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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 author states that the last great ceremony in the third period was _________ coronation in 1953.
(a) King George VI's.
(b) King Edward VII's.
(c) Queen Elizabeth I's.
(d) Queen Elizabeth II's.

2. Cannadine suggests that the British monarchy went through ______ distinct phases as the ceremonial image of the monarchy developed.
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

3. According to the book, _______ III's children made him particularly hated by the public at large.
(a) Phillip.
(b) Richard.
(c) Henry.
(d) George.

4. _______ was spread by the colonial powers in Africa, forming a new cultural system.
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Paganism.

5. During the third period, the monarchy came to represent all of the following qualities except _______.
(a) Obsequiousness.
(b) Stability.
(c) Consensus.
(d) Community.

Short Answer Questions

1. The spread of Highland dress was brought about by the Highland Society in _____ in the eighteenth century.

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

3. According to the book, the stages of creating the Highland tradition included all of the following elements except _______.

4. Cannadine asserts that during the first period, monarchs could dissolve _______ and vote on membership in the House of Lords.

5. In Chapter 2, Hobsbawm asserts that Scotsmen celebrate their identity with common symbols including the kilt and ______.

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