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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Mass-Producing Traditions, Europe, 1870-1914.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The British turned themselves into insiders by giving their monarch ________ over India.
(a) Money.
(b) Land.
(c) Ships.
(d) Sovereignty.

2. The sites of the great events of the Indian uprising were a destination for the English and included all of the following except ______.
(a) The Delhi Ridge.
(b) The Memorial Well.
(c) The Gardens in Kanpur.
(d) The Mason Lodges of Calcutta.

3. Hobsbawm asserts that one of the factors that makes _______ unique is that they do not allow for variance in practice.
(a) Rituals.
(b) Customs.
(c) Routines.
(d) Traditions.

4. The invention of ______ has made it easy for coronations to be seen all over the world.
(a) Phones.
(b) Satellites.
(c) Television.
(d) Radio.

5. The author derides the British media for thinking the rituals are over ______ years old when in fact they are relatively new.
(a) 50.
(b) 500.
(c) 1000.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book suggests that African politicians, nationalists, and ________ were left with ambiguous legacies.

2. At the beginning of Chapter Four, the author notes that few heads of state are more popular than _______.

3. According to the book, Europeans saw African customs through their own ______.

4. The old Welsh histories held that they were the _____ people of the British Islands.

5. In the middle of the nineteenth century a book called the _______ of the Clans was written that reinforced the myth.

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