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

2. According to the book, Welsh scholars and patriots rediscovered past traditions in all of the following areas except ______.
(a) Literary.
(b) Linguistic.
(c) Historical.
(d) Musical.

3. The book Invention of Tradition is _______, meaning that it pulls on several different knowledge areas.
(a) Disciplinary.
(b) Interdisciplinary.
(c) Itinerary.
(d) Intradisciplinary.

4. Although descendants of the ______ kings challenge later books in terms of accuracy, the book in question #53 was never challenged.
(a) Stuart.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Hapsburg.
(d) William.

5. The invented traditions referred to in question 17 include all of the following types except _______.
(a) Traditions that seek to usurp authority.
(b) Traditions that establish or symbolize social cohesion.
(c) Traditions that promote socialization.
(d) Traditions that legitimize institutions of authority.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The author claims that the Highland regiments fighting in _______ and the U.S. adopted the Highland garb.

4. The author discusses the history of the kilt, which is also known as the ________.

5. In the late _______ the Almanack Eisteddfodau was associated with Welsh societies and had greater public impact than before.

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