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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The merchant class was situated between what and what, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) Farmers and craftsmen.
(b) Part-time craftsmen and markets.
(c) Industrial labor and aristocrats.
(d) Political theory and practice.

3. What did the monarchy do in response to France's financial crisis in the 1780s?
(a) He outsourced the business of governing.
(b) He proposed new taxes.
(c) He borrowed from the merchants.
(d) He called a States General.

4. What role did Chartists play in politics?
(a) They agitated for conservative politicians.
(b) They agitated for liberal politicians.
(c) They were elected to local councils.
(d) They disrupted the political process.

5. Where did Russia expand its relationships after the French Revolution?
(a) Japan.
(b) Greece.
(c) China.
(d) The Caucasus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How religious does Hobsbawm say the working classes were, by modern standards?

2. Which religions gained adherents after the French Revolution?

3. Which industry saw special improvements and expansion in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?

4. How large were the circles within which people moved in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?

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

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