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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 one of the aspects of _______ is the fact that they have an ideological function.
(a) Tradition.
(b) Routine.
(c) Ritual.
(d) Custom.

2. Hobsbawm asserts that one of the factors that makes _______ unique is that they do not allow for variance in practice.
(a) Rituals.
(b) Routines.
(c) Customs.
(d) Traditions.

3. Hobsbawm asserts that the overtly or tacitly accepted rules of traditions must have a ______ nature.
(a) Transitional.
(b) Archetypal.
(c) Symbolic.
(d) Antibolic.

4. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.
(a) Destruction.
(b) Falsification.
(c) Loss of meaning.
(d) Nostalgic remembering.

5. The book states that many of the invented traditions are filling the space left by the _____ decline of old tradition and culture.
(a) Practical.
(b) Religious.
(c) Secular.
(d) Spiritual.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book Invention of Tradition is _______, meaning that it pulls on several different knowledge areas.

2. The author claims that ancient materials and _______ are used to construct invented traditions to which new powerful rituals are tied.

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

4. The book asserts that the creation of invented traditions helps historians make sense of human relations in the _______.

5. The author suggests that all of the concepts in question 26 rest on what he calls social ________.

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