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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the international congress among Europe's ruling nations dissolve after a few years?
(a) The interests of its main powers diverged.
(b) Its members conspired against each other.
(c) It was replaced by another alliance.
(d) Its members launched an unsuccessful war together.

2. Who was represented by the "Third Estate" in France?
(a) The bourgeoisie.
(b) The merchants.
(c) The common people.
(d) The nobles.

3. What was the age of scientific and political progress in the 1700s called?
(a) The Romantic period.
(b) Modernism.
(c) The Enlightenment.
(d) The Renaissance.

4. What did the French Revolution create in Spain?
(a) New forms of government.
(b) Resistance to monarchy.
(c) Resistance to democracy.
(d) Freedom movements in the Catalan region.

5. Which industry saw special improvements and expansion in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Magnesium.
(b) Iron.
(c) Coal.
(d) Copper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Bastille a symbol of when the French stormed it in 1789?

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

3. Where were the French forces defeated in 1815?

4. What pressure drove the mechanization of production in the late 1700s?

5. What cause did Russia and Britain disagree over after the French Revolution?

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