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

2. The author claims that ancient materials and _______ are used to construct invented traditions to which new powerful rituals are tied.
(a) Planets.
(b) Dates.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Calendars.

3. Hobsbawm suggests that the 19th century _____ ideology of social change had to have a new tradition to support it, since it didn't fit in old patterns.
(a) Sectarian.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Religious.

4. The author asserts that one of the factors that made the book so powerful was(were) the _______.
(a) Fact that it was written by a government official.
(b) Color illustrations.
(c) Price.
(d) Historical accuracy.

5. The Highland Society had many aims including the repeal of laws forbidding _______ in Scotland.
(a) Highland dress.
(b) Prima Nocta.
(c) Bagpipes.
(d) Weddings.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author also believes that new invented traditions have practices that are _______, like saying the American pledge of allegiance.

2. According to the book, the Rev. Macpherson helped start a cultural re-writing process that lasted for a _______.

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

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

5. Macpherson was responsible for taking Irish ______, and transferring the settings from Ireland to Scotland.

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