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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 book that was challenged by the descendants of the kings was titled _______ of a Century.
(a) Stories.
(b) Tales.
(c) Narratives.
(d) Fables.

2. In the middle of the nineteenth century a book called the _______ of the Clans was written that reinforced the myth.
(a) Cloth.
(b) Dress.
(c) Garb.
(d) Costume.

3. The author suggests that one of the aspects of _______ is the fact that they have an ideological function.
(a) Routine.
(b) Custom.
(c) Ritual.
(d) Tradition.

4. According to the book, the stages of creating the Highland tradition included all of the following elements except _______.
(a) Cultural revolt against Ireland.
(b) Artificial creation of new Highland traditions.
(c) Cultural revolt against England.
(d) The adoption of new traditions by Lowland Scots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Scottish symbols are ascribed to antiquity; however, they were developed much more recently as a protest against _______.

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

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.

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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