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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Revolutions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Europe was ruled by Britain, France, Austria, Prussia and which nation?
(a) Russia.
(b) Greece.
(c) China.
(d) Romania.

2. What was the result of improvements in the technology of spinning and weaving?
(a) Decreased farm size.
(b) Decreased need for labor.
(c) Increased output.
(d) Increased tax revenue from the cotton trade.

3. What crucial event does Hobsbawm say took place during the period after the French Revolution?
(a) The development of paper currency.
(b) The discovery of Australia.
(c) The abolition of the slave trade.
(d) The invention of the cotton gin.

4. Why did the international congress among Europe's ruling nations dissolve after a few years?
(a) It was replaced by another alliance.
(b) Its members conspired against each other.
(c) The interests of its main powers diverged.
(d) Its members launched an unsuccessful war together.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the revolutions that took place in the first wave of revolutions after the French Revolution was NOT suppressed?

2. Who does Hobsbawm say the revolutionary groups saw as the beneficiaries of their third wave of revolutions?

3. What relationship had begun to dominate between landowners and farmers in England in the late 1700s?

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

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

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