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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. During the third period, the royal rituals helped to comfort people during times of _______.
(a) Starvation.
(b) Winter.
(c) Plenty.
(d) Change.

2. According to the author, the British ruled through the ______ emperor, but due to differences in culture, British prestige was difficult to maintain.
(a) Punjab.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Mughal.
(d) Afghan.

3. According to the book, much of European invented tradition arose in the last ________ years of the nineteenth century.
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Ten.

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

5. David Cannadine suggests that ____ aspects of ritual, performance and context deserve study.
(a) Eight.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Africans saw the importance and power of European monarchical and ______ traditions and attempted to use them.

2. Whites allowed some blacks to join the _______ and then employed European invented traditions to exercise power.

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Africa not have to offer as a society, which meant that they had to use a monarchy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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