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

2. According to the book, the basic type of invented tradition was called ______, which outlined the historical practices of a particular group.
(a) Communistic.
(b) Egalitarian.
(c) Libertarian.
(d) Communitarian.

3. The book asserts that traditions are invented when old ____ forms are deliberately not used or adapted.
(a) Social.
(b) Political.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Religious.

4. Hobsbawm believes that many institutions had to reinvent themselves including all of the following except ________.
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) The Protestant Church.
(c) Law-courts.
(d) Professional armies.

5. A number of _______ including Iolo Morganwg became interested in the old Druid practices.
(a) Physicians.
(b) Psychologists.
(c) Anthropologists.
(d) Archaeologists.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.

3. In the early nineteenth century the Celtic Society of ______ was founded and pushed the Highland cause.

4. According to the book, Welsh scholars and patriots rediscovered past traditions in all of the following areas except ______.

5. Some of the general values that Hobsbawm suggests are used in invented traditions include ______ and school spirit.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author use the term 'invented tradition' in this manuscript?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was the story that was told about the Welsh in relation to Christianity and to the pagans?

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

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

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