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

2. How does Hobsbawm describe the agrarian workers of the world?
(a) He says they were part-owners in the estates.
(b) He says they were unfree.
(c) He says they were united.
(d) He says they were efficient.

3. Who dominated the Third Estate in the 1780s in France?
(a) The middle class.
(b) Revolutionaries and radicals.
(c) The nobility.
(d) The working poor.

4. In what did England lead Europe, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) Per capita trade.
(b) Moral philosophy.
(c) Raw material production.
(d) Political freedoms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Hobsbawm say the world was smaller in 1789?

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

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

4. Which nation ruled most of Asia in the late 1700s?

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

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