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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The French Revolution.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was the Bastille a symbol of when the French stormed it in 1789?
(a) The free market.
(b) The monarchy.
(c) The bourgeoisie.
(d) The radical element.
2. Who dominated the Third Estate in the 1780s in France?
(a) The working poor.
(b) The middle class.
(c) The nobility.
(d) Revolutionaries and radicals.
3. How large were the circles within which people moved in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Much larger than today.
(b) Smaller than today for some people, but larger for others.
(c) They were much more spread out.
(d) Much smaller than today.
4. What was the French National Assembly modeled on?
(a) The American Senate.
(b) The British House of Commons.
(c) The American House of Representatives.
(d) The British House of Lords.
5. What did the nobility do when France became a Constitutional monarchy?
(a) They helped turn over their wealth and the Church's wealth to the people.
(b) They fled to other monarchies.
(c) They turned their estates into communes.
(d) They organized resistance within France.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Robespierre's role in the Reign of Terror?
2. Which market supplied raw materials for the cotton trade?
3. In what way does Hobsbawm say the world was smaller in 1789?
4. In what did England lead Europe, in Hobsbawm's account?
5. What does Hobsbawm call the Industrial Revolution?
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