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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ideology: Religion.

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) Giving government back to the people.
(d) Making revolution a permanent aspect of society.

2. What was Robespierre's role in the Reign of Terror?
(a) He oversaw it.
(b) He incited the people to carry it out.
(c) He conceived the idea for it.
(d) He was persecuted by it.

3. Which class does Hobsbawm say published and circulated native-language publications?
(a) The universities.
(b) Urban presses.
(c) Ex-patriate presses.
(d) Local presses.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality distinguished the revolutions that took place in 1848 from earlier revolutions, according to Hobsbawm?

2. Which industry saw special improvements and expansion in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?

3. In what way does Hobsbawm say that religion was still useful?

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

5. What was the state of science in the period after the French Revolution?

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