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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The spread of Highland dress was brought about by the Highland Society in _____ in the eighteenth century.
(a) Cornwall.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Edinburgh.

2. The author refers to all of the following grand ceremonies during the second period except _______.
(a) The coronation of George V.
(b) The funeral of George V.
(c) Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
(d) The funeral of Edward VII.

3. The people of the Highlands are known as a _______ society.
(a) Berber.
(b) Barbaric.
(c) Germanic.
(d) Celtic.

4. Whites allowed some blacks to join the _______ and then employed European invented traditions to exercise power.
(a) Shipwright class.
(b) Ruling class.
(c) Peasant class.
(d) Guilds.

5. The author claims that ______ was not well suited for royal ceremonies because many buildings were symbols of the wealth and power of the merchant class.
(a) Surrey.
(b) London.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) Canterbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asserts that one of the factors that made the book so powerful was(were) the _______.

2. The author states that the last great ceremony in the third period was _________ coronation in 1953.

3. According to the book, Europeans saw African customs through their own ______.

4. According to the book, the Highland culture was created in _______ distinct stages, the first occurring in the eighteenth century.

5. After the victory at ______ , the English made several moves to destroy the Highland way of life.

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