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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Career Open to Talent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the French National Assembly modeled on?
(a) The American Senate.
(b) The American House of Representatives.
(c) The British House of Commons.
(d) The British House of Lords.

2. Which nation was the exception to the rule that Europe was ruled by absolute monarchs, in the late 1700s?
(a) Russia.
(b) Austria.
(c) Britain.
(d) France.

3. What idea does Hobsbawm say was just being developed after the turning point of 1830?
(a) Separatism.
(b) Unionization.
(c) International community.
(d) "Self-conscious" nationalism.

4. France was opposed by which of these in the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) Austria and Prussia.
(b) Britain and Russia.
(c) All of Europe and Britain.
(d) Russia, Prussia and Austria.

5. Which nation ruled most of Asia in the late 1700s?
(a) Australia.
(b) China.
(c) Russia.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, according to Hobsbawm, did land reform take place in France?

2. Why were Jews particularly well-suited to take advantage of opportunities to join the new middle class?

3. Why did the French state have a financial crisis in the 1780s?

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

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

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