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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 profession emerged in France as a result of Napoleon?
(a) Merchants and money lenders.
(b) A civil service.
(c) Lawyers and legal experts.
(d) University professors.

2. According to Hobsbawm, what characterized conditions in the neighborhoods of the working poor?
(a) Better and more efficient organization over time.
(b) Clean streets.
(c) Lower and lower population density over time.
(d) High disease.

3. Based on these landmarks, what were the dates of the beginning and the peak of middle class ideology?
(a) 1789 and 1830.
(b) 1791 and 1812.
(c) 1776 and 1817.
(d) 1795 and 1848.

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

5. When does Hobsbawm say the second wave of revolutions took place?
(a) 1825.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1815.
(d) 1830s.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where, according to Hobsbawm, did a national movement come from the masses?

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

4. In what way does Hobsbawm say the world of 1789 was bigger than today?

5. Which musician did NOT rise to prominence during the Age of Revolution?

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