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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cause did Russia and Britain disagree over after the French Revolution?
(a) The independence of Finland.
(b) The independence of Turkey.
(c) The independence of Poland.
(d) The independence of Greece.

2. 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."

3. What did the French monarch make a practice of in the 1780s?
(a) Selling government positions to noblemen.
(b) Persecuting heretics and dissenters.
(c) Ostracizing radicals and innovators.
(d) Placing competent men in bureaucratic positions.

4. What was abolished in the wake of Napoleon's victories?
(a) Aristocracy.
(b) Feudalism.
(c) Monarchy.
(d) Colonialism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Hobsbawm say the world of 1789 was bigger than today?

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

3. What was the result of improvements in the technology of spinning and weaving?

4. What did the French Revolution demonstrate to the rest of Europe?

5. Who does Hobsbawm say rose to prominence financing the wars?

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