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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who invested in the railroads, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) The working classes.
(b) Merchants and investors.
(c) Nobles and aristocrats.
(d) All strata of society invested in the railroads.

2. What were the dates of the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) 1812-1815.
(b) 1789-1815.
(c) 1792-1815.
(d) 1791-1812.

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

4. What, in Hobsbawm's view, was the economic result of the French Revolution?
(a) It devastated the continent with non-stop fighting.
(b) It concentrated the refugee populations in cities, where they became workers.
(c) It created room for new industries.
(d) It ruined the means of production and created the possibility of socialism.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the French National Assembly modeled on?

3. What was the Bastille a symbol of when the French stormed it in 1789?

4. What was the Code of Napoleon?

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

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