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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Hobsbawm say the world of 1789 was bigger than today?
(a) Hobsbawm says that distances seemed much bigger than today.
(b) Hobsbawm says that much of the Earth was still unexplored.
(c) Hobsbawm says that the population was bigger than today.
(d) Hobsbawm says that people were bigger than today.

2. Why does Hobsbawm say that the Industrial Revolution could only have happened in England?
(a) Because the Industrial Revolution required a cooler climate.
(b) Because the rest of the continent was consumed in war.
(c) Because agriculture thrived in England's moister climate.
(d) Becaue only Britain had the commercial strength and social conditions for it.

3. When did the Constituent Assembly create a new Constitution that turned France into a Constitutional monarchy?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1793.
(d) 1791.

4. What was the effect of the nobility trying to return to government in France?
(a) They inflamed tensions with the merchant class.
(b) They made the government more efficient.
(c) They weakened the government.
(d) They widened the gap between rich and poor.

5. What was the French National Assembly modeled on?
(a) The American House of Representatives.
(b) The British House of Lords.
(c) The American Senate.
(d) The British House of Commons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The merchant class was situated between what and what, in Hobsbawm's account?

3. What set the stage for the French Revolution, in Hobsbawm's account?

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

5. Which nation was the exception to the rule that Europe was ruled by absolute monarchs, in the late 1700s?

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