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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. Which class was Romanticism popular among, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) The aristocracy.
(b) The working poor.
(c) The middle class.
(d) The bureaucracy.

2. In Hobsbawm's account, what did the peasantry gain by land reforms sweeping the globe in the mid-1800s?
(a) Money.
(b) Culture.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Freedom.

3. How were the working classes influenced by religion after the French Revolution?
(a) They remained tithed to the church.
(b) They relied on it as another social service.
(c) They found consolation in the church for their hard lives.
(d) The were less influenced by it than before.

4. What set the stage for the French Revolution, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) France's war with Britain.
(b) France's war with Austria.
(c) France's war with Prussia.
(d) France's war with Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hobsbawm say the first wave of revolutions took place after the French Revolution?

2. Why did places that had not been conquered by France reform their land use, in Hobsbawm's opinion?

3. What change does Hobsbawm say took place in the neighborhoods of the working poor?

4. What motive does Hobsbawm say would have to motivate the new owners of the land, if the land were going to develop economically?

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

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