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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. The book asserts that the creation of invented traditions helps historians make sense of human relations in the _______.

2. The author asserts that one of the factors that made the book so powerful was(were) the _______.

3. In the late _______ the Almanack Eisteddfodau was associated with Welsh societies and had greater public impact than before.

4. The old Welsh histories followed the lives of each of the Welsh _______ and their lineage and descendants.

5. _______ decided that Welsh culture should be preserved and helped develop the invention of a tradition.

Short Essay Questions

1. What specific group of leaders began to struggle to maintain Welsh culture, according to the book?

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

3. What are the three stages of the Highland tradition's creation?

4. What was the story that was told about the Welsh in relation to Christianity and to the pagans?

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

6. What are the invented concepts of which more sense can be made by the study of invented traditions?

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

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

9. Where can exceptions to traditions be found, though some traditions have filled in the space abandoned by secular decline?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In every case, tradition seeks to create a connection between the present and the past. Without this connection, a society changes.

Part 1: Why do you think the connection to one's past is so important?

Part 2: How do you think the present day society benefits from learning about the past?

Part 3: Do you think that you use the lessons of the past to inform your present day decisions?

Essay Topic 2

What's interesting about the invention of many traditions is that these were often created in order to control the people and their actions.

Part 1: How do you think traditions control your actions?

Part 2: Why do you think traditions are successful in controlling others in a society?

Part 3: How do you think a government might be able to create new traditions without anyone realizing their propensity for controlling the people?

Essay Topic 3

The Welsh decided to invent their own history in order to redeem themselves in the eyes of the world.

Part 1: Why do you think the Welsh needed to redeem themselves? Is this the truth?

Part 2: How do you think the Welsh could have revived their own culture without dipping into anyone else's for ideas?

Part 3: Do you think any less of the Welsh, now that you know the source of some of their history?

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