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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author claims that the Scots were merely ______ invaders from the fifth century and the Scottish culture was a crude imitation of the invaders.
(a) Irish.
(b) Germanic.
(c) Scandinavian.
(d) English.

2. The Welsh Societies were created to promote all things Welsh and were first set up by _______ Welshman.
(a) Dublin.
(b) Paris.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) London.

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

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

5. Prior to the myth of the Highland culture, the Scottish people were merely an overflow of ________.
(a) Wales.
(b) France.
(c) Ireland.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author suggests that the ______ established in created rituals is false and only seems real in the mind.

2. According to ______ Morgan, there were a number of groups and individuals who were involved in preservation of Welsh culture.

3. The author also believes that new invented traditions have practices that are _______, like saying the American pledge of allegiance.

4. Hobsbawm asserts that the overtly or tacitly accepted rules of traditions must have a ______ nature.

5. The Highland Society had many aims including the repeal of laws forbidding _______ in Scotland.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the three individuals mentioned by the author as being helpful for inventing a distinct history?

2. What is the difference between traditions, customs, and routines, according to the book?

3. What did Welsh scholars and patriots rediscover about their past as they began to notice interest declining?

4. What are the three different types of invented traditions, according to the book?

5. What are the three stages of the Highland tradition's creation?

6. Why should historians be more aware of the tradition phenomena that occurs in modern society?

7. What does the author mean in this manuscript when he says that traditions have tacit rules?

8. Who does the book uncover the Scots to be, unlike what many people today think of the Scottish people?

9. When and why did the most common symbols of the Scotsmen develop, according to the book?

10. What are two of the most common symbols that are associated with the Scotsmen society?

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