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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Revolutions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the second wave of revolutions take place?
(a) Albania and Romania.
(b) Ireland and Poland.
(c) Prussia.
(d) Turkey and Greece.

2. In what fields were cultural developments being made fastest in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Science and commerce.
(b) Religion and philosophy.
(c) Arts and music.
(d) Morality and ethics.

3. What was the effect of the nobility trying to return to government in France?
(a) They inflamed tensions with the merchant class.
(b) They weakened the government.
(c) They made the government more efficient.
(d) They widened the gap between rich and poor.

4. What was the age of scientific and political progress in the 1700s called?
(a) The Romantic period.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) Modernism.
(d) The Enlightenment.

5. Where did Russia expand its relationships after the French Revolution?
(a) Japan.
(b) The Caucasus.
(c) China.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hobsbawm say the revolutionary groups saw as the beneficiaries of their third wave of revolutions?

2. Who was represented by the "Third Estate" in France?

3. What was the result of improvements in the technology of spinning and weaving?

4. In what way does Hobsbawm say the world of 1789 was bigger than today?

5. Which market supplied raw materials for the cotton trade?

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