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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, in Hobsbawm's view, was the economic result of the French Revolution?
(a) It created room for new industries.
(b) It concentrated the refugee populations in cities, where they became workers.
(c) It ruined the means of production and created the possibility of socialism.
(d) It devastated the continent with non-stop fighting.

2. Which nation led the others in industrialization?
(a) France.
(b) Britain.
(c) Prussia.
(d) Russia.

3. Why does Hobsbawm say that the Industrial Revolution could only have happened in England?
(a) Because the rest of the continent was consumed in war.
(b) Because agriculture thrived in England's moister climate.
(c) Because the Industrial Revolution required a cooler climate.
(d) Becaue only Britain had the commercial strength and social conditions for it.

4. What was a consequence of the emergence of a new class of people in European society?
(a) Libertinage.
(b) Stricter government surveillance.
(c) Religious freedom.
(d) Nostalgia for lost cultural heritage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invested in the railroads, in Hobsbawm's account?

2. What did the monarchy do in response to France's financial crisis in the 1780s?

3. What pressure drove the mechanization of production in the late 1700s?

4. How does Hobsbawm describe the traditional system of agriculture?

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

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