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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 agriculture thrived in England's moister climate.
(c) Becaue only Britain had the commercial strength and social conditions for it.
(d) Because the rest of the continent was consumed in war.

3. What was the Code of Napoleon?
(a) The criminal law instituted by Napoleon.
(b) The currency policy that financed the Napoleonic wars.
(c) The reform that abolished feudalism.
(d) The bureaucratic system instituted in France.

4. What does Hobsbawm say was the greatest influence on political thought in the 19th century?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The ancient Greeks.
(d) The Renaissance.

5. What was the Bastille a symbol of when the French stormed it in 1789?
(a) The bourgeoisie.
(b) The free market.
(c) The radical element.
(d) The monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was abolished in the wake of Napoleon's victories?

4. What pressure drove the mechanization of production in the late 1700s?

5. What did Hobsbawm say was the new law of businesses in the late 1700s?

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