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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the second period, royal ritual became more splendid and the _______ became a symbol of the nation.

2. The third period began at the end of ________ and lasted until the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953.

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

4. In the first period, the power that the monarchs wielded made grand ceremonies _______ as did royal unpopularity.

5. The English were not the only ones to used monarchical traditions. The ______ also used them.

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the ceremony that incorporated India into Britain used?

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

3. What did the British East India Company initially want to do in India?

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

5. Into what two groups was India divided in the middle of the nineteenth century?

6. What happened as a result of the African empires coming so late, according to the book?

7. From 1918 to the time of Queen Elizabeth's coronation, what did the British believe about themselves?

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

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

10. What were some of the functions the British East India Company was performing when they were first in India?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to the book, the Scotsmen of today use symbols that were invented and created into traditions much earlier than is thought by most people.

Part 1: Why do you think the Scot society needed to create invented traditions?

Part 2: Does the idea of invented traditions make them any less powerful?

Part 3: Do you think these traditions should be removed from the society?

Essay Topic 2

Many books were published that sought to reinforce the false traditions, and few questioned the books' content.

Part 1: Why do you think no one thought to check the facts of these books on tradition?

Part 2: Do you accept that certain traditions in your family are valid? Why?

Part 3: How do you think the society might have responded if it was found out early that The Costume of the Clans was not accurate?

Essay Topic 3

The book also begins to point out that many traditions are used to control the people who follow them.

Part 1: Do you think traditions are meant to control people?

Part 2: Why do you think traditions might effectively control those who use them?

Part 3: How do you think a tradition can be followed without being controlling of others? Is this possible?

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