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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. Tribal African rulers used attitudes derived from neo-traditional monarchy to legitimize ______.
(a) Subservience.
(b) Power.
(c) The slave trade.
(d) The economy.

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

3. Love of ______ and economy brought hatred of displays of wealth by the crown, who also endured indifference from the clergy.
(a) Money.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Tradition.

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

5. The formation of occupational roles led to ______ by the Africans and allowed social and political rule by the British.
(a) Aggression.
(b) Submission.
(c) Domination.
(d) Agricultrure.

Short Answer Questions

1. All of the following people except ______ were extensively involved in the assemblage.

2. Europeans inside of neo-traditions believed that they had respect for the local _______.

3. During the third period, the royal rituals helped to comfort people during times of _______.

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 _____".

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did many see the cultural integration when the British were occupying India?

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

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

6. What happened as a result of the African empires coming so late, according to the book?

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

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

9. What were some of the functions the British East India Company was performing when they were first in India?

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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