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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 druids were originally authority figures and bards and were thought to have built _______.
(a) Stone circle.
(b) Stonehenge.
(c) Stonehinge.
(d) Stonewall.

2. The old Welsh histories held that they were the _____ people of the British Islands.
(a) Strongest.
(b) Youngest.
(c) Most beautiful.
(d) Eldest.

3. According to ______ Morgan, there were a number of groups and individuals who were involved in preservation of Welsh culture.
(a) Peter.
(b) Bryn.
(c) Brys.
(d) Prys.

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

5. According to the book, the Highland culture was created in _______ distinct stages, the first occurring in the eighteenth century.
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hobsbawm claims that new invented traditions tend to be _____ and not binding, and inculcate general values.

3. The author claims that invented traditions of the _______ revolution can be classified into three types.

4. Hobsbawm claims that in Wales a native legal system was abolished and the old _______ was outlawed.

5. In the early nineteenth century the Celtic Society of ______ was founded and pushed the Highland cause.

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