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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hobsbawm say the first wave of revolutions took place after the French Revolution?
(a) In Asia.
(b) In Eastern Europe.
(c) In the Americas.
(d) In the Mediterranean.

2. What does Hobsbawm say the major European powers agreed on after the French Revolution?
(a) Revolutionary movements should be contained.
(b) Revolutions should be used to reinforce the ruling class.
(c) Revolutions should be used as tools for developing nationalism.
(d) Revolutions should be a way of eliminating the aristocrats.

3. What does Hobsbawm say is the dual root of nationalism in Europe?
(a) The population explosion and the railroad.
(b) New trade routes and peace after the war.
(c) The destruction of the French Revolution and the population explosion.
(d) The French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.

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

5. Where did Russia expand its relationships after the French Revolution?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) The Caucasus.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which areas were best connected, according to Hobsbawm?

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

3. The merchant class was situated between what and what, in Hobsbawm's account?

4. In what fields were cultural developments being made fastest in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?

5. Where does Hobsbawm see a culture combining nationalism with the revolutionary spirit of the French Revolution?

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