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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Peace.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the effect of the nobility trying to return to government in France?
(a) They widened the gap between rich and poor.
(b) They weakened the government.
(c) They made the government more efficient.
(d) They inflamed tensions with the merchant class.

3. Why didn't disagreements between nations reach the level of international war?
(a) Because the populaces had all been decimated.
(b) Because the treaties signed after the French Revolution forbade it.
(c) Because the nations were bound by alliances.
(d) Because there was a relative balance of powers.

4. In what did England lead Europe, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) Moral philosophy.
(b) Political freedoms.
(c) Per capita trade.
(d) Raw material production.

5. What was the Bastille a symbol of when the French stormed it in 1789?
(a) The bourgeoisie.
(b) The free market.
(c) The radical element.
(d) The monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Code of Napoleon?

2. What relationship had begun to dominate between landowners and farmers in England in the late 1700s?

3. In what fields were cultural developments being made fastest in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?

4. What was the French National Assembly modeled on?

5. What was Robespierre's role in the Reign of Terror?

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