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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which industry saw special improvements and expansion in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Iron.
(b) Copper.
(c) Magnesium.
(d) Coal.

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

4. What did the monarchy do in response to France's financial crisis in the 1780s?
(a) He borrowed from the merchants.
(b) He proposed new taxes.
(c) He called a States General.
(d) He outsourced the business of governing.

5. In what fields were cultural developments being made fastest in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Arts and music.
(b) Religion and philosophy.
(c) Science and commerce.
(d) Morality and ethics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who invested in the railroads, in Hobsbawm's account?

3. What was the Bastille a symbol of when the French stormed it in 1789?

4. Which nation was the exception to the rule that Europe was ruled by absolute monarchs, in the late 1700s?

5. Who does Hobsbawm say identified themselves with local traditions?

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