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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whites allowed some blacks to join the _______ and then employed European invented traditions to exercise power.
(a) Guilds.
(b) Shipwright class.
(c) Peasant class.
(d) Ruling class.

2. According to the book, Africans often changed ______ identities. Competition was the rule.
(a) Tribal.
(b) Economic.
(c) National.
(d) Educational.

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.
(a) Punjab.
(b) Madras.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Delhi.

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

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

6. 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) Queen.
(d) Emperor.

7. Love of ______ and economy brought hatred of displays of wealth by the crown, who also endured indifference from the clergy.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Tradition.
(c) Money.
(d) Poverty.

8. Tribal African rulers used attitudes derived from neo-traditional monarchy to legitimize ______.
(a) The slave trade.
(b) The economy.
(c) Subservience.
(d) Power.

9. The author claims that ______ was not well suited for royal ceremonies because many buildings were symbols of the wealth and power of the merchant class.
(a) Canterbury.
(b) Surrey.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) London.

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

11. The book suggests that African politicians, nationalists, and ________ were left with ambiguous legacies.
(a) Students.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Histories.
(d) Economics.

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

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

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

15. During the third period, the royal rituals helped to comfort people during times of _______.
(a) Starvation.
(b) Change.
(c) Winter.
(d) Plenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the strategies of the colonialists was to invest _______ and make European activity in Africa respectable.

2. Blacks were intentionally _______ by the creation of specialized social categories based on European models.

3. Men often used tradition against women in order to establish new ______ norms.

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

5. The English were not the only ones to used monarchical traditions. The ______ also used them.

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