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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A number of _______ including Iolo Morganwg became interested in the old Druid practices.
(a) Psychologists.
(b) Anthropologists.
(c) Physicians.
(d) Archaeologists.

2. In the early nineteenth century the Celtic Society of ______ was founded and pushed the Highland cause.
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Cornwall.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

3. In particular, the author suggests that historians pay attention to the creation of all of the following concepts except _______.
(a) Nation.
(b) National symbols.
(c) Nation-state.
(d) United Nations.

4. According to the book, Welsh scholars and patriots rediscovered past traditions in all of the following areas except ______.
(a) Historical.
(b) Linguistic.
(c) Musical.
(d) Literary.

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

6. According to the book, the notion of a distinct Highland culture is a myth that did not exist prior to the _______ century.
(a) Eighteenth.
(b) Nineteenth.
(c) Sixteenth.
(d) Seventeenth.

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

8. Hobsbawm asserts that exceptions to the decline in question 22 exist in all of the following areas except ______.
(a) Administration.
(b) Law.
(c) Armed forces.
(d) School.

9. The author asserts that attitudes were ______ in Wales and thus there was a loss of cultural self-confidence.
(a) Germanized.
(b) Anglicized.
(c) Africanized.
(d) Russianized.

10. The people of the Highlands are known as a _______ society.
(a) Barbaric.
(b) Germanic.
(c) Berber.
(d) Celtic.

11. Prior to the myth of the Highland culture, the Scottish people were merely an overflow of ________.
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Wales.

12. The druids were a major part of the Welsh culture and were rediscovered during the time of the _________.
(a) Enlightenment.
(b) Renaissance.
(c) Industrial revolution.
(d) Agricultural revolution.

13. Although descendants of the ______ kings challenge later books in terms of accuracy, the book in question #53 was never challenged.
(a) William.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Hapsburg.
(d) Stuart.

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

15. According to the book, the Rev. Macpherson helped start a cultural re-writing process that lasted for a _______.
(a) Year.
(b) Decade.
(c) Century.
(d) Milennium.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the middle of the nineteenth century a book called the _______ of the Clans was written that reinforced the myth.

2. According to the book, the Highland culture was created in _______ distinct stages, the first occurring in the eighteenth century.

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

4. After the victory at ______ , the English made several moves to destroy the Highland way of life.

5. The Scottish symbols are ascribed to antiquity; however, they were developed much more recently as a protest against _______.

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