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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. A number of ministers from all of the following backgrounds except ______, began to use Druidic theology.

2. The author suggests that the ______ established in created rituals is false and only seems real in the mind.

3. In 1773, _______ of Balenau published a book of medieval Welsh poetry that revived interest in the Welsh language.

4. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.

5. The author asserts that the Anglican literature and the ______ Bible kept the Welsh language from decay.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two of the most common symbols that are associated with the Scotsmen society?

2. What did the oldest part of the history say about the Welsh and the people of Wales?

3. Why should historians be more aware of the tradition phenomena that occurs in modern society?

4. Why was it surprising that the Welsh cultural life was beginning to fall apart in the eighteenth to early nineteenth century?

5. What did the Highland Society of London have the power to repeal, according to the book?

6. What was the basic type of invented tradition, according to the writer in the book?

7. What is the name of the well-written and powerful work about the Scotsmen that contains many colorful illustrations?

8. What was abandoned during the time of the Welsh cultural decay, causing more troubles?

9. When and why did the most common symbols of the Scotsmen develop, according to the book?

10. Where were the Highland regiments fighting when they took on the wearing of the kilt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The contrast between custom and tradition is outlined early in the book, helping the reader understand how they are dissimilar.

Part 1: Why do you think custom and tradition are easily confused?

Part 2: What is more important to a community: customs or traditions? Why?

Part 3: Do you focus more on customs or on traditions in your daily life?

Essay Topic 2

Tradition is an idea that is brought into all aspects of life, not just family life.

Part 1: How is tradition an important part of business?

Part 2: Why does tradition matter within the family setting and experience?

Part 3: Do you think that tradition has a place in all areas of life? If not, where does tradition not assist or support in some way?

Essay Topic 3

The British in India used the idea of invented traditions to control the people, saying they were tasked with the providence to make decisions that the natives could not.

Part 1: What do you think of the British and their rule in India?

Part 2: How do you think Indian traditions and British traditions might be able to coexist?

Part 3: Do you think Britain had a fair point in trying to control India the way they did? Or were they out of line?

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