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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 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.

2. Men often used tradition against women in order to establish new ______ norms.
(a) Genocidal.
(b) Hierarchical.
(c) Patriarchal.
(d) Matriarchal.

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

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

5. During the third period, the monarchy came to represent all of the following qualities except _______.
(a) Stability.
(b) Consensus.
(c) Community.
(d) Obsequiousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. There were several ideas for merging the two cultures ritually. One of the experiments had to do with using the anthem "God Save the _____".

2. According to the book, royal ceremonials may have been an expression of national _______.

3. The aspects of ritual dance and performance to be studied include all of the following except ______.

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

5. At the end of the third period, Cannadine suggests there was a high level of _______ exploitation and commemoration.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the book say is dynamic and can change meanings even if the words never change?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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