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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Hobsbawm say was the new law of businesses in the late 1700s?
(a) Buy low, sell high.
(b) Get big or die.
(c) Buy locally, sell globally.
(d) Create a niche.

3. What cause did Russian and Britain support together after the French Revolution?
(a) The independence of Finland.
(b) The independence of Greece.
(c) The independence of Poland.
(d) The independence of Turkey.

4. Who does Hobsbawm say identified themselves with local traditions?
(a) The uneducated masses.
(b) The aristocrats.
(c) The middle class.
(d) The bourgeoisie.

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

6. Who was represented by the "Third Estate" in France?
(a) The common people.
(b) The bourgeoisie.
(c) The nobles.
(d) The merchants.

7. Which areas were best connected, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The farm country.
(c) The seacoasts.
(d) The islands.

8. What was the Bastille a symbol of when the French stormed it in 1789?
(a) The bourgeoisie.
(b) The radical element.
(c) The free market.
(d) The monarchy.

9. In what fields were cultural developments being made fastest in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Arts and music.
(b) Science and commerce.
(c) Morality and ethics.
(d) Religion and philosophy.

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

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. What did the monarchy do in response to France's financial crisis in the 1780s?
(a) He borrowed from the merchants.
(b) He outsourced the business of governing.
(c) He proposed new taxes.
(d) He called a States General.

13. What cause did Russia and Britain disagree over after the French Revolution?
(a) The independence of Finland.
(b) The independence of Poland.
(c) The independence of Greece.
(d) The independence of Turkey.

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

15. What area was affected by what Hobsbawm calls the third wave of revolutions?
(a) Western Europe.
(b) Eastern Europe.
(c) All of Europe.
(d) The Mediterranean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Europe was ruled by Britain, France, Austria, Prussia and which nation?

2. When did the Constituent Assembly create a new Constitution that turned France into a Constitutional monarchy?

3. What happened that fostered nationalist movements in the Balkans?

4. Why did the French state have a financial crisis in the 1780s?

5. What does Hobsbawm say the major European powers agreed on after the French Revolution?

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