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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. One of the parts of Welsh history held that the Welsh were first _______ and fought against the pagan Saxons.
(a) Buddhists.
(b) Muslims.
(c) Christians.
(d) Jews.

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

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

6. The author states that the invention of tradition involves _______ and ritualization with reference to the past.
(a) Formalization.
(b) Institutionalization.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Infrastructure.

7. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge collected Welsh ______ in order to preserve the culture.
(a) Prose.
(b) Verse.
(c) Sculptures.
(d) Art.

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

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

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

11. According to the author, values and norms are established through ______ in ritual and tie back to the past.
(a) Singular use.
(b) Chanting.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Repetition.

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

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

14. The work by _____ led to the discovery that the Welsh language could be connected to ancient Celtic.
(a) Rice Jones.
(b) Owain Glyndwr.
(c) Iolo Morganwg.
(d) Edward Lhuyd.

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) Libertarian.
(c) Communitarian.
(d) Communistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to the myth of the Highland culture, the Scottish people were merely an overflow of ________.

2. Hobsbawm suggests in the book that the Highland costume changed in the ______ century.

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

4. According to the book, the minister of ______ wrote a Critical Dissertation, in which he provided the context for Macpherson's transposed locations.

5. Hobsbawm suggests that two of the three types of tradition outlined in question 18 tend to support the main tradition, ________.

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