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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Hobsbawm say rose to prominence financing the wars?
(a) The Barings and Rothschilds.
(b) The Rockefellers.
(c) The Jews.
(d) Swiss.

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

4. Europe was ruled by Britain, France, Austria, Prussia and which nation?
(a) China.
(b) Romania.
(c) Greece.
(d) Russia.

5. What does Hobsbawm call the Industrial Revolution?
(a) "the most important event in world history."
(b) "the beginning of the modern age."
(c) "the end of classical Europe."
(d) "preparation for some of the greatest changes mankind would know."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where were the French forces superior to the English?

3. When did the Constituent Assembly create a new Constitution that turned France into a Constitutional monarchy?

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

5. How large were the circles within which people moved in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?

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