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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. The author asserts that attitudes were ______ in Wales and thus there was a loss of cultural self-confidence.
(a) Anglicized.
(b) Russianized.
(c) Africanized.
(d) Germanized.

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

8. Hobsbawm asserts that invented traditions can often be found when cultures look to maintain ______ patterns.
(a) Psychological.
(b) Geographical.
(c) Social.
(d) Behavioral.

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

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

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

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

13. The old Welsh histories followed the lives of each of the Welsh _______ and their lineage and descendants.
(a) Emperors.
(b) Princes.
(c) Queens.
(d) Kings.

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

15. Hobsbawm suggests in the book that the Highland costume changed in the ______ century.
(a) Fourteenth.
(b) Eighteenth.
(c) Seventeenth.
(d) Nineteenth.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, all of the following people except _______, were pivotal in creating a distinct history.

2. The author asserts that the Anglican literature and the ______ Bible kept the Welsh language from decay.

3. In 1773, _______ of Balenau published a book of medieval Welsh poetry that revived interest in the Welsh language.

4. Hobsbawm makes a point to distinguish traditions from ______, which allow more fluctuation.

5. The Welsh Societies were created to promote all things Welsh and were first set up by _______ Welshman.

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