Chapter 32

Instructions

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Question 1

A Whig notion of British political history is best summarised by which of the following statements?

a) Political change in Britain is a process which represents the inevitable unfolding of liberal ideas

b) Political change in Britain is gradual and evolutionary, takes place within and preserves the Westminster model

c) Political change in Britain has been driven by episodic crises

d) Political change in Britain has been obstructed by a dominant conservative mentality among Britain's political elites

Question 2

Britain in the post-war period was unusual compared to other European countries because...

a) ...it experienced long periods in which one political party was politically dominant.

b) …there was no strong Communist or religious parties.

c) ...it was late in becoming a member of the European Economic Community.

d) ...it experienced a sustained campaign of terrorism within its borders.

Question 3

Which one of the following is still a British colony?

a) Hong Kong

b) Saint Kitts and Nevis

c) Gibraltar

d) Brunei

Question 4

Stuart Holland is associated with which of the following views?

a) That Britain's crisis in the 1970s could be solved by neo-liberal means

b) That Britain's crisis in the 1970s necessitated a government of national unity

c) That Britain's crisis in the 1970s required the implementation of thorough-going socialist policies

d) That Britain's crisis in the 1970s could be solved through radical constitutional reform, particularly reform of the electoral system

Question 5

The Labour Party was the third party in British politics until the...

a) ...1910s.

b) ...1920s.

c) ...1930s.

d) ...1940s.

Question 6

The 'winter of discontent' took place in which one of the following winters?

a) The winter of 1967-8

b) The winter of 1973-4

c) The winter of 1978-9

d) The winter of 1980-1

Question 7

Which one of the following statements about British sovereignty at the beginning of the 21^st century is most accurate?

a) Both Britain's internal and external sovereignty have been left untouched

b) Britain's internal sovereignty has been left untouched while its external sovereignty has been transformed

c) Both Britain's internal and external sovereignty have been transformed

d) Britain's internal sovereignty has been transformed while its external sovereignty has been left untouched

Question 8

Which of the following statements best summarises the character of Thatcherism?

a) It was neither radical nor conservative

b) It was conservative but not radical

c) It was radical but not conservative

d) It was both radical and conservative

Question 9

The Cold War impacted on British politics in which one of the following ways?

a) It placed Britain and the Commonwealth in an uncomfortable position between the superpowers

b) Britain was forced to choose alliance with the United States over alliances with European powers like France

c) Britain's international trade and foreign policy were limited during the Cold War

d) Britain was in permanent state of readiness for total war

Question 10

Which of the following statements best summarises Britain at the beginning of the 21^st century?

a) Politics is increasingly taking place beyond Westminster.

b) Political change in the last thirty years is difficult to characterise as Whiggish.

c) The framework in which the British economy is now run is one of fiscal conservatism.

d) All of the above.

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Chapter 32

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