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

2. The author discusses the history of the kilt, which is also known as the ________.
(a) Skirt.
(b) Wrap.
(c) Highlander.
(d) Philiabeg.

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

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

5. Hobsbawm claims that in Wales a native legal system was abolished and the old _______ was outlawed.
(a) Language.
(b) Style of dress.
(c) Music.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Highland garb adopted by the regiments would be used to invent the tradition of ______ dress.

2. Hobsbawm asserts that invented traditions can often be found when cultures look to maintain ______ patterns.

3. A number of ministers from all of the following backgrounds except ______, began to use Druidic theology.

4. The author suggests that invented traditions have mostly arisen in the last ______ hundred years.

5. The book states that many of the invented traditions are filling the space left by the _____ decline of old tradition and culture.

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