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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 crucial event does Hobsbawm say took place during the period after the French Revolution?
(a) The discovery of Australia.
(b) The abolition of the slave trade.
(c) The development of paper currency.
(d) The invention of the cotton gin.

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

3. What idea does Hobsbawm say was just being developed after the turning point of 1830?
(a) Separatism.
(b) "Self-conscious" nationalism.
(c) International community.
(d) Unionization.

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

5. What developed in other European countries, but not in France?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Militarism.
(c) An export market for luxury items.
(d) A market for common goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was increasing at the same time that the railroads were expanding in the 1830s?

2. Who dominated the Orthodox Church in 1848?

3. Which nation led the others in industrialization?

4. How did the concept of nationalism spread through Europe?

5. Who invested in the railroads, in Hobsbawm's account?

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