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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Career Open to Talent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was increasing at the same time that the railroads were expanding in the 1830s?
(a) Religion.
(b) Migration.
(c) Monarchy.
(d) Superstition.

2. What began to develop as industrialism developed in Europe?
(a) An arms race between nations.
(b) Lower prices as producers competed for buyers.
(c) A gap between developed and un-developed nations.
(d) A trade war over tariffs.

3. Which industry saw special improvements and expansion in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Magnesium.
(b) Copper.
(c) Iron.
(d) Coal.

4. France was opposed by which of these in the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) Austria and Prussia.
(b) All of Europe and Britain.
(c) Britain and Russia.
(d) Russia, Prussia and Austria.

5. How large were the circles within which people moved in the late 1700s, according to Hobsbawm?
(a) Much larger than today.
(b) Much smaller than today.
(c) They were much more spread out.
(d) Smaller than today for some people, but larger for others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the age of scientific and political progress in the 1700s called?

2. What profession emerged in France as a result of Napoleon?

3. Why did the international congress among Europe's ruling nations dissolve after a few years?

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

5. When, in Hobsbawm's opinion, did the rate of change begin to increase quickly?

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