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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Hobsbawm say the world was smaller in 1789?
(a) Hobsbawm says that the Earth was smaller.
(b) Hobsbawm says that the population was smaller.
(c) Hobsbawm says that the families were smaller.
(d) Hobsbawm says that the cities were smaller.

2. Where does Hobsbawm see a culture combining nationalism with the revolutionary spirit of the French Revolution?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Albania.
(c) Poland.
(d) Greece.

3. France was opposed by which of these in the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) Britain and Russia.
(b) Russia, Prussia and Austria.
(c) All of Europe and Britain.
(d) Austria and Prussia.

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

5. Where did Russia expand its relationships after the French Revolution?
(a) Greece.
(b) China.
(c) Japan.
(d) The Caucasus.

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

7. What relationship had begun to dominate between landowners and farmers in England in the late 1700s?
(a) Lord and vassal.
(b) Communal ownership.
(c) Frontiersmen were opening new lands in Europe.
(d) Landlord and tenant-farmer.

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

9. Where does Hobsbawm say the first wave of revolutions took place after the French Revolution?
(a) In Eastern Europe.
(b) In the Americas.
(c) In Asia.
(d) In the Mediterranean.

10. In what did England lead Europe, in Hobsbawm's account?
(a) Per capita trade.
(b) Political freedoms.
(c) Raw material production.
(d) Moral philosophy.

11. What was the French National Assembly modeled on?
(a) The American Senate.
(b) The British House of Lords.
(c) The British House of Commons.
(d) The American House of Representatives.

12. Where were the French forces defeated in 1815?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Leipzig.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Waterloo.

13. What was the effect of the nobility trying to return to government in France?
(a) They made the government more efficient.
(b) They weakened the government.
(c) They inflamed tensions with the merchant class.
(d) They widened the gap between rich and poor.

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

15. How does Hobsbawm describe the agrarian workers of the world?
(a) He says they were part-owners in the estates.
(b) He says they were unfree.
(c) He says they were efficient.
(d) He says they were united.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the French monarch make a practice of in the 1780s?

2. Who dominated the Orthodox Church in 1848?

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

4. What trend was Hobsbawm looking for in revolts and revolutions?

5. What did the French Revolution create in Spain?

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