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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cannadine asserts that during the first period, monarchs could dissolve _______ and vote on membership in the House of Lords.
(a) Congress.
(b) Parliament.
(c) The United Nations.
(d) The House of Representatives.

2. The author derides the British media for thinking the rituals are over ______ years old when in fact they are relatively new.
(a) 500.
(b) 100.
(c) 1000.
(d) 50.

3. The invention of ______ has made it easy for coronations to be seen all over the world.
(a) Phones.
(b) Satellites.
(c) Radio.
(d) Television.

4. The formation of occupational roles led to ______ by the Africans and allowed social and political rule by the British.
(a) Submission.
(b) Aggression.
(c) Domination.
(d) Agricultrure.

5. In 1857, the _______ cost the Mughal emperor authority and exposed the coercive basis of his power.
(a) Indian Mutiny.
(b) Indian Revolution.
(c) Indian Protest.
(d) Indian walk out.

6. According to the book, royal ceremonials may have been an expression of national _______.
(a) Self-confidence.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Doubt.

7. Unlike India, Africa did not have an organized form of state rule and thus the Europeans had to use _______ ideology.
(a) Matriarchal.
(b) Hierarchical.
(c) Patriarchal.
(d) Monarchical.

8. During the third period, the monarchy came to represent all of the following qualities except _______.
(a) Community.
(b) Stability.
(c) Obsequiousness.
(d) Consensus.

9. The official sanction of the Empress of India was established by the _______ of 1876.
(a) Royal Names Act.
(b) Royal Titles Act.
(c) Royal Entitlement Act.
(d) Royal Stewardship Act.

10. The book states that tradition was manipulated in order to abuse subjects and ________.
(a) Immigrants.
(b) Kings.
(c) Proletariat.
(d) Politicians.

11. During the time of the empress, Indian _______ were ordered into a hierarchy and new titles were created.
(a) Family titles.
(b) Merchant titles.
(c) Royal titles.
(d) Peasant titles.

12. The second phase of development started when Victoria was crowned Empress of _______.
(a) Portugal.
(b) Guinea.
(c) Australia.
(d) India.

13. There were several ideas for merging the two cultures ritually. One of the experiments had to do with using the anthem "God Save the _____".
(a) Emperor.
(b) Empress.
(c) Queen.
(d) King.

14. According to the author, the British ruled through the ______ emperor, but due to differences in culture, British prestige was difficult to maintain.
(a) Delhi.
(b) Mughal.
(c) Afghan.
(d) Punjab.

15. The author states that there were some _______ Indians and Europeans located in camps around the ceremony area.
(a) 84,000.
(b) 240,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 24,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In theory, India was supposed to be maintained as a ______ order, and many saw the integration as a cultural statement.

2. During the third period, the royal rituals helped to comfort people during times of _______.

3. According to the book, the fourth period is characterized by romantic glamor, partly due to ________ advances.

4. The author, Bernard Cohn, asserts that India was originally ruled by Britain for _______ reasons, through supporting the British East India Company.

5. According to the book, the committee also intended to impose a British ideal of aristocracy and _______ on the people.

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