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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 asserts that the Anglican literature and the ______ Bible kept the Welsh language from decay.
(a) Welsh.
(b) Latin.
(c) German.
(d) Scandinavian.

2. Hobsbawm suggests that the 19th century _____ ideology of social change had to have a new tradition to support it, since it didn't fit in old patterns.
(a) Religious.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Sectarian.
(d) Conservative.

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

4. According to the book, the Rev. Macpherson helped start a cultural re-writing process that lasted for a _______.
(a) Century.
(b) Milennium.
(c) Decade.
(d) Year.

5. The third period began at the end of ________ and lasted until the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953.
(a) The Korean War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Vietnam War.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Scottish symbols are ascribed to antiquity; however, they were developed much more recently as a protest against _______.

2. The author asserts that one of the factors that made the book so powerful was(were) the _______.

3. In chapter one, the author introduces his concept of ________ which are tied to false histories and have contemporary origins.

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

5. One of the parts of Welsh history held that the Welsh were first _______ and fought against the pagan Saxons.

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