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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. Which class does Hobsbawm say published and circulated native-language publications?
(a) The universities.
(b) Local presses.
(c) Urban presses.
(d) Ex-patriate presses.

2. What was a consequence of the emergence of a new class of people in European society?
(a) Libertinage.
(b) Religious freedom.
(c) Stricter government surveillance.
(d) Nostalgia for lost cultural heritage.

3. Why, according to Hobsbawm, did land reform take place in France?
(a) Because of the French Revolution.
(b) Because of Napoleon's defeat in Russia.
(c) Because of the ravages of the Napoleonic Wars.
(d) Because of the Industrial Revolution.

4. What possibility did this social structure open to French society?
(a) It became a place where aristocrats could regain their property and standing.
(b) It became a place where the monarch could appoint friends and supporters.
(c) It became a place where talent could succeed regardless of wealth or birth.
(d) It became a place where new immigrants could attain citizenship.

5. What is the paradox in France's failure to develop its industries?
(a) The peasants gained more political power, but with so many voices, the government was paralyzed.
(b) The aristocracy lost the land, but retained the right to what the land produced.
(c) The peasants had more autonomy as a result of land reforms, but they were not well positioned to capitalize on their land.
(d) The workers became more efficient, but the cost of living skyrocketed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the second wave of revolutions take place?

3. What area was affected by what Hobsbawm calls the third wave of revolutions?

4. Where does Hobsbawm say the first wave of revolutions took place after the French Revolution?

5. What developed in other European countries, but not in France?

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