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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 claims that invented traditions of the _______ revolution can be classified into three types.
(a) Technological.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Nuclear.

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

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

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

5. The author also believes that new invented traditions have practices that are _______, like saying the American pledge of allegiance.
(a) Impulsory.
(b) Excitatory.
(c) Voluntary.
(d) Compulsory.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Hobsbawm asserts that exceptions to the decline in question 22 exist in all of the following areas except ______.

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

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

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