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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hobsbawm asserts that the overtly or tacitly accepted rules of traditions must have a ______ nature.
(a) Transitional.
(b) Symbolic.
(c) Archetypal.
(d) Antibolic.

2. Hobsbawm suggests that the 19th century _____ ideology of social change had to have a new tradition to support it, since it didn't fit in old patterns.
(a) Liberal.
(b) Religious.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Sectarian.

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

4. The author claims that the Highland regiments fighting in _______ and the U.S. adopted the Highland garb.
(a) India.
(b) England.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Guinea.

5. The author claims that the Scots were merely ______ invaders from the fifth century and the Scottish culture was a crude imitation of the invaders.
(a) Germanic.
(b) English.
(c) Scandinavian.
(d) Irish.

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

7. Hobsbawm makes a point to distinguish traditions from ______, which allow more fluctuation.
(a) Ideas.
(b) Rites.
(c) Rituals.
(d) Customs.

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

9. Hobsbawm suggests that the Scottish symbols and practices existed in the past in rudimentary form but were considered ______ by most Scots.
(a) Noble.
(b) Elegant.
(c) Barbaric.
(d) Fashionable.

10. 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) Stuart.
(d) Hapsburg.

11. Hobsbawm believes that many institutions had to reinvent themselves including all of the following except ________.
(a) The Protestant Church.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) Law-courts.
(d) Professional armies.

12. The old Welsh histories followed the lives of each of the Welsh _______ and their lineage and descendants.
(a) Princes.
(b) Emperors.
(c) Queens.
(d) Kings.

13. The invented traditions referred to in question 17 include all of the following types except _______.
(a) Traditions that establish or symbolize social cohesion.
(b) Traditions that seek to usurp authority.
(c) Traditions that promote socialization.
(d) Traditions that legitimize institutions of authority.

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

15. According to the book, the basic type of invented tradition was called ______, which outlined the historical practices of a particular group.
(a) Egalitarian.
(b) Communistic.
(c) Communitarian.
(d) Libertarian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In particular, the author suggests that historians pay attention to the creation of all of the following concepts except _______.

3. Hobsbawm asserts that exceptions to the decline in question 22 exist in all of the following areas except ______.

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

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

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