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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. In particular, the author suggests that historians pay attention to the creation of all of the following concepts except _______.
(a) Nation-state.
(b) United Nations.
(c) Nation.
(d) National symbols.

2. Blacks were intentionally _______ by the creation of specialized social categories based on European models.
(a) Divided.
(b) Militant.
(c) Unified.
(d) Co-mingled.

3. The book asserts that traditions are invented when old ____ forms are deliberately not used or adapted.
(a) Religious.
(b) Social.
(c) Political.
(d) Psychological.

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

5. In theory, India was supposed to be maintained as a ______ order, and many saw the integration as a cultural statement.
(a) Communist.
(b) Feudal.
(c) Monastic.
(d) Democratic.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, the committee also intended to impose a British ideal of aristocracy and _______ on the people.

2. Men often used tradition against women in order to establish new ______ norms.

3. The author claims that ______ was not well suited for royal ceremonies because many buildings were symbols of the wealth and power of the merchant class.

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

5. Whites allowed some blacks to join the _______ and then employed European invented traditions to exercise power.

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