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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hobsbawm describe the traditional system of agriculture?
(a) As a backwards set of superstitions.
(b) As the foundation for industrialism.
(c) As a legacy of improvements.
(d) As a hindrance to economic growth.

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

3. How much does Hobsbawm say Europeans were affected by the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) He says that fighting was widespread throughout many regions.
(b) He says that almost everyone felt the effects in one way or another.
(c) He says that many were not affected at all.
(d) He says that the wide areas were almost totally devastated. but some were left untouched.

4. In Hobsbawm's account, what did the peasantry lose by land reforms sweeping the globe in the mid-1800s?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Dependence on local government.
(d) Protections.

5. The most industrialized countries saw more and more adherents of what religion?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Folk religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which religions gained adherents after the French Revolution?

2. What was the Code of Napoleon?

3. How were the working classes influenced by religion after the French Revolution?

4. What was the new stance toward religion after the French Revolution?

5. Who does Hobsbawm say rose to prominence financing the wars?

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