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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. During the ceremony, the British authority in India was said to have been created by ________ to do what native authorities could not.
(a) The king.
(b) The queen.
(c) Providence.
(d) The emperor.

4. According to the book, blacks were taught to mirror English ________ and non-commissioned officers.
(a) Politicians.
(b) Lieutenants.
(c) Generals.
(d) Privates.

5. At the beginning of Chapter Four, the author notes that few heads of state are more popular than _______.
(a) King Louis XV.
(b) King Edward V.
(c) Queen Elizabeth II.
(d) Queen Elizabeth I.

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

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

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

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

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

11. During the third period, ceremonies became symbols of national hope and pride. Large ______ ceremonies for royal children helped to convey this aspect.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Golden jubilee.
(c) Rites of passage.
(d) Baptism.

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

13. The third period began at the end of ________ and lasted until the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953.
(a) World War I.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) World War II.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Unlike India, Africa did not have an organized form of state rule and thus the Europeans had to use _______ ideology.

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

3. The author states that the last great ceremony in the third period was _________ coronation in 1953.

4. The book also states that tradition was used by the ______ against the youth, who became susceptible to the Europeans.

5. The official sanction of the Empress of India was established by the _______ of 1876.

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