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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. Where did Britain expand its relationships after the French Revolution?
(a) With its colonies.
(b) With China and Indonesia.
(c) With Russia and Prussia.
(d) With France and Spain.

2. Who dominated the Orthodox Church in 1848?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Greece.
(c) Poland.
(d) Russia.

3. What cause did Russia and Britain disagree over after the French Revolution?
(a) The independence of Poland.
(b) The independence of Greece.
(c) The independence of Turkey.
(d) The independence of Finland.

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

5. In what did England lead Europe, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) Political freedoms.
(b) Moral philosophy.
(c) Raw material production.
(d) Per capita trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Hobsbawm's account, what did the peasantry lose by land reforms sweeping the globe in the mid-1800s?

2. Which class does Hobsbawm say published and circulated native-language publications?

3. What was the French National Assembly modeled on?

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

5. What was the consequence of French land reforms in North Africa, in Hobsbawm's account?

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