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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. According to the author, values and norms are established through ______ in ritual and tie back to the past.
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Repetition.
(c) Chanting.
(d) Singular use.

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

3. According to the book, the Highland culture was created in _______ distinct stages, the first occurring in the eighteenth century.
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

4. The spread of Highland dress was brought about by the Highland Society in _____ in the eighteenth century.
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Paris.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) London.

5. In the early nineteenth century the Celtic Society of ______ was founded and pushed the Highland cause.
(a) Cornwall.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Edinburgh.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.

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

3. Some of the general values that Hobsbawm suggests are used in invented traditions include ______ and school spirit.

4. Hobsbawm asserts that one of the factors that makes _______ unique is that they do not allow for variance in practice.

5. According to the book, the Rev. Macpherson helped start a cultural re-writing process that lasted for a _______.

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