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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A number of ministers from all of the following backgrounds except ______, began to use Druidic theology.
(a) Anglican.
(b) Unitarian.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Dissenting.

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

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

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

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

6. According to the book, all of the following people except _______, were pivotal in creating a distinct history.
(a) William Jones.
(b) James Macpherson.
(c) David Malcolm.
(d) Thomas Innes.

7. The druids were originally authority figures and bards and were thought to have built _______.
(a) Stone circle.
(b) Stonehenge.
(c) Stonewall.
(d) Stonehinge.

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

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

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

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

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

13. According to ______ Morgan, there were a number of groups and individuals who were involved in preservation of Welsh culture.
(a) Bryn.
(b) Brys.
(c) Prys.
(d) Peter.

14. The Welsh Societies were created to promote all things Welsh and were first set up by _______ Welshman.
(a) Paris.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) Dublin.
(d) London.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, _______ promoted the Highland form of dress as part of their work with the Celtic society.

2. Both books were written by the same authors, known as the _____ Stuarts.

3. The author claims that historians should attend to the phenomena of invented traditions because they provide evidence for historical ______.

4. According to the book, the stages of creating the Highland tradition included all of the following elements except _______.

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

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