Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Hobsbawm's account, what happened in France as industrialism expanded in neighboring countries?
2. What does Hobsbawm say had to happen to the land before its economic potential could be unleashed?
3. In what respect does Hobsbawm say that Britain was well-situated as industrialism expanded?
4. What was the one nation Hobsbawm says could have been considered industrialized in 1848?
5. How was Mozart's Magic Flute connected to the politics of Mozart's time, in Hobsbawm's account?
Short Essay Questions
1. What had to happen to land use practices, in Hobsbawm's account, for capitalism to take hold in Europe?
2. How does Hobsbawm describe France's effect on land reform?
3. What works marked the beginning and the peak, respectively, of middle class ideology, in Hobsbawm's account?
4. What happened in France while the rest of Europe was industrializing?
5. How does Hobsbawm say religion was changing after the French Revolution?
6. How does Hobsbawm say France in particular created opportunities for a new middle class?
7. How does Hobsbawm define middle class ideology?
8. What does Hobsbawm say was increasing around 1848?
9. How does Hobsbawm describe the class tensions surrounding the new middle class?
10. Why, in Hobsbawm's account, was Britain the only industrialized nation in 1848?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How had the past changed as a result of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution? How did the sciences, technologies and philosophies that were developed during the Age of Revolution change how people looked at their own origins and the origin of the human race?
Essay Topic 2
How important was nationalism in the revolutions Hobsbawm describes? Was it a cause or an effect of the revolutions? If it was a cause, what were its effects? If it was an effect, what caused it?
Essay Topic 3
Write a detailed review of "The Age of Revolution". What are the book's main themes and preoccupations? What are its methods? How does it achieve its intentions? Where does it fail to?
|
This section contains 778 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
