in the Americas yet Bismarck's rise to power in Prussia

5. Who represented France at the Congress? Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Lord Castlereagh Alexander I Karl August Hardenberg

6. Austrian Prince Metternich's position at the Congress was undermined by what circumstance? An injury suffered during the Battle of the Nations A love affair A dueling wound suffered during the Congress Not having been born in the country he represented.

7. The two greatest territorial issues of the Congress were concerning the disposition of what areas? France and Northern Italy The Kingdom of Saxony and Poland Turkey and Serbia Prussia and Denmark

8. Which chief delegate to the Congress seemingly often ignored the instructions of his own government? Castlereagh Viscount Saito Talleyrand James Monroe

9. What event occurring during the Congress in 1815 almost doomed it to failure? Nothing occurred of significance The end of the Anglo-American War of 1812 Napolean's escape from exile and return to France The issuance of the Karlsbad decrees

10. Which British military commander at Waterloo also became his country's chief delegate at the Congress of Vienna in 1815? Lord Nelson The Duke of Wellington Williiam Pitt the Younger Lord Palmerston