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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Representing Authority in Victorian India.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the book, the Welsh were once addicted to ________ and fortune tellers, long after their popularity died out in England.
(a) Psychologists.
(b) Healers.
(c) Poets.
(d) Magicians.

2. The book Invention of Tradition is _______, meaning that it pulls on several different knowledge areas.
(a) Interdisciplinary.
(b) Intradisciplinary.
(c) Disciplinary.
(d) Itinerary.

3. The Highland Society had many aims including the repeal of laws forbidding _______ in Scotland.
(a) Highland dress.
(b) Prima Nocta.
(c) Bagpipes.
(d) Weddings.

4. At the beginning of Chapter Four, the author notes that few heads of state are more popular than _______.
(a) King Edward V.
(b) Queen Elizabeth II.
(c) King Louis XV.
(d) Queen Elizabeth I.

5. In Chapter 2, Hobsbawm asserts that Scotsmen celebrate their identity with common symbols including the kilt and ______.
(a) Burin.
(b) Flute.
(c) Drum.
(d) Bagpipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. The spread of Highland dress was brought about by the Highland Society in _____ in the eighteenth century.

2. The activities that surrounded the assemblage were scheduled to last for _______ weeks.

3. The book that was challenged by the descendants of the kings was titled _______ of a Century.

4. According to the book, the Rev. Macpherson helped start a cultural re-writing process that lasted for a _______.

5. Cannadine asserts that during the first period, monarchs could dissolve _______ and vote on membership in the House of Lords.

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