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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 claims that Sir Walter Scott and _______ promoted the Highland takeover.
(a) Colonel Stewart.
(b) Lieutenant Williams.
(c) Lieutenant Stewart.
(d) Colonel Williams.

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

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

4. The invented traditions referred to in question 17 include all of the following types except _______.
(a) Traditions that establish or symbolize social cohesion.
(b) Traditions that seek to usurp authority.
(c) Traditions that promote socialization.
(d) Traditions that legitimize institutions of authority.

5. According to the book, the Highland culture was created in _______ distinct stages, the first occurring in the eighteenth century.
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, values and norms are established through ______ in ritual and tie back to the past.

2. According to the book, the notion of a distinct Highland culture is a myth that did not exist prior to the _______ century.

3. According to the book, all of the following people except _______, were pivotal in creating a distinct history.

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

5. The author discusses the history of the kilt, which is also known as the ________.

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