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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ideology: Secular.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What landmark event does Hobsbawm see as the peak of the middle class ideology?
(a) The publication of Malthus' theories.
(b) The publication of Ricardo's 'Principles of Political Economy'.
(c) The publication of "Origin of Species".
(d) The publication of "Kubla Khan".

2. What was abolished in the wake of Napoleon's victories?
(a) Colonialism.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Feudalism.

3. What tool did the upper classes use to discriminate against the working poor?
(a) Anti-union gangs.
(b) Hiring decisions.
(c) Military repression.
(d) Legislation.

4. In what respect does Hobsbawm say that Britain was well-situated as industrialism expanded?
(a) Hobsbawm says that Britain was well-situated to open new trade routes with Asia.
(b) Hobsbawm says that Britain was well-situated to capitalize on other nations' industrialization.
(c) Hobsbawm says that Britain was well-situated to take the role of supreme military leader.
(d) Hobsbawm says that Britain was well-situated to adopt the new technologies and grow its economy.

5. Why were the working poor treated with contempt as a new social structure evolved in Europe?
(a) They did not need to finance their lives with untrustworthy paper money.
(b) They seemed to lack the quality that had allowed others to move into the middle class.
(c) They seemed to be freer than the middle class, who had to be ambitious to get ahead.
(d) They knew how to perform the manual labor that others no longer performed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What product does Hobsbawm say was the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution?

2. Which market supplied raw materials for the cotton trade?

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

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

5. What motive does Hobsbawm say would have to motivate the new owners of the land, if the land were going to develop economically?

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