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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Science and Conclusion: Towards 1848.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the effect of the nobility trying to return to government in France?
(a) They weakened the government.
(b) They made the government more efficient.
(c) They widened the gap between rich and poor.
(d) They inflamed tensions with the merchant class.

2. What idea does Hobsbawm say was just being developed after the turning point of 1830?
(a) "Self-conscious" nationalism.
(b) International community.
(c) Separatism.
(d) Unionization.

3. What stage was the political theory in when the organizers were making promises to the workers in the mid-1800s?
(a) It was still a lot of dreaming by people who were powerless to act.
(b) It was meeting the political will to begin to strive towards achieving its goals.
(c) It was not well-organized enough to be a threat.
(d) It was establishing coalitions with policemen, soldiers, and union leaders to present demands and back them with force.

4. How much does Hobsbawm say Europeans were affected by the Napoleonic Wars?
(a) He says that many were not affected at all.
(b) He says that the wide areas were almost totally devastated. but some were left untouched.
(c) He says that fighting was widespread throughout many regions.
(d) He says that almost everyone felt the effects in one way or another.

5. What did Hobsbawm find in conservative thinking of the period?
(a) The beginnings of fascism.
(b) Hobsbawm did not find much of value.
(c) A strong tradition, in literature in particular.
(d) Myriad alternatives to industrialization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What landmark event does Hobsbawm use as the beginning of the middle class ideology?

2. In Hobsbawm's account, what did the peasantry lose by land reforms sweeping the globe in the mid-1800s?

3. In what respect does Hobsbawm say that Britain was well-situated as industrialism expanded?

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

5. Which musician did NOT rise to prominence during the Age of Revolution?

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