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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Europeans inside of neo-traditions believed that they had respect for the local _______.
(a) Customs.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Economics.
(d) Followers.

2. In 1877, Queen _______ was crowned Empress of India, effectively removing the last vestiges of power from the Mughal Empire.
(a) Elizabeth II.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Elizabeth I.
(d) Mary.

3. _______ was spread by the colonial powers in Africa, forming a new cultural system.
(a) Paganism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Christianity.

4. One of the parts of Welsh history held that the Welsh were first _______ and fought against the pagan Saxons.
(a) Christians.
(b) Jews.
(c) Muslims.
(d) Buddhists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The work by _____ led to the discovery that the Welsh language could be connected to ancient Celtic.

2. The author claims that the Highland regiments fighting in _______ and the U.S. adopted the Highland garb.

3. During the ceremony, the British authority in India was said to have been created by ________ to do what native authorities could not.

4. According to the author, the British ruled through the ______ emperor, but due to differences in culture, British prestige was difficult to maintain.

5. The British East India company functioned in India in all of the following ways except _______.

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