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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What relationship had begun to dominate between landowners and farmers in England in the late 1700s?
(a) Frontiersmen were opening new lands in Europe.
(b) Landlord and tenant-farmer.
(c) Lord and vassal.
(d) Communal ownership.

4. Who was represented by the "Third Estate" in France?
(a) The merchants.
(b) The bourgeoisie.
(c) The nobles.
(d) The common people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Robespierre's role in the Reign of Terror?

2. In what did England lead Europe, in Hobsbawm's account?

3. What was production freed from in the 1780s?

4. Which nation was the exception to the rule that Europe was ruled by absolute monarchs, in the late 1700s?

5. What was the French National Assembly modeled on?

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