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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the book, Africans often changed ______ identities. Competition was the rule.
(a) Economic.
(b) Tribal.
(c) Educational.
(d) National.

2. In the middle of the nineteenth century a book called the _______ of the Clans was written that reinforced the myth.
(a) Dress.
(b) Cloth.
(c) Costume.
(d) Garb.

3. For the assemblage, a/an _______ was built and the seating of Indian rulers was arranged.
(a) Council building.
(b) Royal building.
(c) Amphitheater.
(d) Theater.

4. David Cannadine suggests that ____ aspects of ritual, performance and context deserve study.
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twelve.

5. Prior to the myth of the Highland culture, the Scottish people were merely an overflow of ________.
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Wales.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Unlike India, Africa did not have an organized form of state rule and thus the Europeans had to use _______ ideology.

3. Hobsbawm suggests that two of the three types of tradition outlined in question 18 tend to support the main tradition, ________.

4. In 1877, Queen _______ was crowned Empress of India, effectively removing the last vestiges of power from the Mughal Empire.

5. Although descendants of the ______ kings challenge later books in terms of accuracy, the book in question #53 was never challenged.

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