2. What was the Code of Napoleon?
(a) The bureaucratic system instituted in France.
(b) The criminal law instituted by Napoleon.
(c) The reform that abolished feudalism.
(d) The currency policy that financed the Napoleonic wars.

3. What did the French monarch make a practice of in the 1780s?
(a) Selling government positions to noblemen.
(b) Placing competent men in bureaucratic positions.
(c) Persecuting heretics and dissenters.
(d) Ostracizing radicals and innovators.

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

5. Why did the international congress among Europe's ruling nations dissolve after a few years?
(a) Its members launched an unsuccessful war together.
(b) The interests of its main powers diverged.
(c) It was replaced by another alliance.
(d) Its members conspired against each other.

6. Where did the idea that Hobsbawm says was developing after 1830 first take root?
(a) In the destitute.
(b) In the middle classes.
(c) In the bourgeoisie.
(d) In the working poor.

7. Which industry saw special improvements and expansion in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Copper.
(b) Coal.
(c) Iron.
(d) Magnesium.

8. What did the French Revolution create in Spain?
(a) Resistance to monarchy.
(b) Resistance to democracy.
(c) New forms of government.
(d) Freedom movements in the Catalan region.

9. What trend was Hobsbawm looking for in revolts and revolutions?
(a) Indigenosity.
(b) Local traditions.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Modernism.

10. What was the result of improvements in the technology of spinning and weaving?
(a) Decreased farm size.
(b) Increased tax revenue from the cotton trade.
(c) Increased output.
(d) Decreased need for labor.

11. What idea does Hobsbawm say was just being developed after the turning point of 1830?
(a) "Self-conscious" nationalism.
(b) Unionization.
(c) International community.
(d) Separatism.

12. Who dominated the Third Estate in the 1780s in France?
(a) The working poor.
(b) The nobility.
(c) Revolutionaries and radicals.
(d) The middle class.

13. What did the French Revolution demonstrate to the rest of Europe?
(a) That power will always reside in the aristocracy's hands.
(b) That Europe was not ready for democracy yet.
(c) That tyrants could use popular uprisings for their own purposes.
(d) That people could rise up to fight for their freedom.

14. What came to an end in 1830, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Religious faith.
(b) Local trade.
(c) Aristocratic political power.
(d) Hand-crafts.

15. What was production freed from in the 1780s?
(a) The limitations imposed by years of war.
(b) The limitations of earlier production techniques.
(c) The limitations imposed by limited raw materials.
(d) The limitations imposed by population size.