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6. The group which Mazzini joined in 1827 (though he later became disillusioned with them and started his own)

  • Nigreti
  • Carbonari
  • Alighieri
  • Adolfi

7. The city where Mazzini predominantly lived from 1834-49

  • Marseille
  • London
  • Paris
  • Turin

8. The intellectual who wanted a Piedmont led Federation with a strong Constitutional Monarchy

  • Mazzini
  • Gioberti
  • Balbo
  • D'Azeglio

9. The Prime Minister of Piedmont, who persuaded Charles Albert to attack Austria for a second time

  • Gioberti
  • D'Azeglio
  • Balbo
  • Cavour

10. The main socio-economic problem in 1846 that led to widespread discontent

  • Not enough soap
  • Harvest
  • Bad TV shows
  • Volcano eruption

11. The month in 1848 in which Sicilian elections for the new Provisional Government took place

  • March
  • June
  • April
  • May

12. The prime minister of the Papal States who was murdered on 15th November 1848

  • Rossi
  • Galletti
  • Macinato
  • Gaeta

13. What was issued on 29th April 1848?

  • Papal Allocution
  • Agreement of Plombieres
  • Declaration of War from the Papacy on Austria
  • Constitution of the Venician Republic

14. The composer of the patriotic Opera 'Nabucco'

  • Verdi
  • Rossini
  • Vivaldi
  • Puccini

15. As a result of Austrian activity in Ferarra, what did the Pope refuse to do in January 1848?

  • Allow Austrian nobles to take Communion
  • Allow Austrian troops to help Naples
  • Allow Austria to be classed as a Catholic country
  • Allow Austrian Churchmen to receive their Pallium

16. The Prime Minister of Piedmont and nationalist who aimed for political change engineered from above

  • D'Azeglio
  • Balbo
  • Mazzini
  • Gioberti

17. The name of the leader of Piedmont-Sardinia after 1831

  • Victor Emmanuel II
  • Camillo de Cavour
  • Charles Albert
  • Charles Felix

18. The Austrian who resigned on 13th March 1848

  • Franz-Joseph
  • Franz-Alexander
  • Metternich
  • Radetzky

19. Which battle took place on 24th July 1848?

  • Custozza
  • Novara
  • Goito
  • Peschiera

20. The reparations payed by Piedmont to Austria (to the nearest million francs)

  • Seventy-Five
  • Sixty-Five
  • Seventy
  • Eighty