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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) Archaeologists.
(b) Anthropologists.
(c) Psychologists.
(d) Physicians.

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

3. The author asserts that one of the factors that made the book so powerful was(were) the _______.
(a) Fact that it was written by a government official.
(b) Price.
(c) Color illustrations.
(d) Historical accuracy.

4. Hobsbawm asserts that one of the factors that makes _______ unique is that they do not allow for variance in practice.
(a) Routines.
(b) Traditions.
(c) Customs.
(d) Rituals.

5. The Highland garb adopted by the regiments would be used to invent the tradition of ______ dress.
(a) English.
(b) American.
(c) Indian.
(d) Irish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge collected Welsh ______ in order to preserve the culture.

3. According to the book, the notion of a distinct Highland culture is a myth that did not exist prior to the _______ century.

4. One of the parts of Welsh history held that the Welsh were first _______ and fought against the pagan Saxons.

5. 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.

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