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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Introduction, Inventing Traditions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book Invention of Tradition is _______, meaning that it pulls on several different knowledge areas.
(a) Intradisciplinary.
(b) Itinerary.
(c) Interdisciplinary.
(d) Disciplinary.

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

3. The book asserts that the creation of invented traditions helps historians make sense of human relations in the _______.
(a) Culture.
(b) Past.
(c) Future.
(d) Present.

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

5. Hobsbawm makes a point to distinguish traditions from ______, which allow more fluctuation.
(a) Rituals.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Rites.
(d) Customs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.

3. In chapter one, the author introduces his concept of ________ which are tied to false histories and have contemporary origins.

4. The author suggests that the ______ established in created rituals is false and only seems real in the mind.

5. Some of the general values that Hobsbawm suggests are used in invented traditions include ______ and school spirit.

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