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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 book states that blacks were taught ______ through monarchical traditions.
(a) Subordination.
(b) Domination.
(c) Co-creation.
(d) Partialization.

2. The activities that surrounded the assemblage were scheduled to last for _______ weeks.
(a) Six.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. The book suggests that African politicians, nationalists, and ________ were left with ambiguous legacies.
(a) Histories.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Students.
(d) Economics.

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) The attitude of the media.
(c) Political power of the monarch.
(d) The self-image of the nation.

5. According to the book, royal ceremonials may have been an expression of national _______.
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Self-confidence.
(d) Doubt.

Short Answer Questions

1. The formation of occupational roles led to ______ by the Africans and allowed social and political rule by the British.

2. A committee of the assemblage used Indian cultural symbols to help assert the Queen's authority, thus the ceremony was held in _______, the Mughal capital.

3. One of the strategies of the colonialists was to invest _______ and make European activity in Africa respectable.

4. According to the book, the central figure of the assemblage ceremony was Lord Lytton, the _______.

5. According to the book _____ is the term used for an offering of gold coins from a subordinate.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the first stage of the British monarchy that occurred between the 1820s and the 1870s, according to the book.?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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