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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 aspects of ritual dance and performance to be studied include all of the following except ______.
(a) Political power of the monarch.
(b) The self-image of the nation.
(c) The aesthetic sensibility of the people.
(d) The attitude of the media.

2. The book suggests that African politicians, nationalists, and ________ were left with ambiguous legacies.
(a) Histories.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Economics.
(d) Students.

3. _______ was spread by the colonial powers in Africa, forming a new cultural system.
(a) Judaism.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Islam.

4. There were several ideas for merging the two cultures ritually. One of the experiments had to do with using the anthem "God Save the _____".
(a) Empress.
(b) Emperor.
(c) King.
(d) Queen.

5. Cohn suggests that the British spent much of the early ______ century trying to construct rituals that would legitimize British authority.
(a) 18th.
(b) 19th.
(c) 20th.
(d) 17th.

Short Answer Questions

1. The official sanction of the Empress of India was established by the _______ of 1876.

2. Tribal African rulers used attitudes derived from neo-traditional monarchy to legitimize ______.

3. According to the book, blacks were taught to mirror English ________ and non-commissioned officers.

4. A committee of the assemblage used Indian cultural symbols to help assert the Queen's authority, thus the ceremony was held in _______, the Mughal capital.

5. Europeans responded to the changes by ______ some of the practices and leaving others alone.

Short Essay Questions

1. How could the whites who colonized parts of Africa be described, according to the book?

2. How might one describe the second stage of the British monarchy, which began when Victoria was made Empress of India?

3. What did the committee, headed by Thomas Thornton, seek to replace in India?

4. By looking at the ten aspects of rituals, what does David Cannadine believe can be uncovered?

5. What did the nineteenth century English elites begin to think of the monarchy during that time period?

6. While the monarchical power was limited in the beginning of the British monarchy, what could they do in the first stage?

7. What was the first stage of the British monarchy that occurred between the 1820s and the 1870s, according to the book.?

8. Who were the groups of people that mainly imported ideologies that would be used in Africa?

9. From 1918 to the time of Queen Elizabeth's coronation, what did the British believe about themselves?

10. How was the cultural system spread in Africa, according to the book?

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