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

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) Austria and Prussia.
(d) Britain and Russia.

2. What trend was Hobsbawm looking for in revolts and revolutions?
(a) Local traditions.
(b) Modernism.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Indigenosity.

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

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

5. Who dominated the Third Estate in the 1780s in France?
(a) The working poor.
(b) The nobility.
(c) The middle class.
(d) Revolutionaries and radicals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in Hobsbawm's view, was the economic result of the French Revolution?

2. What does Hobsbawm say was the greatest influence on political thought in the 19th century?

3. Where were the French forces defeated in 1815?

4. Where were spinning and weaving performed prior to the Industrial Revolution?

5. Where did the idea that Hobsbawm says was developing after 1830 first take root?

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