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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The activities that surrounded the assemblage were scheduled to last for _______ weeks.
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

2. According to the book, Europeans saw African customs through their own ______.
(a) Television.
(b) Microscope.
(c) Lens.
(d) Telescope.

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

4. 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) King.
(b) Empress.
(c) Emperor.
(d) Queen.

5. The book also states that tradition was used by the ______ against the youth, who became susceptible to the Europeans.
(a) Diplomats.
(b) Peasants.
(c) Proletariat.
(d) Elders.

6. All of the following people except ______ were extensively involved in the assemblage.
(a) Thomas Thornton.
(b) O.T. Burne.
(c) Victoria Brown.
(d) Lord Lytton.

7. According to the book, the _______ was responsible for the naming of the queen as the new empress.
(a) British assemblage.
(b) Noble assemblage.
(c) Royal assemblage.
(d) Imperial assemblage.

8. According to the book, much of European invented tradition arose in the last ________ years of the nineteenth century.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Ten.

9. During the second period, royal ritual became more splendid and the _______ became a symbol of the nation.
(a) Merchant class.
(b) President.
(c) Prime minister.
(d) Monarch.

10. According to the book, _______ III's children made him particularly hated by the public at large.
(a) Richard.
(b) George.
(c) Henry.
(d) Phillip.

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

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

13. The author states that the last great ceremony in the third period was _________ coronation in 1953.
(a) Queen Elizabeth II's.
(b) Queen Elizabeth I's.
(c) King George VI's.
(d) King Edward VII's.

14. The British turned themselves into insiders by giving their monarch ________ over India.
(a) Sovereignty.
(b) Land.
(c) Money.
(d) Ships.

15. In theory, India was supposed to be maintained as a ______ order, and many saw the integration as a cultural statement.
(a) Communist.
(b) Feudal.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Monastic.

Short Answer Questions

1. The formation of occupational roles led to ______ by the Africans and allowed social and political rule by the British.

2. African custom was in a state of _____, meaning that there was a great deal of change.

3. A committee of the assemblage used Indian cultural symbols to help assert the Queen's authority, thus the ceremony was held in _______, the Mughal capital.

4. David Cannadine suggests that ____ aspects of ritual, performance and context deserve study.

5. Cannadine asserts that during the first period, monarchs could dissolve _______ and vote on membership in the House of Lords.

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