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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the monarchy do in response to France's financial crisis in the 1780s?
(a) He outsourced the business of governing.
(b) He called a States General.
(c) He borrowed from the merchants.
(d) He proposed new taxes.

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

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

5. Who was represented by the "Third Estate" in France?
(a) The nobles.
(b) The merchants.
(c) The bourgeoisie.
(d) The common people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Hobsbawm say Europeans were affected by the Napoleonic Wars?

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

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

4. What does Hobsbawm call the Industrial Revolution?

5. What did the French monarch make a practice of in the 1780s?

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