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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. How did the concept of nationalism spread through Europe?
(a) From north to south.
(b) From France outward in every direction.
(c) From east to west.
(d) From west to east.

2. Why didn't disagreements between nations reach the level of international war?
(a) Because the populaces had all been decimated.
(b) Because the nations were bound by alliances.
(c) Because the treaties signed after the French Revolution forbade it.
(d) Because there was a relative balance of powers.

3. What does Hobsbawm call the Industrial Revolution?
(a) "the beginning of the modern age."
(b) "the end of classical Europe."
(c) "preparation for some of the greatest changes mankind would know."
(d) "the most important event in world history."

4. What were the dates of the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) 1789-1815.
(b) 1792-1815.
(c) 1812-1815.
(d) 1791-1812.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What set the stage for the French Revolution, in Hobsbawm's account?

2. Where were the French forces defeated in 1814?

3. Who dominated the Orthodox Church in 1848?

4. What was abolished in the wake of Napoleon's victories?

5. What was the international congress that ruled Europe called?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hobsbawm say was the second wave of revolutions to follow the French Revolution?

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

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

5. In Hobsbawm's account, why was 1830 a turning point in the history of Europe?

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

7. How does Hobsbawm say that the nationalistic ideal spread through Europe?

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

9. What does Hobsbawm say were the monarchies' relationships with land use and the economy in 1780?

10. What was the importance of railroads, in Hobsbawm's account, in the Industrial Revolution?

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