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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. According to the book, African ______ and intellectuals used neo-traditions to enhance their own power.
(a) Peasants.
(b) Proletariat.
(c) Chiefs.
(d) Diplomats.

2. According to the book, the Rev. Macpherson helped start a cultural re-writing process that lasted for a _______.
(a) Century.
(b) Decade.
(c) Year.
(d) Milennium.

3. Tribal African rulers used attitudes derived from neo-traditional monarchy to legitimize ______.
(a) The slave trade.
(b) Subservience.
(c) Power.
(d) The economy.

4. According to the book, royal ceremonials may have been an expression of national _______.
(a) Self-confidence.
(b) Doubt.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Ignorance.

5. According to the book, _______ promoted the Highland form of dress as part of their work with the Celtic society.
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Civilians.
(c) Military.
(d) Poets.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ was created out of a movement to moralize and evangelize the Welsh people.

2. A committee of the assemblage used Indian cultural symbols to help assert the Queen's authority, thus the ceremony was held in _______, the Mughal capital.

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

4. The spread of Highland dress was brought about by the Highland Society in _____ in the eighteenth century.

5. A number of ministers from all of the following backgrounds except ______, began to use Druidic theology.

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