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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A number of ministers from all of the following backgrounds except ______, began to use Druidic theology.
(a) Anglican.
(b) Dissenting.
(c) Unitarian.
(d) Catholic.

2. According to the author, the British ruled through the ______ emperor, but due to differences in culture, British prestige was difficult to maintain.
(a) Mughal.
(b) Punjab.
(c) Afghan.
(d) Delhi.

3. The author refers to all of the following grand ceremonies during the second period except _______.
(a) Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
(b) The coronation of George V.
(c) The funeral of Edward VII.
(d) The funeral of George V.

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

5. African custom was in a state of _____, meaning that there was a great deal of change.
(a) Homeostasis.
(b) War.
(c) Stasis.
(d) Flux.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the third period, Cannadine suggests there was a high level of _______ exploitation and commemoration.

2. In 1857, the _______ cost the Mughal emperor authority and exposed the coercive basis of his power.

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

4. The official sanction of the Empress of India was established by the _______ of 1876.

5. According to the book, _______ III's children made him particularly hated by the public at large.

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