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

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

3. Hobsbawm claims that new invented traditions tend to be _____ and not binding, and inculcate general values.
(a) Clear.
(b) Direct.
(c) Vague.
(d) Linear.

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

5. According to the book, the basic type of invented tradition was called ______, which outlined the historical practices of a particular group.
(a) Libertarian.
(b) Communistic.
(c) Egalitarian.
(d) Communitarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The invented traditions referred to in question 17 include all of the following types except _______.

2. The author states that the invention of tradition involves _______ and ritualization with reference to the past.

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

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

5. Hobsbawm suggests that two of the three types of tradition outlined in question 18 tend to support the main tradition, ________.

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