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PSCI 1024: Comparative Government and PoliticsâQuiz 2
1, The longest-lasting French regime since the ancien régime was
a, the Second Empire.
b. the Second Republic.
ithe Third Republic...
. the Bourbon Restoration.
. What event marks the beginning of the French Revolution?
The flight of Louis XIV.
& _B-The fall of the Bastille.
re
c. The convening of the Estates General.
d. The proclamation of the National Assembly.
3. De Gaulle was recalled to set up his Fifth Republic in
4, All of the following are important French parties except the
a. Communists.
b. Gaullists.
c. Socialists.
& Social Democrats.
5. The Fifth Republic's legislative electoral system now utilizes
a)single-member districts with plurality winning.
. proportional representation.
Âą. single-member districts with runoff.
d. half PR and half single-member districts.
6. The National Assembly dominated by conservative parties while the French president was Socialist
produced
a. a throwback to the Fourth Republic.
b. a U.S.-style deadlock.
. a stronger French presidency.
6 âcohabitation.â
7. With the advent of cohabitation, the French presidency is than it used to be.
. Stronger. â
weaker,
c. more of a figurehead.
d. about as powerful.
8. was elected president of France in 1995.
a, Lionel Jospin
. b. Michel Rocard
w Eduard Balladur
(Aacaues Chirac
9. âwas named premier of France in 1997,
(@ Lionel Jospin
b, Michel Rocard
c, Eduard Balladur
d. Jacques Chirac
10. An elite French high school is called a (an)
a, atrondisement.
b b. baccalauréat.
calycée.
@erande Ă©cole.
11. A typical left voter in France would be
a. working-class, pro-Church, urban.
b. middle-class, anticlerical, rural.
c\ working-class, anticlerical, urban.
; middle-class, pro-Church, urban.
as rather centrist.
U. turning to the teft.
c. turning to the right.
d. splitting into two camps.
. Recent election and survey data show the French
&
Ttaly and Spain.
. Britain and Sweden.
c, Britain, Italy, Spain, and Sweden.
d. Spain and Sweden.
Gi In addition to France, other countries with a Church-anticlerical split include
ti
14. French voting shows
a. no clear regional patterns,
f . a fixed regional pattern.
@ north-south division.
| rapidly shifting regional patterns.
15. The French "bac" is like a U.S.
(a. bachelor's degree.
. high-school diploma.
rep school diploma.
d. master's degree.
