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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 _______ was responsible for the naming of the queen as the new empress.
(a) Imperial assemblage.
(b) British assemblage.
(c) Noble assemblage.
(d) Royal assemblage.

2. According to the book, blacks were taught to mirror English ________ and non-commissioned officers.
(a) Privates.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Generals.
(d) Lieutenants.

3. At the beginning of Chapter Four, the author notes that few heads of state are more popular than _______.
(a) Queen Elizabeth II.
(b) King Edward V.
(c) Queen Elizabeth I.
(d) King Louis XV.

4. For the assemblage, a/an _______ was built and the seating of Indian rulers was arranged.
(a) Council building.
(b) Royal building.
(c) Amphitheater.
(d) Theater.

5. Cannadine asserts that during the first period, monarchs could dissolve _______ and vote on membership in the House of Lords.
(a) The United Nations.
(b) Parliament.
(c) The House of Representatives.
(d) Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the third period, the monarchy came to represent all of the following qualities except _______.

2. The book also states that tradition was used by the ______ against the youth, who became susceptible to the Europeans.

3. David Cannadine suggests that ____ aspects of ritual, performance and context deserve study.

4. The invention of ______ has made it easy for coronations to be seen all over the world.

5. During the ceremony, the British authority in India was said to have been created by ________ to do what native authorities could not.

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the ceremony that incorporated India into Britain used?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the Indian Mutiny and what it meant for the British as well as for the Indians in that time period.

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