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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Hobsbawm say the major European powers agreed on after the French Revolution?
(a) Revolutions should be a way of eliminating the aristocrats.
(b) Revolutions should be used to reinforce the ruling class.
(c) Revolutionary movements should be contained.
(d) Revolutions should be used as tools for developing nationalism.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Hobsbawm say the world was smaller in 1789?

2. Who does Hobsbawm say rose to prominence financing the wars?

3. What was the result of improvements in the technology of spinning and weaving?

4. Where were the French forces superior to the English?

5. What area was affected by what Hobsbawm calls the third wave of revolutions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hobsbawm say was the first wave of revolutions to follow the French Revolution?

2. What were the geographical consequences of the Napoleonic Wars, in Hobsbawm's account?

3. What was the effect, in Hobsbawm's account, of the American Revolution on the French Revolution?

4. How does Hobsbawm say the population was distributed in the 1780s?

5. What does Hobsbawm say is the difference between revolts and national movements?

6. What role did the cotton market play in the Industrial Revolution, in Hobsbawm's account?

7. How did the French Revolution proceed from 1792 to 1794?

8. What conditions made Britain ripe for the Industrial Revolution, according to Hobsbawm?

9. How does Hobsbawm say that the political atmosphere changed after the French Revolution?

10. Describe the beginnings of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1792.

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