The Most Ironic Aspect of Napoleon's Career or Rule in France

question 39

Multiple Choice

The most ironic aspect of Napoleon's career or rule in France was that

• A) it was more autocratic than that of Louis XVI, which had initially sparked the Revolution.
• B) Napoleon never understood of the nuances of French domestic political developments.
• C) the ruling European monarchs failed to recognize the fragility of the political dilemma that such a regime could promulgate.
• D) it took advice from the Bishop of Rome, or the Pope, in all domestic matters.
• E) it ended where it began, back in Corsica.

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