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Question 1

What period is often referred to as the 'dark ages' of European integration?

a) The early 1950s to the early 1960s

b) The early 1960s to the early 1970s

c) The early 1970s to the early 1980s

d) The early 1980s to the early 1990s

Question 2

What external circumstance hindered integration in the 1970s?

a) Decolonization

b) The Cold War

c) The oil crisis and stagflation

d) All of the above

Question 3

What does 'widening' of the EC refer to?

a) Enlargement to include more member states

b) Broadening of the range of policy areas in which the EC is active

c) Increases in the EC budget

d) Resolving outstanding issues on the EC agenda

Question 4

What was the aim of the 1969 Hague Summit?

a) To resolve the empty chair crisis

b) To relaunch integration

c) Both of the above

d) Neither of the above

Question 5

How did the Hague Summit resolve the budgetary issue?

a) The EC budget remained dependent on Member State contributions with no parliamentary oversight

b) The EC gained 'own resources' with full parliamentary oversight

c) The EC gained 'own resources' with limited parliamentary oversight

d) EC revenues were reduced, eliminating the need for own resources

Question 6

Which of the following applicant states did not join the EC in 1973?

a) Norway

b) Britain

c) Denmark

d) Ireland

Question 7

Why did Britain hold a referendum on EC membership in 1975?

a) It was a constitutional requirement

b) Parliamentary ratification had failed

c) To secure a popular mandate and to overcome opposition in the Labour Party

d) The Labour Party was adhering to a Conservative Party promise to hold a referendum

Question 8

What did European Political Co-operation achieve?

a) It created an intergovernmental framework for coordination on foreign policy issues

b) It created the position of a foreign minister for the European Community

c) It introduced a foreign policy dimension to the European Community

d) All of the above

Question 9

What institutional development was agreed in 1974?

a) To hold regular summit meetings of heads of government

b) To hold direct elections to the European Parliament

c) To create the European Court of Justice

d) None of the above

Question 10

What did the European Council represent in the 1970s?

a) The influence of supranationalism

b) The influence of Germany in the EC

c) The influence of intergovernmentalism

d) A strong commitment to further integration

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Chapter 10

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