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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) Division.
(b) History.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) Continuity.

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

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) Conservative.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Religious.
(d) Sectarian.

4. The Scottish symbols are ascribed to antiquity; however, they were developed much more recently as a protest against _______.
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

5. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.
(a) Falsification.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Nostalgic remembering.
(d) Loss of meaning.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the book, the basic type of invented tradition was called ______, which outlined the historical practices of a particular group.

4. Prior to the myth of the Highland culture, the Scottish people were merely an overflow of ________.

5. According to the book, the Highland culture was created in _______ distinct stages, the first occurring in the eighteenth century.

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