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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Science and Conclusion: Towards 1848.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hobsbawm find in conservative thinking of the period?
(a) Myriad alternatives to industrialization.
(b) A strong tradition, in literature in particular.
(c) Hobsbawm did not find much of value.
(d) The beginnings of fascism.

2. How did geology support the theory of evolution in the mid-1800s, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) Sedimentary layers of the Earth gave an indication of a long history of changes.
(b) Fossils revealed the presence of pre-historic creatures.
(c) The discovery of petroleum presented an argument for the recycling of all things in nature.
(d) The grinding and sorting action of oceans and streams seemed to imply an innate sorting capacity in nature.

3. Why didn't disagreements between nations reach the level of international war?
(a) Because there was a relative balance of powers.
(b) Because the nations were bound by alliances.
(c) Because the treaties signed after the French Revolution forbade it.
(d) Because the populaces had all been decimated.

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

5. Europe was ruled by Britain, France, Austria, Prussia and which nation?
(a) Romania.
(b) China.
(c) Russia.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area was affected by what Hobsbawm calls the third wave of revolutions?

2. How were the working classes influenced by religion after the French Revolution?

3. What is the paradox in France's failure to develop its industries?

4. What did revolutionaries see as the goal of their revolutions?

5. What was the age of scientific and political progress in the 1700s called?

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