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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The French Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What product does Hobsbawm say was the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Iron.
(c) Wool.
(d) Steel.

2. In what fields were cultural developments being made fastest in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Morality and ethics.
(b) Arts and music.
(c) Science and commerce.
(d) Religion and philosophy.

3. In what way does Hobsbawm say the world was smaller in 1789?
(a) Hobsbawm says that the cities were smaller.
(b) Hobsbawm says that the families were smaller.
(c) Hobsbawm says that the Earth was smaller.
(d) Hobsbawm says that the population was smaller.

4. What was Robespierre's role in the Reign of Terror?
(a) He oversaw it.
(b) He incited the people to carry it out.
(c) He was persecuted by it.
(d) He conceived the idea for it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the age of scientific and political progress in the 1700s called?

2. Who was represented by the "Third Estate" in France?

3. What did the nobility do when France became a Constitutional monarchy?

4. What relationship had begun to dominate between landowners and farmers in England in the late 1700s?

5. What was the result of improvements in the technology of spinning and weaving?

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