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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 author suggests that the ______ established in created rituals is false and only seems real in the mind.
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Division.
(c) History.
(d) Continuity.

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

3. Hobsbawm suggests that the 19th century _____ ideology of social change had to have a new tradition to support it, since it didn't fit in old patterns.
(a) Liberal.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Sectarian.
(d) Religious.

4. 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.

5. The author claims that historians should attend to the phenomena of invented traditions because they provide evidence for historical ______.
(a) Wars.
(b) Trends.
(c) Societies.
(d) Religions.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author suggests that invented traditions have mostly arisen in the last ______ hundred years.

2. Hobsbawm believes that many institutions had to reinvent themselves including all of the following except ________.

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

4. The book states that many of the invented traditions are filling the space left by the _____ decline of old tradition and culture.

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

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