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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. According to the book, _______ and transport innovation made accenting grandeur even easier for royal ceremonies.
(a) Music.
(b) Location.
(c) Church.
(d) Phone.

2. At the beginning of Chapter Four, the author notes that few heads of state are more popular than _______.
(a) Queen Elizabeth II.
(b) Queen Elizabeth I.
(c) King Edward V.
(d) King Louis XV.

3. Africans saw the importance and power of European monarchical and ______ traditions and attempted to use them.
(a) Military.
(b) Economic.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Religious.

4. At the end of the third period, Cannadine suggests there was a high level of _______ exploitation and commemoration.
(a) Commercial.
(b) Racist.
(c) Religious.
(d) Political.

5. According to the book, the ______ movement and its association with the noble savage helped produce the invented tradition.
(a) Romantic.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Industrial.
(d) Commercial.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims that the Scots were merely ______ invaders from the fifth century and the Scottish culture was a crude imitation of the invaders.

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

3. The author claims that the Highland regiments fighting in _______ and the U.S. adopted the Highland garb.

4. Men often used tradition against women in order to establish new ______ norms.

5. According to the book, Africans often changed ______ identities. Competition was the rule.

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