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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hobsbawm say revolutionary groups had in common across Europe in 1848?
(a) They were all inspired to eliminate monarchies.
(b) They all wanted to make their revolution a permanent part of society.
(c) They saw themselves as the benefactors of the common people.
(d) They all portrayed themselves as fighting for freedom against tyranny.

3. In what did England lead Europe, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) Moral philosophy.
(b) Raw material production.
(c) Political freedoms.
(d) Per capita trade.

4. Why did the French state have a financial crisis in the 1780s?
(a) Because they had brought too many workers into the labor force, and devalued their currency.
(b) Because they had overextended themselves in their colonies.
(c) Because they had lost Canada to the British.
(d) Because they helped the Americans in their Revolutionary War.

5. What was production freed from in the 1780s?
(a) The limitations imposed by limited raw materials.
(b) The limitations imposed by years of war.
(c) The limitations imposed by population size.
(d) The limitations of earlier production techniques.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the effect of the nobility trying to return to government in France?

2. What does Hobsbawm call the Industrial Revolution?

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

4. What did revolutionaries see as the goal of their revolutions?

5. Which nation led the others in industrialization?

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