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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 quality distinguished the revolutions that took place in 1848 from earlier revolutions, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) They were unsuccessful.
(b) They were non-violent.
(c) They were planned.
(d) They were spontaneous.

2. Where does Hobsbawm see a culture combining nationalism with the revolutionary spirit of the French Revolution?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Greece.
(c) Albania.
(d) Poland.

3. What tool did the upper classes use to discriminate against the working poor?
(a) Military repression.
(b) Anti-union gangs.
(c) Legislation.
(d) Hiring decisions.

4. What was the international congress that ruled Europe called?
(a) The League of Nations.
(b) The European Assembly.
(c) The European Convention.
(d) The Concert of Europe.

5. Who does Hobsbawm say rose to prominence financing the wars?
(a) The Barings and Rothschilds.
(b) The Rockefellers.
(c) Swiss.
(d) The Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobsbawm say is the dual root of nationalism in Europe?

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

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

4. How did the concept of nationalism spread through Europe?

5. What contrast became very clear as industrialism developed in Europe?

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