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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, From a Death to a View: The Hunt for the Welsh Past in the Romantic Period.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Welsh Societies were created to promote all things Welsh and were first set up by _______ Welshman.
(a) London.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Edinburgh.

2. The work by _____ led to the discovery that the Welsh language could be connected to ancient Celtic.
(a) Rice Jones.
(b) Iolo Morganwg.
(c) Owain Glyndwr.
(d) Edward Lhuyd.

3. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge collected Welsh ______ in order to preserve the culture.
(a) Art.
(b) Verse.
(c) Prose.
(d) Sculptures.

4. The author claims that the Scots were merely ______ invaders from the fifth century and the Scottish culture was a crude imitation of the invaders.
(a) English.
(b) Irish.
(c) Scandinavian.
(d) Germanic.

5. According to the book, Welsh scholars and patriots rediscovered past traditions in all of the following areas except ______.
(a) Linguistic.
(b) Musical.
(c) Historical.
(d) Literary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hobsbawm believes that many institutions had to reinvent themselves including all of the following except ________.

2. Some of the general values that Hobsbawm suggests are used in invented traditions include ______ and school spirit.

3. According to the book, the Rev. Macpherson helped start a cultural re-writing process that lasted for a _______.

4. The ________ is a set of musical and poetic competitions for which prizes are awarded.

5. In chapter one, the author introduces his concept of ________ which are tied to false histories and have contemporary origins.

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