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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. Some of the general values that Hobsbawm suggests are used in invented traditions include ______ and school spirit.
(a) Communism.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Consumerism.
(d) Patriotism.

2. The druids were originally authority figures and bards and were thought to have built _______.
(a) Stone circle.
(b) Stonehenge.
(c) Stonewall.
(d) Stonehinge.

3. The author states that the invention of tradition involves _______ and ritualization with reference to the past.
(a) Infrastructure.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) Formalization.
(d) Institutionalization.

4. The author asserts that one of the factors that made the book so powerful was(were) the _______.
(a) Price.
(b) Historical accuracy.
(c) Color illustrations.
(d) Fact that it was written by a government official.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Highland garb adopted by the regiments would be used to invent the tradition of ______ dress.

2. At the end of the third period, Cannadine suggests there was a high level of _______ exploitation and commemoration.

3. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge collected Welsh ______ in order to preserve the culture.

4. Hobsbawm asserts that the overtly or tacitly accepted rules of traditions must have a ______ nature.

5. The work by _____ led to the discovery that the Welsh language could be connected to ancient Celtic.

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