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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the French forces defeated in 1815?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Waterloo.
(d) Leipzig.

2. How large were the circles within which people moved in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Smaller than today for some people, but larger for others.
(b) Much smaller than today.
(c) Much larger than today.
(d) They were much more spread out.

3. What was the Bastille a symbol of when the French stormed it in 1789?
(a) The free market.
(b) The radical element.
(c) The bourgeoisie.
(d) The monarchy.

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

5. What did revolutionaries see as the goal of their revolutions?
(a) Seizing control over government.
(b) Giving government back to the people.
(c) Making aristocratic government responsive to commoners' needs.
(d) Making revolution a permanent aspect of society.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't France invade any territories after the French Revolution?

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

3. What was the age of scientific and political progress in the 1700s called?

4. What product does Hobsbawm say was the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution?

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

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