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

3. Why didn't France invade any territories after the French Revolution?
(a) The country was burdened with too much debt.
(b) The country was struggling with internal dissensions.
(c) The government could not raise an army large enough for any invasions.
(d) The price of reintroducing Jacobinism was too high.

4. How large were the circles within which people moved in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Much larger than today.
(b) They were much more spread out.
(c) Smaller than today for some people, but larger for others.
(d) Much smaller than today.

5. What did the nobility do when France became a Constitutional monarchy?
(a) They organized resistance within France.
(b) They helped turn over their wealth and the Church's wealth to the people.
(c) They fled to other monarchies.
(d) They turned their estates into communes.

6. When did the Constituent Assembly create a new Constitution that turned France into a Constitutional monarchy?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1791.
(c) 1793.
(d) 1789.

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

8. What product does Hobsbawm say was the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Wool.
(b) Steel.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Iron.

9. Who dominated the Orthodox Church in 1848?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Greece.
(c) Russia.
(d) Poland.

10. The merchant class was situated between what and what, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) Farmers and craftsmen.
(b) Part-time craftsmen and markets.
(c) Industrial labor and aristocrats.
(d) Political theory and practice.

11. How much does Hobsbawm say Europeans were affected by the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) He says that many were not affected at all.
(b) He says that the wide areas were almost totally devastated. but some were left untouched.
(c) He says that fighting was widespread throughout many regions.
(d) He says that almost everyone felt the effects in one way or another.

12. What does Hobsbawm say was the greatest influence on political thought in the 19th century?
(a) The ancient Greeks.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

13. Who does Hobsbawm say rose to prominence financing the wars?
(a) The Rockefellers.
(b) Swiss.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The Barings and Rothschilds.

14. Why did the French state have a financial crisis in the 1780s?
(a) Because they had brought too many workers into the labor force, and devalued their currency.
(b) Because they had overextended themselves in their colonies.
(c) Because they helped the Americans in their Revolutionary War.
(d) Because they had lost Canada to the British.

15. What group does Hobsbawm say typified the revolutionary groups that became active in 1848?
(a) The Carbonari.
(b) The Jacobins.
(c) The Luddites.
(d) The Chartists.