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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. Hobsbawm asserts that exceptions to the decline in question 22 exist in all of the following areas except ______.
(a) Law.
(b) Administration.
(c) School.
(d) Armed forces.

2. The British turned themselves into insiders by giving their monarch ________ over India.
(a) Sovereignty.
(b) Land.
(c) Money.
(d) Ships.

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

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

5. The work by _____ led to the discovery that the Welsh language could be connected to ancient Celtic.
(a) Iolo Morganwg.
(b) Rice Jones.
(c) Owain Glyndwr.
(d) Edward Lhuyd.

Short Answer Questions

1. The aspects of ritual dance and performance to be studied include all of the following except ______.

2. The author claims that invented traditions of the _______ revolution can be classified into three types.

3. David Cannadine suggests that ____ aspects of ritual, performance and context deserve study.

4. According to the book, the basic type of invented tradition was called ______, which outlined the historical practices of a particular group.

5. Cannadine asserts that during the first period, monarchs could dissolve _______ and vote on membership in the House of Lords.

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