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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the book, _______ had the biggest media impact on the broadcast of figures of the monarchy including George V.
(a) The BBC.
(b) The PBS.
(c) The ABC.
(d) The AAC.

2. According to the book, the African _______ used European neo-traditions to create a middle class.
(a) Bourgeoisie.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Peasants.
(d) Proletariat.

3. During the third period, the royal rituals helped to comfort people during times of _______.
(a) Plenty.
(b) Change.
(c) Winter.
(d) Starvation.

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

5. The English were not the only ones to used monarchical traditions. The ______ also used them.
(a) French.
(b) Americans.
(c) Italians.
(d) Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, much of European invented tradition arose in the last ________ years of the nineteenth century.

2. For the assemblage, a/an _______ was built and the seating of Indian rulers was arranged.

3. David Cannadine suggests that ____ aspects of ritual, performance and context deserve study.

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

5. According to the book, African ______ and intellectuals used neo-traditions to enhance their own power.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did African chiefs stand to gain from using the neo-traditions being taught to them?

2. Who were blacks taught to mirror in order to spread the different ideas of gentility, according to the book?

3. What did Africa not have to offer as a society, which meant that they had to use a monarchy?

4. What did the nineteenth century English elites begin to think of the monarchy during that time period?

5. How might one describe the second stage of the British monarchy, which began when Victoria was made Empress of India?

6. How could the whites who colonized parts of Africa be described, according to the book?

7. What was the first stage of the British monarchy that occurred between the 1820s and the 1870s, according to the book.?

8. What does the book say is dynamic and can change meanings even if the words never change?

9. Who were the groups of people that mainly imported ideologies that would be used in Africa?

10. How was the cultural system spread in Africa, according to the book?

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