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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Invention of Tradition, The Highland Tradition of Scotland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hobsbawm makes a point to distinguish traditions from ______, which allow more fluctuation.
(a) Rites.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Rituals.
(d) Customs.

2. Prior to the myth of the Highland culture, the Scottish people were merely an overflow of ________.
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Wales.

3. The book asserts that the creation of invented traditions helps historians make sense of human relations in the _______.
(a) Past.
(b) Culture.
(c) Present.
(d) Future.

4. Both books were written by the same authors, known as the _____ Stuarts.
(a) Vigotsky.
(b) Sobieski.
(c) Novieski.
(d) Grochowski.

5. The author claims that ancient materials and _______ are used to construct invented traditions to which new powerful rituals are tied.
(a) Dates.
(b) Planets.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Calendars.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the middle of the nineteenth century a book called the _______ of the Clans was written that reinforced the myth.

2. According to the book, all of the following people except _______, were pivotal in creating a distinct history.

3. Hobsbawm suggests in the book that the Highland costume changed in the ______ century.

4. Although descendants of the ______ kings challenge later books in terms of accuracy, the book in question #53 was never challenged.

5. The author claims that invented traditions of the _______ revolution can be classified into three types.

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