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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Hobsbawm say Europeans were affected by the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) He says that fighting was widespread throughout many regions.
(b) He says that almost everyone felt the effects in one way or another.
(c) He says that many were not affected at all.
(d) He says that the wide areas were almost totally devastated. but some were left untouched.

2. Which nation led the others in industrialization?
(a) Prussia.
(b) France.
(c) Britain.
(d) Russia.

3. Why did the international congress among Europe's ruling nations dissolve after a few years?
(a) It was replaced by another alliance.
(b) Its members conspired against each other.
(c) The interests of its main powers diverged.
(d) Its members launched an unsuccessful war together.

4. What product does Hobsbawm say was the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Iron.
(b) Wool.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Steel.

5. Why does Hobsbawm say that the Industrial Revolution could only have happened in England?
(a) Because the rest of the continent was consumed in war.
(b) Because the Industrial Revolution required a cooler climate.
(c) Becaue only Britain had the commercial strength and social conditions for it.
(d) Because agriculture thrived in England's moister climate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hobsbawm say the revolutionary groups saw as the beneficiaries of their third wave of revolutions?

2. Who was represented by the "Third Estate" in France?

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

4. Where does Hobsbawm say the first wave of revolutions took place after the French Revolution?

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

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