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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. According to the author, values and norms are established through ______ in ritual and tie back to the past.
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Singular use.
(c) Repetition.
(d) Chanting.

2. One of the costume changes that occurred was the discontinuation of use of the ______.
(a) Kilt.
(b) Short shirt.
(c) Socks.
(d) Long shirt.

3. In the late _______ the Almanack Eisteddfodau was associated with Welsh societies and had greater public impact than before.
(a) 1700's.
(b) 1800's.
(c) 1900's.
(d) 1600's.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the book, the stages of creating the Highland tradition included all of the following elements except _______.

3. Hobsbawm believes that many institutions had to reinvent themselves including all of the following except ________.

4. The ________ is a set of musical and poetic competitions for which prizes are awarded.

5. In particular, the author suggests that historians pay attention to the creation of all of the following concepts except _______.

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