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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the French forces defeated in 1815?
(a) Leipzig.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Waterloo.
(d) Berlin.

2. What was the state of science in the period after the French Revolution?
(a) It still held that the world was flat.
(b) It was advancing and clashing with the church.
(c) It was developing slowly behind philosophy and literature.
(d) It was still riddled with superstitions and religious stories.

3. What were the dates of the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) 1812-1815.
(b) 1792-1815.
(c) 1789-1815.
(d) 1791-1812.

4. 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.

5. In Hobsbawm's account, what did the peasantry gain by land reforms sweeping the globe in the mid-1800s?
(a) Money.
(b) Culture.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Tradition.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where were the French forces superior to the English?

3. What, in Hobsbawm's view, was the economic result of the French Revolution?

4. How did Hobsbawm characterize the change in the way that people related to the land, and the way land was related to the economy?

5. What was the consequence of British land reforms in India?

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