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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through War.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where were the French forces defeated in 1814?
(a) The Marne.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Waterloo.
(d) Leipzig.

5. What did the nobility do when France became a Constitutional monarchy?
(a) They turned their estates into communes.
(b) They helped turn over their wealth and the Church's wealth to the people.
(c) They organized resistance within France.
(d) They fled to other monarchies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hobsbawm describe the agrarian workers of the world?

2. Why did the French state have a financial crisis in the 1780s?

3. What does Hobsbawm say was the greatest influence on political thought in the 19th century?

4. In what did England lead Europe, in Hobsbawm's account?

5. What did the monarchy do in response to France's financial crisis in the 1780s?

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