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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Towards an Industrial World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trend was Hobsbawm looking for in revolts and revolutions?
(a) Indigenosity.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Modernism.
(d) Local traditions.

2. What was the result of improvements in the technology of spinning and weaving?
(a) Increased tax revenue from the cotton trade.
(b) Decreased need for labor.
(c) Increased output.
(d) Decreased farm size.

3. What does Hobsbawm say the major European powers agreed on after the French Revolution?
(a) Revolutionary movements should be contained.
(b) Revolutions should be used as tools for developing nationalism.
(c) Revolutions should be used to reinforce the ruling class.
(d) Revolutions should be a way of eliminating the aristocrats.

4. What changed in other countries, but did not change in France, in Hobsbawm's analysis?
(a) Inflation did not remain low.
(b) Population did not increase.
(c) France did not begin to idealize its ancient past.
(d) Mercantile colonialism did not provide large amounts of revenue.

5. What does Hobsbawm say is the dual root of nationalism in Europe?
(a) New trade routes and peace after the war.
(b) The French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.
(c) The population explosion and the railroad.
(d) The destruction of the French Revolution and the population explosion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was abolished in the wake of Napoleon's victories?

2. What cause did Russian and Britain support together after the French Revolution?

3. Where did Britain expand its relationships after the French Revolution?

4. What did the French Revolution create in Spain?

5. Why does Hobsbawm say that the Industrial Revolution could only have happened in England?

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