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

2. In chapter one, the author introduces his concept of ________ which are tied to false histories and have contemporary origins.
(a) Valid traditions.
(b) False traditions.
(c) Invented traditions.
(d) Constructed traditions.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hobsbawm claims that new invented traditions tend to be _____ and not binding, and inculcate general values.

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

3. The book asserts that traditions are invented when old ____ forms are deliberately not used or adapted.

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

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

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