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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Invention of Tradition, The Highland Tradition of Scotland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author suggests that invented traditions have mostly arisen in the last ______ hundred years.
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

2. Hobsbawm suggests in the book that the Highland costume changed in the ______ century.
(a) Seventeenth.
(b) Nineteenth.
(c) Fourteenth.
(d) Eighteenth.

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

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

5. The author discusses the history of the kilt, which is also known as the ________.
(a) Skirt.
(b) Philiabeg.
(c) Highlander.
(d) Wrap.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims that the Highland regiments fighting in _______ and the U.S. adopted the Highland garb.

2. The spread of Highland dress was brought about by the Highland Society in _____ in the eighteenth century.

3. Although descendants of the ______ kings challenge later books in terms of accuracy, the book in question #53 was never challenged.

4. In particular, the author suggests that historians pay attention to the creation of all of the following concepts except _______.

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

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