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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. The second phase of development started when Victoria was crowned Empress of _______.
(a) India.
(b) Guinea.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Australia.

2. According to the book, all of the following people except _______, were pivotal in creating a distinct history.
(a) Thomas Innes.
(b) William Jones.
(c) David Malcolm.
(d) James Macpherson.

3. Hobsbawm suggests that two of the three types of tradition outlined in question 18 tend to support the main tradition, ________.
(a) Traditions that establish or symbolize social cohesion.
(b) Traditions that legitimize institutions of authority.
(c) Traditions that promote socialization
(d) Traditions that seek to usurp authority.

4. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.
(a) Falsification.
(b) Nostalgic remembering.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Loss of meaning.

5. In the first period, the power that the monarchs wielded made grand ceremonies _______ as did royal unpopularity.
(a) A spectacular media event.
(b) Fitting.
(c) Necessary.
(d) Unacceptable.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Hobsbawm asserts that Scotsmen celebrate their identity with common symbols including the kilt and ______.

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

3. The aspects of ritual dance and performance to be studied include all of the following except ______.

4. Some of the general values that Hobsbawm suggests are used in invented traditions include ______ and school spirit.

5. The author claims that historians should attend to the phenomena of invented traditions because they provide evidence for historical ______.

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