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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Context, Performance and Meaning of Ritual, The British Monarchy and the 'Invention of Tradition', c. 1820-1977.

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) Queen Elizabeth I's.
(c) Queen Elizabeth II's.
(d) King Edward VII's.

2. In the early nineteenth century the Celtic Society of ______ was founded and pushed the Highland cause.
(a) London.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) Paris.
(d) Cornwall.

3. Macpherson was responsible for taking Irish ______, and transferring the settings from Ireland to Scotland.
(a) Plays.
(b) Poems.
(c) Ballads.
(d) Sonnets.

4. David Cannadine suggests that ____ aspects of ritual, performance and context deserve study.
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Fifteen.

5. The book Invention of Tradition is _______, meaning that it pulls on several different knowledge areas.
(a) Itinerary.
(b) Disciplinary.
(c) Intradisciplinary.
(d) Interdisciplinary.

Short Answer Questions

1. The people of the Highlands are known as a _______ society.

2. The author asserts that the Anglican literature and the ______ Bible kept the Welsh language from decay.

3. The author suggests that all of the concepts in question 26 rest on what he calls social ________.

4. The book asserts that traditions are invented when old ____ forms are deliberately not used or adapted.

5. In the late _______ the Almanack Eisteddfodau was associated with Welsh societies and had greater public impact than before.

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