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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Invention of Tradition, The Highland Tradition of Scotland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hobsbawm asserts that invented traditions can often be found when cultures look to maintain ______ patterns.
(a) Behavioral.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Social.
(d) Geographical.

2. Hobsbawm asserts that one of the factors that makes _______ unique is that they do not allow for variance in practice.
(a) Routines.
(b) Rituals.
(c) Customs.
(d) Traditions.

3. The author suggests that all of the concepts in question 26 rest on what he calls social ________.
(a) Isolation.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Construction.
(d) De-construction.

4. According to the book, the stages of creating the Highland tradition included all of the following elements except _______.
(a) Cultural revolt against England.
(b) Cultural revolt against Ireland.
(c) The adoption of new traditions by Lowland Scots.
(d) Artificial creation of new Highland traditions.

5. The author also makes a distinction between traditions and ______, which have no ritual or symbolic significance.
(a) Rites.
(b) Rituals.
(c) Routines.
(d) Rifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author suggests that invented traditions have mostly arisen in the last ______ hundred years.

2. Both books were written by the same authors, known as the _____ Stuarts.

3. According to the book, the basic type of invented tradition was called ______, which outlined the historical practices of a particular group.

4. According to the book, the notion of a distinct Highland culture is a myth that did not exist prior to the _______ century.

5. The author claims that historians should attend to the phenomena of invented traditions because they provide evidence for historical ______.

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