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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. The author states that the invention of tradition involves _______ and ritualization with reference to the past.
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Institutionalization.
(c) Infrastructure.
(d) Formalization.

2. Hobsbawm makes a point to distinguish traditions from ______, which allow more fluctuation.
(a) Customs.
(b) Rites.
(c) Rituals.
(d) Ideas.

3. Hobsbawm claims that Sir Walter Scott and _______ promoted the Highland takeover.
(a) Lieutenant Stewart.
(b) Colonel Williams.
(c) Colonel Stewart.
(d) Lieutenant Williams.

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

5. Hobsbawm suggests that the 19th century _____ ideology of social change had to have a new tradition to support it, since it didn't fit in old patterns.
(a) Sectarian.
(b) Religious.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Conservative.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hobsbawm suggests that the Scottish symbols and practices existed in the past in rudimentary form but were considered ______ by most Scots.

3. The spread of Highland dress was brought about by the Highland Society in _____ in the eighteenth century.

4. Hobsbawm believes that many institutions had to reinvent themselves including all of the following except ________.

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

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