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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. Hobsbawm believes that many institutions had to reinvent themselves including all of the following except ________.
(a) The Protestant Church.
(b) Professional armies.
(c) Law-courts.
(d) The Catholic Church.

2. One of the costume changes that occurred was the discontinuation of use of the ______.
(a) Socks.
(b) Long shirt.
(c) Short shirt.
(d) Kilt.

3. The people of the Highlands are known as a _______ society.
(a) Celtic.
(b) Berber.
(c) Barbaric.
(d) Germanic.

4. In Chapter 2, Hobsbawm asserts that Scotsmen celebrate their identity with common symbols including the kilt and ______.
(a) Flute.
(b) Bagpipe.
(c) Drum.
(d) Burin.

5. The author claims that the Highland regiments fighting in _______ and the U.S. adopted the Highland garb.
(a) England.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Guinea.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. Macpherson was responsible for taking Irish ______, and transferring the settings from Ireland to Scotland.

2. According to the author, values and norms are established through ______ in ritual and tie back to the past.

3. In the early nineteenth century the Celtic Society of ______ was founded and pushed the Highland cause.

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

5. The author claims that the Scots were merely ______ invaders from the fifth century and the Scottish culture was a crude imitation of the invaders.

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