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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. According to the book, the Welsh were once addicted to ________ and fortune tellers, long after their popularity died out in England.
(a) Healers.
(b) Magicians.
(c) Psychologists.
(d) Poets.

2. Both books were written by the same authors, known as the _____ Stuarts.
(a) Novieski.
(b) Sobieski.
(c) Grochowski.
(d) Vigotsky.

3. According to the book, the notion of a distinct Highland culture is a myth that did not exist prior to the _______ century.
(a) Sixteenth.
(b) Nineteenth.
(c) Eighteenth.
(d) Seventeenth.

4. In the early nineteenth century the Celtic Society of ______ was founded and pushed the Highland cause.
(a) Cornwall.
(b) Paris.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) London.

5. 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) Scandinavian.
(b) Germanic.
(c) Irish.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter one, the author introduces his concept of ________ which are tied to false histories and have contemporary origins.

2. In 1773, _______ of Balenau published a book of medieval Welsh poetry that revived interest in the Welsh language.

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

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

5. The book Invention of Tradition is _______, meaning that it pulls on several different knowledge areas.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where were the Highland regiments fighting when they took on the wearing of the kilt?

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

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

10. What is the name of the well-written and powerful work about the Scotsmen that contains many colorful illustrations?

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