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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ideology: Religion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. France was opposed by which of these in the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) All of Europe and Britain.
(b) Russia, Prussia and Austria.
(c) Britain and Russia.
(d) Austria and Prussia.

2. In what way does Hobsbawm say that religion was still useful?
(a) As propaganda to build nationalism.
(b) As nostalgia for an earlier golden age.
(c) As a prop to secure the middle class.
(d) As propaganda to justify xenophobia.

3. What was abolished in the wake of Napoleon's victories?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Colonialism.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Feudalism.

4. Why did places that had not been conquered by France reform their land use, in Hobsbawm's opinion?
(a) They saw the benefits of reforming land use.
(b) They were afraid of their peasantry rising up.
(c) They didn't want to be left behind as other countries reformed.
(d) They were inspired by France's example.

5. How were the working classes influenced by religion after the French Revolution?
(a) They relied on it as another social service.
(b) They found consolation in the church for their hard lives.
(c) The were less influenced by it than before.
(d) They remained tithed to the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the dates of the Napoleonic Wars?

2. What was the status of the Catholic Church after the French Revolution?

3. What did the French Revolution demonstrate to the rest of Europe?

4. Why, according to Hobsbawm, did land reform take place in France?

5. What does Hobsbawm say had to happen to the land before its economic potential could be unleashed?

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