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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hobsbawm makes a point to distinguish traditions from ______, which allow more fluctuation.
(a) Rituals.
(b) Rites.
(c) Customs.
(d) Ideas.

2. Hobsbawm asserts that exceptions to the decline in question 22 exist in all of the following areas except ______.
(a) Armed forces.
(b) Law.
(c) Administration.
(d) School.

3. One of the societies dedicated to preserving Welsh culture was known as the Society of Sea ________.
(a) Captains.
(b) Horses.
(c) Sergeants.
(d) Turtles.

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

5. According to the book, the basic type of invented tradition was called ______, which outlined the historical practices of a particular group.
(a) Libertarian.
(b) Communitarian.
(c) Communistic.
(d) Egalitarian.

6. Hobsbawm suggests that the Scottish symbols and practices existed in the past in rudimentary form but were considered ______ by most Scots.
(a) Elegant.
(b) Barbaric.
(c) Fashionable.
(d) Noble.

7. According to the book, all of the following people except _______, were pivotal in creating a distinct history.
(a) William Jones.
(b) David Malcolm.
(c) Thomas Innes.
(d) James Macpherson.

8. According to the book, the Welsh were once addicted to ________ and fortune tellers, long after their popularity died out in England.
(a) Healers.
(b) Poets.
(c) Magicians.
(d) Psychologists.

9. Hobsbawm suggests in the book that the Highland costume changed in the ______ century.
(a) Eighteenth.
(b) Nineteenth.
(c) Fourteenth.
(d) Seventeenth.

10. The author asserts that attitudes were ______ in Wales and thus there was a loss of cultural self-confidence.
(a) Anglicized.
(b) Russianized.
(c) Germanized.
(d) Africanized.

11. In the late _______ the Almanack Eisteddfodau was associated with Welsh societies and had greater public impact than before.
(a) 1800's.
(b) 1600's.
(c) 1900's.
(d) 1700's.

12. In Chapter 2, Hobsbawm asserts that Scotsmen celebrate their identity with common symbols including the kilt and ______.
(a) Drum.
(b) Flute.
(c) Bagpipe.
(d) Burin.

13. One of the parts of Welsh history held that the Welsh were first _______ and fought against the pagan Saxons.
(a) Muslims.
(b) Buddhists.
(c) Christians.
(d) Jews.

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

15. In 1773, _______ of Balenau published a book of medieval Welsh poetry that revived interest in the Welsh language.
(a) Rice Jones.
(b) Iolo Morganwg.
(c) Edward Lhuyd.
(d) Owain Glyndwr.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims that invented traditions of the _______ revolution can be classified into three types.

2. The author asserts that one of the factors that made the book so powerful was(were) the _______.

3. _______ was created out of a movement to moralize and evangelize the Welsh people.

4. A number of ministers from all of the following backgrounds except ______, began to use Druidic theology.

5. The author suggests that one of the aspects of _______ is the fact that they have an ideological function.

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