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

2. According to the book, the minister of ______ wrote a Critical Dissertation, in which he provided the context for Macpherson's transposed locations.
(a) Sleat.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Ossian.
(d) Skye.

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

4. The book Invention of Tradition is _______, meaning that it pulls on several different knowledge areas.
(a) Disciplinary.
(b) Itinerary.
(c) Interdisciplinary.
(d) Intradisciplinary.

5. The Scottish symbols are ascribed to antiquity; however, they were developed much more recently as a protest against _______.
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author suggests that one of the aspects of _______ is the fact that they have an ideological function.

2. Hobsbawm suggests that two of the three types of tradition outlined in question 18 tend to support the main tradition, ________.

3. The invented traditions referred to in question 17 include all of the following types except _______.

4. According to the book, the stages of creating the Highland tradition included all of the following elements except _______.

5. The book asserts that the creation of invented traditions helps historians make sense of human relations in the _______.

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