Chapter 06

Instructions

Choose your answers from a-c by clicking the radio button next to each choice and then press 'Submit' to get your score.

Question 1

Belgium and the Netherlands are both consociational democracies.

a) True

b) False

Question 2

In what year did Belgium declare independence from the Netherlands?

a) 1815

b) 1830

c) 1945

Question 3

In which of the two countries has clientelism emerged?

a) The Netherlands

b) Belgium

Question 4

In what year was Pim Fortuyn assassinated?

a) 1951

b) 1992

c) 2002

Question 5

Why doesn't the inability to quickly form governments cause crises of absent governments in the Netherlands?

a) Because the President governs in the meantime

b) Because the Governor of the Central Bank governs in the meantime

c) Because caretaker governments govern in the meantime

Question 6

Who joined the EC first - Belgium or the Netherlands?

a) Belgium

b) Netherlands

c) Neither - they both joined at the same time

Question 7

What does 'dualism' describe with reference to Dutch politics?

a) The separation between parliament and cabinet in Dutch parliamentary politics

b) The existence of two parliamentary chambers

c) A two-party system

Question 8

The Netherlands is currently (2006) the largest net contributor per capita to the EU budget.

a) True

b) False

Question 9

Belgium has become a federal state due to the deep-rooted religious divide between its different communities.

a) True

b) False

Question 10

Wim Kok's ______ coalition governed from 1994 - 2002.

a) Red-Green

b) Rainbow

c) Purple

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Chapter 06

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