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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) Clear.
(b) Linear.
(c) Vague.
(d) Direct.

2. According to the book, _______ theology undermined the Welsh culture by replacing its symbolism.
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Pagan.

3. In 1773, _______ of Balenau published a book of medieval Welsh poetry that revived interest in the Welsh language.
(a) Owain Glyndwr.
(b) Iolo Morganwg.
(c) Rice Jones.
(d) Edward Lhuyd.

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

5. The author claims that historians should attend to the phenomena of invented traditions because they provide evidence for historical ______.
(a) Religions.
(b) Societies.
(c) Wars.
(d) Trends.

6. The Highland Society had many aims including the repeal of laws forbidding _______ in Scotland.
(a) Bagpipes.
(b) Highland dress.
(c) Weddings.
(d) Prima Nocta.

7. The author suggests that the ______ established in created rituals is false and only seems real in the mind.
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Continuity.
(c) History.
(d) Division.

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

9. 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.

10. According to the book, the Welsh were once addicted to ________ and fortune tellers, long after their popularity died out in England.
(a) Poets.
(b) Magicians.
(c) Psychologists.
(d) Healers.

11. The spread of Highland dress was brought about by the Highland Society in _____ in the eighteenth century.
(a) Cornwall.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Edinburgh.

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

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

14. The author suggests that invented traditions have mostly arisen in the last ______ hundred years.
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

15. The author suggests that all of the concepts in question 26 rest on what he calls social ________.
(a) De-construction.
(b) Construction.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Isolation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hobsbawm claims that in Wales a native legal system was abolished and the old _______ was outlawed.

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

3. Hobsbawm asserts that one of the factors that makes _______ unique is that they do not allow for variance in practice.

4. The book Invention of Tradition is _______, meaning that it pulls on several different knowledge areas.

5. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.

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