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Question 1

What form of cooperation resulted from the Schuman Plan?

a) A common customs union

b) A common European defense strategy

c) The European Coal and Steel Community

d) The Council of Europe

Question 2

What did David Mitrany's functionalism advocate?

a) A revival of nationalism

b) An international federation

c) Creation of several international regulatory agencies

d) Creation of a single supranational government

Question 3

What did the European federalists advocate?

a) A revival of nationalism

b) Abolition of sovereign nation-states

c) Creation of several international regulatory agencies

d) A strengthening of nation-states

Question 4

Which theorist is most closely associated with neo-functionalism?

a) Ernst Haas

b) Altiero Spinelli

c) Jean Monnet

d) Stanley Hoffman

Question 5

Which of the following is not a form of spillover identified by neo-functionalists?

a) Functional spillover

b) Cultivated spillover

c) Political spillover

d) Cultural spillover

Question 6

Which of the following theorists is associated with intergovernmentalism?

a) Wayne Sandholtz

b) Ernst Haas

c) Andrew Moravcsik

d) Stanley Hoffman

Question 7

Which of the following is not an intergovernmentalist critique of neofunctionalism?

a) National governments are more influential than neofunctionalism gives them credit for.

b) Neofunctionalism underestimates the role of the European Commission

c) Spillover is unlikely to occur in areas of 'high politics'

d) Neofunctionalists ignore the role of the international situation

Question 8

What, according to liberal intergovernmentalists, is the key factor that shapes national preferences?

a) Transnational interest groups

b) The policy goals of the largest domestic political party

c) The balance of domestic economic interests

d) The core security concerns of the state

Question 9

According to liberal intergovernmentalists, why do national governments delegate decision-making authority to supranational institutions?

a) National governments believe that supranational organizations can best enforce and implement the policy decisions negotiated by national governments.

b) National governments believe that only supranational organizations can secure future peace and the cooperation necessary for economic prosperity.

c) Delegation of power was a result of the influence of supranational institutions.

d) Delegation of power has occurred as a result of the influence of national civil servants who have worked closely with and developed a shared identity with European officials.

Question 10

What do theories of supranational governance emphasize?

a) Transnational business actors

b) Supranational actors

c) The development of rules at the European level

d) All of the above

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Chapter 01

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