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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, From a Death to a View: The Hunt for the Welsh Past in the Romantic Period.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that the invention of tradition involves _______ and ritualization with reference to the past.
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Infrastructure.
(c) Formalization.
(d) Institutionalization.

2. The book asserts that traditions are invented when old ____ forms are deliberately not used or adapted.
(a) Social.
(b) Religious.
(c) Political.
(d) Psychological.

3. According to the book, _______ promoted the Highland form of dress as part of their work with the Celtic society.
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Poets.
(c) Civilians.
(d) Military.

4. In Chapter 2, Hobsbawm asserts that Scotsmen celebrate their identity with common symbols including the kilt and ______.
(a) Drum.
(b) Burin.
(c) Bagpipe.
(d) Flute.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The book asserts that the creation of invented traditions helps historians make sense of human relations in the _______.

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

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

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

5. The druids were originally authority figures and bards and were thought to have built _______.

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