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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) Continuity.
(b) Division.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) History.

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

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

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

5. The author also makes a distinction between traditions and ______, which have no ritual or symbolic significance.
(a) Rituals.
(b) Rifts.
(c) Rites.
(d) Routines.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hobsbawm makes a point to distinguish traditions from ______, which allow more fluctuation.

3. The author suggests that one of the aspects of _______ is the fact that they have an ideological function.

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

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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