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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. According to ______ Morgan, there were a number of groups and individuals who were involved in preservation of Welsh culture.
(a) Prys.
(b) Peter.
(c) Bryn.
(d) Brys.

2. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.
(a) Loss of meaning.
(b) Nostalgic remembering.
(c) Falsification.
(d) Destruction.

3. _______ decided that Welsh culture should be preserved and helped develop the invention of a tradition.
(a) Edward Lhuyd.
(b) William Jones.
(c) Owain Glyndwr.
(d) Glendower.

4. According to the book, the stages of creating the Highland tradition included all of the following elements except _______.
(a) Artificial creation of new Highland traditions.
(b) Cultural revolt against England.
(c) Cultural revolt against Ireland.
(d) The adoption of new traditions by Lowland Scots.

5. According to the book, the basic type of invented tradition was called ______, which outlined the historical practices of a particular group.
(a) Communitarian.
(b) Libertarian.
(c) Communistic.
(d) Egalitarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Highland Society had many aims including the repeal of laws forbidding _______ in Scotland.

2. During the third period, the monarchy came to represent all of the following qualities except _______.

3. The author derides the British media for thinking the rituals are over ______ years old when in fact they are relatively new.

4. In particular, the author suggests that historians pay attention to the creation of all of the following concepts except _______.

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

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