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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, From a Death to a View: The Hunt for the Welsh Past in the Romantic Period.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter one, the author introduces his concept of ________ which are tied to false histories and have contemporary origins.
(a) Valid traditions.
(b) False traditions.
(c) Constructed traditions.
(d) Invented traditions.

2. Hobsbawm asserts that the overtly or tacitly accepted rules of traditions must have a ______ nature.
(a) Archetypal.
(b) Transitional.
(c) Antibolic.
(d) Symbolic.

3. The author asserts that one of the factors that made the book so powerful was(were) the _______.
(a) Historical accuracy.
(b) Color illustrations.
(c) Fact that it was written by a government official.
(d) Price.

4. Hobsbawm claims that new invented traditions tend to be _____ and not binding, and inculcate general values.
(a) Clear.
(b) Linear.
(c) Direct.
(d) Vague.

5. Both books were written by the same authors, known as the _____ Stuarts.
(a) Sobieski.
(b) Grochowski.
(c) Novieski.
(d) Vigotsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book asserts that traditions are invented when old ____ forms are deliberately not used or adapted.

2. The druids were a major part of the Welsh culture and were rediscovered during the time of the _________.

3. According to the book, _______ theology undermined the Welsh culture by replacing its symbolism.

4. According to the book, _______ of old traditions is one of the causes of the invention of traditions.

5. The druids were originally authority figures and bards and were thought to have built _______.

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