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Chapter 13 Quiz
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1. When we say that national identity is a political identity, what do we mean?
a. National identity is linked to and helps to shape the distribution of power.
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b. National identity only operates within the state bureaucracy: outside of this bureaucracy, it is nationalism.
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c. Politicians create national identity in order to manipulate the masses.
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d. None of the above
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2. Which of the following is the best statement of the relationship between national identity and identity more generally?
a. National identity is a false or absurd kind of identity.
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b. National identity isn't really a form of identity.
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c. National identity was a kind of identity, important in the twentieth century but disappearing because of globalization.
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d. National identity is a kind of identity, important and common in the contemporary world.
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3. Which of the following claims is most closely associated with primordialist ideas of nationalism and nationhood?
a. Nationalism emerged in the late eighteenth century.
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b. Nationalism is exclusively a source of evil.
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c. Nations have existed for a very long time, since well before modernity.
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d. Nations are from our prehistory but are no longer with us.
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4. Which of the following claims is the least plausible according to comparativists who study national identity?
a. All forms of nationalism eventually lead to violence.
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b. Nationalism can sometimes be linked to violence.
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c. Nationalism is never linked to violence.
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d. Collective violence is largely a problem of the past.
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5. Which of the following claims is the most plausible according to comparativists who study national identity?
a. Nationalism should be eliminated.
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b. Nationalism has both good and bad consequences.
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c. Nationalism is a form of prejudice, plain and simple.
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d. Nationalism is important because without it politics would be meaningless.
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6. Which of the following sets of pairs corresponds to a commonly used typology of nationalism used in this chapter?
a. Bellicose and pacific nationalisms
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b. Civic and ethnic nationalisms
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c. Authentic and imposter nationalisms
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d. Large and small nationalisms
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7. Why might political scientists use typologies to study nationalism and national identity?
a. It is fun to bestow labels and coin phrases.
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b. Typologies allow us to impose arbitrary value judgments.
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c. When done well, it can help us to ask better questions.
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d. Political scientists don't use typologies.
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8. Which of the following is discussed in this chapter as potentially a major factor in the emergence of national identity?
a. Old-fashioned prejudice
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b. Economic downturns
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c. Confusion and social disorder
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d. The state
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9. Which type(s) of nationalism is/are thought of as normally establishing membership in the nation on the basis of imagined biological ties?
a. Civic nationalism
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b. Ethnic nationalism
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c. Territorial nationalism
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d. Both a and c
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10. Donald Horowitz's approach is an example of which of following general theories of ethno-national conflict?
a. Primordial bonds
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b. Cultural boundaries
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c. Social-psychology and group resentment
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d. Rational calculation
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11. According to the rational choice theory of ethno-nationalism, which of the following would decrease the likelihood that a given individual would adopt the majority ethno-national identity?
a. A dramatic decrease in the costs imposed on those who seek assimilation
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b. A dramatic increase in majority-group membership gains
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c. Neither a nor b
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d. Both a and b
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12. Which of the following would be considered an "institutional" approach to managing potential ethno-national conflict?
a. Community meetings to foster positive relationships between group members
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b. Federalism that cuts across ethno-national lines
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c. Encounter groups
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d. Education and propaganda encouraging peaceful relations
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13. Which of the following is a theorist of intergroup conflict who emphasizes the centrality of "symbolic politics" and cultural boundaries?
a. Donald Horowitz
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b. Robert Bates
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c. David Laitin
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d. Stuart Kaufman
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14. Which of the following is not true of N-studies?
a. Large N-studies have many cases.
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b. Large-N studies typically employ quantitative analysis.
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c. Large-N studies always definitively establish causality.
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d. Large-N studies are common in political science.
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15. Which of the following is true of large-N studies of inter-group conflict?
a. They are always correct.
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b. They always tell us more than case studies.
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c. If the sample size is big enough, we will definitely know the answer.
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d. When well-formulated, they may inform better policy choices.
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