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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hobsbawm claims that new invented traditions tend to be _____ and not binding, and inculcate general values.
(a) Direct.
(b) Clear.
(c) Vague.
(d) Linear.

2. _______ was created out of a movement to moralize and evangelize the Welsh people.
(a) Lutheranism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Methodism.
(d) Islam.

3. The author also makes a distinction between traditions and ______, which have no ritual or symbolic significance.
(a) Rifts.
(b) Routines.
(c) Rituals.
(d) Rites.

4. After the victory at ______ , the English made several moves to destroy the Highland way of life.
(a) Culloden.
(b) Ossian.
(c) Darnaway Forest.
(d) Skye.

5. Some of the general values that Hobsbawm suggests are used in invented traditions include ______ and school spirit.
(a) Communism.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Consumerism.

6. The book that was challenged by the descendants of the kings was titled _______ of a Century.
(a) Narratives.
(b) Fables.
(c) Stories.
(d) Tales.

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

8. In the middle of the nineteenth century a book called the _______ of the Clans was written that reinforced the myth.
(a) Dress.
(b) Cloth.
(c) Garb.
(d) Costume.

9. The author claims that invented traditions of the _______ revolution can be classified into three types.
(a) Nuclear.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Technological.

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

11. Both books were written by the same authors, known as the _____ Stuarts.
(a) Vigotsky.
(b) Novieski.
(c) Grochowski.
(d) Sobieski.

12. Hobsbawm suggests in the book that the Highland costume changed in the ______ century.
(a) Fourteenth.
(b) Eighteenth.
(c) Nineteenth.
(d) Seventeenth.

13. The book asserts that the creation of invented traditions helps historians make sense of human relations in the _______.
(a) Culture.
(b) Past.
(c) Future.
(d) Present.

14. The work by _____ led to the discovery that the Welsh language could be connected to ancient Celtic.
(a) Rice Jones.
(b) Iolo Morganwg.
(c) Edward Lhuyd.
(d) Owain Glyndwr.

15. One of the societies dedicated to preserving Welsh culture was known as the Society of Sea ________.
(a) Captains.
(b) Sergeants.
(c) Horses.
(d) Turtles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter one, the author introduces his concept of ________ which are tied to false histories and have contemporary origins.

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

3. Hobsbawm suggests that two of the three types of tradition outlined in question 18 tend to support the main tradition, ________.

4. In the late _______ the Almanack Eisteddfodau was associated with Welsh societies and had greater public impact than before.

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

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