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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 book Invention of Tradition is _______, meaning that it pulls on several different knowledge areas.
(a) Interdisciplinary.
(b) Intradisciplinary.
(c) Itinerary.
(d) Disciplinary.

2. According to the book, the ______ movement and its association with the noble savage helped produce the invented tradition.
(a) Romantic.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Commercial.
(d) Industrial.

3. The author asserts that attitudes were ______ in Wales and thus there was a loss of cultural self-confidence.
(a) Africanized.
(b) Anglicized.
(c) Russianized.
(d) Germanized.

4. According to ______ Morgan, there were a number of groups and individuals who were involved in preservation of Welsh culture.
(a) Peter.
(b) Prys.
(c) Brys.
(d) Bryn.

5. The druids were originally authority figures and bards and were thought to have built _______.
(a) Stonewall.
(b) Stonehenge.
(c) Stonehinge.
(d) Stone circle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Hobsbawm asserts that Scotsmen celebrate their identity with common symbols including the kilt and ______.

2. According to the author, values and norms are established through ______ in ritual and tie back to the past.

3. _______ decided that Welsh culture should be preserved and helped develop the invention of a tradition.

4. Hobsbawm suggests that the Scottish symbols and practices existed in the past in rudimentary form but were considered ______ by most Scots.

5. The author suggests that one of the aspects of _______ is the fact that they have an ideological function.

Short Essay Questions

1. Where can exceptions to traditions be found, though some traditions have filled in the space abandoned by secular decline?

2. What happened as a result of a loss of cultural self confidence, according to the book?

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

4. What did the Highland Society of London have the power to repeal, according to the book?

5. What did the oldest part of the history say about the Welsh and the people of Wales?

6. What is the meaning and the practice of the tradition 'eisteddfod' according to the book?

7. What helps to produce the invented tradition of the kilt within the Scottish mythology?

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

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

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

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