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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. The invented traditions referred to in question 17 include all of the following types except _______.
(a) Traditions that establish or symbolize social cohesion.
(b) Traditions that seek to usurp authority.
(c) Traditions that legitimize institutions of authority.
(d) Traditions that promote socialization.

2. In Chapter 2, Hobsbawm asserts that Scotsmen celebrate their identity with common symbols including the kilt and ______.
(a) Flute.
(b) Drum.
(c) Bagpipe.
(d) Burin.

3. According to the book, Africans often changed ______ identities. Competition was the rule.
(a) Educational.
(b) National.
(c) Economic.
(d) Tribal.

4. The Scottish symbols are ascribed to antiquity; however, they were developed much more recently as a protest against _______.
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) France.

5. One of the strategies of the colonialists was to invest _______ and make European activity in Africa respectable.
(a) Capital.
(b) Livestock.
(c) Ships.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to the myth of the Highland culture, the Scottish people were merely an overflow of ________.

2. The author also makes a distinction between traditions and ______, which have no ritual or symbolic significance.

3. According to the book, the fourth period is characterized by romantic glamor, partly due to ________ advances.

4. Europeans inside of neo-traditions believed that they had respect for the local _______.

5. As a reward for their loyalty to the British, several Indians were given all of the following titles except ______.

(see the answer key)

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