The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789-1848 Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Mid-Book Test (up to Land)

This test consists of 5 multiple choice, 5 short answer, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. 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.

2. What motive does Hobsbawm say would have to motivate the new owners of the land, if the land were going to develop economically?
a) The urge to power.
b) The profit motive.
c) Communist sympathy.
d) Altruism.

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) Communal ownership.
d) Lord and vassal.

4. What did the land have to be...
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