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

2. In the middle of the nineteenth century a book called the _______ of the Clans was written that reinforced the myth.
(a) Costume.
(b) Garb.
(c) Cloth.
(d) Dress.

3. The old Welsh histories held that they were the _____ people of the British Islands.
(a) Eldest.
(b) Most beautiful.
(c) Youngest.
(d) Strongest.

4. The Highland garb adopted by the regiments would be used to invent the tradition of ______ dress.
(a) English.
(b) American.
(c) Indian.
(d) Irish.

5. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.
(a) Falsification.
(b) Nostalgic remembering.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Loss of meaning.

Short Answer Questions

1. The work by _____ led to the discovery that the Welsh language could be connected to ancient Celtic.

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

3. Hobsbawm asserts that one of the factors that makes _______ unique is that they do not allow for variance in practice.

4. The people of the Highlands are known as a _______ society.

5. A number of _______ including Iolo Morganwg became interested in the old Druid practices.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was abandoned during the time of the Welsh cultural decay, causing more troubles?

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

3. What specific group of leaders began to struggle to maintain Welsh culture, according to the book?

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

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

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

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

8. What are the three aspects of invented tradition that serve to keep it in place, according to this manuscript?

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

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

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