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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, Welsh scholars and patriots rediscovered past traditions in all of the following areas except ______.
(a) Musical.
(b) Literary.
(c) Linguistic.
(d) Historical.

2. Hobsbawm believes that many institutions had to reinvent themselves including all of the following except ________.
(a) The Protestant Church.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) Law-courts.
(d) Professional armies.

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

4. Cannadine suggests that the British monarchy went through ______ distinct phases as the ceremonial image of the monarchy developed.
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hobsbawm claims that new invented traditions tend to be _____ and not binding, and inculcate general values.

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

3. According to the book, Africans often changed ______ identities. Competition was the rule.

4. There were several ideas for merging the two cultures ritually. One of the experiments had to do with using the anthem "God Save the _____".

5. The English were not the only ones to used monarchical traditions. The ______ also used them.

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