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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. According to the author, values and norms are established through ______ in ritual and tie back to the past.
(a) Singular use.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Chanting.
(d) Repetition.

2. Macpherson was responsible for taking Irish ______, and transferring the settings from Ireland to Scotland.
(a) Poems.
(b) Sonnets.
(c) Ballads.
(d) Plays.

3. The author suggests that the ______ established in created rituals is false and only seems real in the mind.
(a) History.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Continuity.
(d) Division.

4. The spread of Highland dress was brought about by the Highland Society in _____ in the eighteenth century.
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Cornwall.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

5. The author suggests that one of the aspects of _______ is the fact that they have an ideological function.
(a) Custom.
(b) Tradition.
(c) Ritual.
(d) Routine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hobsbawm claims that new invented traditions tend to be _____ and not binding, and inculcate general values.

2. According to the book, all of the following people except _______, were pivotal in creating a distinct history.

3. In the early nineteenth century the Celtic Society of ______ was founded and pushed the Highland cause.

4. The book Invention of Tradition is _______, meaning that it pulls on several different knowledge areas.

5. According to the book, the Rev. Macpherson helped start a cultural re-writing process that lasted for a _______.

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