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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, in Hobsbawm's view, was the economic result of the French Revolution?
(a) It devastated the continent with non-stop fighting.
(b) It concentrated the refugee populations in cities, where they became workers.
(c) It created room for new industries.
(d) It ruined the means of production and created the possibility of socialism.

2. What cause did Russian and Britain support together after the French Revolution?
(a) The independence of Turkey.
(b) The independence of Finland.
(c) The independence of Greece.
(d) The independence of Poland.

3. What was the Code of Napoleon?
(a) The reform that abolished feudalism.
(b) The criminal law instituted by Napoleon.
(c) The bureaucratic system instituted in France.
(d) The currency policy that financed the Napoleonic wars.

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

5. What does Hobsbawm say was the greatest influence on political thought in the 19th century?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The ancient Greeks.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the French forces superior to the English?

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

3. How much does Hobsbawm say Europeans were affected by the Napoleonic Wars?

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

5. What crucial event does Hobsbawm say took place during the period after the French Revolution?

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