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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ideology: Religion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How religious does Hobsbawm say the working classes were, by modern standards?
(a) Not religious at all.
(b) Devoutly religious, as before.
(c) More radical than before.
(d) Still quite religious.

2. In Hobsbawm's account, what did the peasantry gain by land reforms sweeping the globe in the mid-1800s?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Money.
(c) Culture.
(d) Tradition.

3. Which religion was expanding from Turkey through Africa and to the east?
(a) Shinto.
(b) Confucianism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Hinduism.

4. What did the French Revolution demonstrate to the rest of Europe?
(a) That tyrants could use popular uprisings for their own purposes.
(b) That people could rise up to fight for their freedom.
(c) That power will always reside in the aristocracy's hands.
(d) That Europe was not ready for democracy yet.

5. What did the French Revolution create in Spain?
(a) Resistance to monarchy.
(b) Resistance to democracy.
(c) New forms of government.
(d) Freedom movements in the Catalan region.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Hobsbawm say that religion was still useful?

2. How does Hobsbawm describe the traditional system of agriculture?

3. Why did places that had not been conquered by France reform their land use, in Hobsbawm's opinion?

4. What was abolished in the wake of Napoleon's victories?

5. What did the land have to be turned into before it could be developed economically, in Hobsbawm's opinion?

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