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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why, according to Hobsbawm, did land reform take place in France?
(a) Because of the Industrial Revolution.
(b) Because of Napoleon's defeat in Russia.
(c) Because of the French Revolution.
(d) Because of the ravages of the Napoleonic Wars.

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) Communist sympathy.
(c) The profit motive.
(d) Altruism.

3. 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 didn't want to be left behind as other countries reformed.
(c) They were afraid of their peasantry rising up.
(d) They were inspired by France's example.

4. What was the consequence of French land reforms in North Africa, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) They stripped away the wealth of the North African countries.
(b) They brought civilization to North Africa for the first time.
(c) They installed local officials as a new aristocracy.
(d) They created a discontented class of people who eventually revolted.

5. What was the status of the Catholic Church after the French Revolution?
(a) It was expanding.
(b) It was appealing to the peasantry more and more.
(c) It was declining.
(d) It was becoming more powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the land have to be turned into before it could be developed economically, in Hobsbawm's opinion?

2. Which religions gained adherents after the French Revolution?

3. What was the Code of Napoleon?

4. What was changing in the role religion played in people's lives, in Hobsbawm's account?

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

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