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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ideology: Religion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hobsbawm say revolts turned against in this period?
(a) Aristocratic rule.
(b) Mercantile colonialism.
(c) Alien rule.
(d) Absentee landlords.

2. What does Hobsbawm say revolutionary groups had in common across Europe in 1848?
(a) They saw themselves as the benefactors of the common people.
(b) They all wanted to make their revolution a permanent part of society.
(c) They were all inspired to eliminate monarchies.
(d) They all portrayed themselves as fighting for freedom against tyranny.

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

4. What was Chartism?
(a) A movement that called for election and parliamentary reform.
(b) A movement to abolish the monarchy in Prussia.
(c) A movement to unify the workers of the world.
(d) A movement to send workers to domesticate unexplored territories.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality distinguished the revolutions that took place in 1848 from earlier revolutions, according to Hobsbawm?

2. How much does Hobsbawm say Europeans were affected by the Napoleonic Wars?

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

4. Which areas were best connected, according to Hobsbawm?

5. What contrast became very clear as industrialism developed in Europe?

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