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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 result of improvements in the technology of spinning and weaving?
(a) Decreased need for labor.
(b) Increased tax revenue from the cotton trade.
(c) Increased output.
(d) Decreased farm size.

2. Which nation ruled most of Asia in the late 1700s?
(a) Australia.
(b) Russia.
(c) China.
(d) India.

3. Where were spinning and weaving performed prior to the Industrial Revolution?
(a) In communal workshops.
(b) In the market.
(c) In warehouses.
(d) At home.

4. What set the stage for the French Revolution, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) France's war with Prussia.
(b) France's war with Britain.
(c) France's war with Austria.
(d) France's war with Russia.

5. Which market supplied raw materials for the cotton trade?
(a) Thailand.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Britain's colonies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Robespierre's role in the Reign of Terror?

2. Who invested in the railroads, in Hobsbawm's account?

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

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

5. Who dominated the Third Estate in the 1780s in France?

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