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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hobsbawm claims that in Wales a native legal system was abolished and the old _______ was outlawed.
(a) Music.
(b) Style of dress.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Language.

3. Hobsbawm claims that Sir Walter Scott and _______ promoted the Highland takeover.
(a) Lieutenant Williams.
(b) Colonel Williams.
(c) Colonel Stewart.
(d) Lieutenant Stewart.

4. The author suggests that one of the aspects of _______ is the fact that they have an ideological function.
(a) Custom.
(b) Tradition.
(c) Ritual.
(d) Routine.

5. 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.

6. Hobsbawm asserts that one of the factors that makes _______ unique is that they do not allow for variance in practice.
(a) Routines.
(b) Traditions.
(c) Rituals.
(d) Customs.

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

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

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

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

11. According to the book, the ______ movement and its association with the noble savage helped produce the invented tradition.
(a) Enlightenment.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Commercial.

12. The author also believes that new invented traditions have practices that are _______, like saying the American pledge of allegiance.
(a) Impulsory.
(b) Voluntary.
(c) Excitatory.
(d) Compulsory.

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

14. The book states that many of the invented traditions are filling the space left by the _____ decline of old tradition and culture.
(a) Practical.
(b) Secular.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Religious.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the costume changes that occurred was the discontinuation of use of the ______.

2. _______ decided that Welsh culture should be preserved and helped develop the invention of a tradition.

3. The book asserts that the creation of invented traditions helps historians make sense of human relations in the _______.

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

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

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