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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author discusses the history of the kilt, which is also known as the ________.
(a) Philiabeg.
(b) Wrap.
(c) Highlander.
(d) Skirt.

2. One of the strategies of the colonialists was to invest _______ and make European activity in Africa respectable.
(a) Ships.
(b) Religion.
(c) Capital.
(d) Livestock.

3. Tribal African rulers used attitudes derived from neo-traditional monarchy to legitimize ______.
(a) The economy.
(b) Subservience.
(c) The slave trade.
(d) Power.

4. Blacks were intentionally _______ by the creation of specialized social categories based on European models.
(a) Unified.
(b) Divided.
(c) Co-mingled.
(d) Militant.

5. The people of the Highlands are known as a _______ society.
(a) Barbaric.
(b) Celtic.
(c) Berber.
(d) Germanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to the myth of the Highland culture, the Scottish people were merely an overflow of ________.

2. After the victory at ______ , the English made several moves to destroy the Highland way of life.

3. One of the costume changes that occurred was the discontinuation of use of the ______.

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

5. Cannadine asserts that during the first period, monarchs could dissolve _______ and vote on membership in the House of Lords.

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