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

2. The author claims that the Highland regiments fighting in _______ and the U.S. adopted the Highland garb.
(a) Guinea.
(b) India.
(c) England.
(d) Pakistan.

3. Hobsbawm asserts that invented traditions can often be found when cultures look to maintain ______ patterns.
(a) Behavioral.
(b) Social.
(c) Geographical.
(d) Psychological.

4. The people of the Highlands are known as a _______ society.
(a) Germanic.
(b) Berber.
(c) Celtic.
(d) Barbaric.

5. Both books were written by the same authors, known as the _____ Stuarts.
(a) Sobieski.
(b) Grochowski.
(c) Vigotsky.
(d) Novieski.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 2, Hobsbawm asserts that Scotsmen celebrate their identity with common symbols including the kilt and ______.

4. Hobsbawm claims that Sir Walter Scott and _______ promoted the Highland takeover.

5. The author asserts that one of the factors that made the book so powerful was(were) the _______.

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