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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hobsbawm see a culture combining nationalism with the revolutionary spirit of the French Revolution?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Albania.
(c) Poland.
(d) Greece.

2. What did revolutionaries see as the goal of their revolutions?
(a) Seizing control over government.
(b) Giving government back to the people.
(c) Making revolution a permanent aspect of society.
(d) Making aristocratic government responsive to commoners' needs.

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

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

5. What product does Hobsbawm say was the catalyst for the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Iron.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Steel.
(d) Wool.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hobsbawm say rose to prominence financing the wars?

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

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

4. What were the dates of the Napoleonic Wars?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did a period of peace follow the Napoleonic Wars, in Hobsbawm's account?

2. What was the importance of railroads, in Hobsbawm's account, in the Industrial Revolution?

3. In Hobsbawm's account, was the Napoleonic War worth the destruction it caused for the economic benefits that followed?

4. How did the French Revolution proceed from 1792 to 1794?

5. What does Hobsbawm say is the difference between revolts and national movements?

6. What conditions made Britain ripe for the Industrial Revolution, according to Hobsbawm?

7. In what way does Hobsbawm say that the world was both bigger and smaller in the late 1700s?

8. Where does Hobsbawm say the European nations expanded their influence, for lack of war in Europe?

9. Describe the beginnings of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1792.

10. Describe the effect of the Greek revolution on Greece and the region.

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