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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. A number of _______ including Iolo Morganwg became interested in the old Druid practices.
(a) Physicians.
(b) Psychologists.
(c) Archaeologists.
(d) Anthropologists.

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

3. The author asserts that the Anglican literature and the ______ Bible kept the Welsh language from decay.
(a) German.
(b) Welsh.
(c) Latin.
(d) Scandinavian.

4. The Welsh lineage included all of the following backgrounds with the exception of _______.
(a) Celt.
(b) Breton.
(c) Cornish.
(d) Scandinavian.

5. The author asserts that attitudes were ______ in Wales and thus there was a loss of cultural self-confidence.
(a) Russianized.
(b) Anglicized.
(c) Germanized.
(d) Africanized.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book Invention of Tradition is _______, meaning that it pulls on several different knowledge areas.

2. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.

3. The old Welsh histories held that they were the _____ people of the British Islands.

4. In 1773, _______ of Balenau published a book of medieval Welsh poetry that revived interest in the Welsh language.

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

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