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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Invention of Tradition, The Highland Tradition of Scotland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book asserts that traditions are invented when old ____ forms are deliberately not used or adapted.
(a) Psychological.
(b) Social.
(c) Religious.
(d) Political.

2. The Highland garb adopted by the regiments would be used to invent the tradition of ______ dress.
(a) English.
(b) American.
(c) Irish.
(d) Indian.

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

4. After the victory at ______ , the English made several moves to destroy the Highland way of life.
(a) Darnaway Forest.
(b) Ossian.
(c) Culloden.
(d) Skye.

5. Hobsbawm claims that new invented traditions tend to be _____ and not binding, and inculcate general values.
(a) Linear.
(b) Vague.
(c) Clear.
(d) Direct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hobsbawm makes a point to distinguish traditions from ______, which allow more fluctuation.

2. The author also believes that new invented traditions have practices that are _______, like saying the American pledge of allegiance.

3. The author claims that historians should attend to the phenomena of invented traditions because they provide evidence for historical ______.

4. 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.

5. Hobsbawm suggests in the book that the Highland costume changed in the ______ century.

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