1. Why were the working poor treated with contempt as a new social structure evolved in Europe?
(a) They knew how to perform the manual labor that others no longer performed.
(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 did not need to finance their lives with untrustworthy paper money.

2. France was opposed by which of these in the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) All of Europe and Britain.
(b) Britain and Russia.
(c) Russia, Prussia and Austria.
(d) Austria and Prussia.

3. What was production freed from in the 1780s?
(a) The limitations imposed by years of war.
(b) The limitations of earlier production techniques.
(c) The limitations imposed by population size.
(d) The limitations imposed by limited raw materials.

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

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