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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book states that tradition was manipulated in order to abuse subjects and ________.
(a) Proletariat.
(b) Kings.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) Politicians.

2. According to the book, Europeans saw African customs through their own ______.
(a) Microscope.
(b) Lens.
(c) Telescope.
(d) Television.

3. According to the book, much of European invented tradition arose in the last ________ years of the nineteenth century.
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifty.

4. In theory, India was supposed to be maintained as a ______ order, and many saw the integration as a cultural statement.
(a) Communist.
(b) Feudal.
(c) Monastic.
(d) Democratic.

5. During the second period, royal ritual became more splendid and the _______ became a symbol of the nation.
(a) Merchant class.
(b) Monarch.
(c) President.
(d) Prime minister.

6. At the end of the third period, Cannadine suggests there was a high level of _______ exploitation and commemoration.
(a) Racist.
(b) Religious.
(c) Commercial.
(d) Political.

7. According to the book, the _______ was responsible for the naming of the queen as the new empress.
(a) Noble assemblage.
(b) Imperial assemblage.
(c) British assemblage.
(d) Royal assemblage.

8. Unlike India, Africa did not have an organized form of state rule and thus the Europeans had to use _______ ideology.
(a) Matriarchal.
(b) Monarchical.
(c) Patriarchal.
(d) Hierarchical.

9. The author refers to all of the following grand ceremonies during the second period except _______.
(a) The coronation of George V.
(b) Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
(c) The funeral of George V.
(d) The funeral of Edward VII.

10. According to the book, blacks were taught to mirror English ________ and non-commissioned officers.
(a) Lieutenants.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Generals.
(d) Privates.

11. According to the book, royal ceremonials may have been an expression of national _______.
(a) Doubt.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Self-confidence.
(d) Ignorance.

12. Europeans responded to the changes by ______ some of the practices and leaving others alone.
(a) Abstracting.
(b) Eliminating.
(c) Expanding.
(d) Ossifying.

13. Europeans inside of neo-traditions believed that they had respect for the local _______.
(a) Customs.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Followers.
(d) Economics.

14. The book also states that tradition was used by the ______ against the youth, who became susceptible to the Europeans.
(a) Diplomats.
(b) Elders.
(c) Proletariat.
(d) Peasants.

15. The author, Bernard Cohn, asserts that India was originally ruled by Britain for _______ reasons, through supporting the British East India Company.
(a) Economic.
(b) Religious.
(c) Political.
(d) Land acquisition.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, Africans often changed ______ identities. Competition was the rule.

2. During the third period, the royal rituals helped to comfort people during times of _______.

3. According to the book, the central figure of the assemblage ceremony was Lord Lytton, the _______.

4. One process the Europeans used was to spread the norms of _______ and attach them to various occupations.

5. According to the book, the African _______ used European neo-traditions to create a middle class.

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