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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 author states that there were some _______ Indians and Europeans located in camps around the ceremony area.
(a) 240,000.
(b) 24,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 84,000.

2. According to the book, Europeans saw African customs through their own ______.
(a) Telescope.
(b) Television.
(c) Lens.
(d) Microscope.

3. In 1857, the _______ cost the Mughal emperor authority and exposed the coercive basis of his power.
(a) Indian walk out.
(b) Indian Protest.
(c) Indian Revolution.
(d) Indian Mutiny.

4. According to the book, the central figure of the assemblage ceremony was Lord Lytton, the _______.
(a) Viceroy.
(b) Barrister.
(c) Judge.
(d) Chancellor.

5. The third period began at the end of ________ and lasted until the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953.
(a) The Korean War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims that ______ was not well suited for royal ceremonies because many buildings were symbols of the wealth and power of the merchant class.

2. In 1877, Queen _______ was crowned Empress of India, effectively removing the last vestiges of power from the Mughal Empire.

3. Love of ______ and economy brought hatred of displays of wealth by the crown, who also endured indifference from the clergy.

4. During the second period, royal ritual became more splendid and the _______ became a symbol of the nation.

5. According to the book, Africans often changed ______ identities. Competition was the rule.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Europeans began to create the idea that gentility was respectable?

2. What did the British East India Company initially want to do in India?

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

4. What did African chiefs stand to gain from using the neo-traditions being taught to them?

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

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

7. What are the ten aspects of ritual that David Cannadine says should be studied?

8. Into what two groups was India divided in the middle of the nineteenth century?

9. Who were blacks taught to mirror in order to spread the different ideas of gentility, according to the book?

10. Into what had the British turned themselves when they gave their monarch sovereignty over to India?

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