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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which nation was the exception to the rule that Europe was ruled by absolute monarchs, in the late 1700s?
(a) Austria.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Britain.

2. What was the result of improvements in the technology of spinning and weaving?
(a) Increased tax revenue from the cotton trade.
(b) Decreased farm size.
(c) Decreased need for labor.
(d) Increased output.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which nation led the others in industrialization?

2. Why did the French state have a financial crisis in the 1780s?

3. What was the Bastille a symbol of when the French stormed it in 1789?

4. Where does Hobsbawm see a culture combining nationalism with the revolutionary spirit of the French Revolution?

5. What was the effect of the nobility trying to return to government in France?

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