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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.
(a) Loss of meaning.
(b) Nostalgic remembering.
(c) Falsification.
(d) Destruction.

2. The book Invention of Tradition is _______, meaning that it pulls on several different knowledge areas.
(a) Interdisciplinary.
(b) Intradisciplinary.
(c) Disciplinary.
(d) Itinerary.

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

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

5. The old Welsh histories held that they were the _____ people of the British Islands.
(a) Strongest.
(b) Youngest.
(c) Most beautiful.
(d) Eldest.

6. 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) Irish.
(c) English.
(d) Scandinavian.

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

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

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

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

11. In chapter one, the author introduces his concept of ________ which are tied to false histories and have contemporary origins.
(a) False traditions.
(b) Valid traditions.
(c) Constructed traditions.
(d) Invented traditions.

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

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

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

15. 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) Conservative.
(b) Sectarian.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Religious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Macpherson was responsible for taking Irish ______, and transferring the settings from Ireland to Scotland.

3. The author suggests that all of the concepts in question 26 rest on what he calls social ________.

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

5. The ________ is a set of musical and poetic competitions for which prizes are awarded.

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