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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The French Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How large were the circles within which people moved in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Smaller than today for some people, but larger for others.
(b) They were much more spread out.
(c) Much smaller than today.
(d) Much larger than today.

3. What was production freed from in the 1780s?
(a) The limitations of earlier production techniques.
(b) The limitations imposed by years of war.
(c) The limitations imposed by limited raw materials.
(d) The limitations imposed by population size.

4. What did the nobility do when France became a Constitutional monarchy?
(a) They fled to other monarchies.
(b) They turned their estates into communes.
(c) They helped turn over their wealth and the Church's wealth to the people.
(d) They organized resistance within France.

5. What does Hobsbawm say was the greatest influence on political thought in the 19th century?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The ancient Greeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the French monarch make a practice of in the 1780s?

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

3. What set the stage for the French Revolution, in Hobsbawm's account?

4. What product does Hobsbawm say was the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution?

5. In what way does Hobsbawm say the world was smaller in 1789?

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