EXP 3680C 29 Multiply choice questions

  1. Which trend do social optimists point out to support their view?

A-Economic and demographic stagnation during the 1945-72 period.

B- Comprehensive urbanization, an urban lifestyle predominates.

 

  1. What is TRUE about how French society is interpreted?

A- Images of rural life pervade French and foreign analyses.

B- French and British societies have converged, and they resemble each other.

 

  1. What has been the trend for French firms in the 21st century?

A- Foreign corporations have taken over major French firms.

B- The French state has continued with Thatcherite privatization.

 

  1. Which of these is a problem with France’s welfare policy?

A- The French complain the retirement age is too low.

B- France has very low population growth, with a 1:1 ratio between workers and retirees by 2030.

 

  1. What is a fundamental tenet of French Republicanism?

A- All citizens are equal in a publicly acknowledged diverse setting.

B- All citizens are equal and are the same, regardless of differences.

 

  1. What is the FN/RN’s attitude toward France’s Muslim minority?

A- Under Marine Le Pen, the FN/RN wants privileged status for Catholicism and Islam.

B- The FN/RN wants to ban public manifestations of Muslim practice.

 

  1. What is TRUE of post-1945 immigration to France?

A- Most immigrants come from the Maghreb.

B- It has been primarily from European Catholic countries.

 

  1. What does the ONI do?

A- It regulates immigration.

B- It supervises drug use.

 

  1. What is the French official attitude toward ethnicity?

A- The government forbids the collection of ethnic data.

B- Christians can identify ethnically while Muslims cannot.

 

  1. What de facto policy has France pursued toward the Muslims?

A- Cooptation, ensuring Muslims conform to the dominant culture.

B-Acceptance, giving Muslims full freedom to practice their faith.

 

  1. What is the French government attitude toward European integration?

A- France has half withdrawn from it.

B- France has used it to enhance its international standing.

 

  1. What did Pompidou do that De Gaulle refused to do?

A- Pompidou held up British EC membership but allowed in Ireland and Denmark.

B- Pompidou allowed Britain into the European Community to counter Germany. *

 

  1. What did Hollande do to demonstrate French leadership?

A- He organized a conference of France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine to deal with the Ukraine crisis.

B- He categorically bemoaned BREXIT.

 

  1. What did the French Council of State do in 1989?

A- It rejected the primacy of EU law in favor of national law.

B- It accepted the primacy of EU law.

 

  1. What is an example of an institution that predates the Fifth Republic?

A- The Republican party (Les Republicains)

B- Prefect

 

  1. What events induced parliament to consider depriving terrorists of French citizenship?

A- The 1988 Lockerbie and 1989 Niger bombings

B- The 2016 Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan attacks

 

  1. What is hysteresis?

A- A tendency to cling to a certain paradigm in the face of changes.

B- A tendency to adapt one’s thinking to changing circumstances.

 

  1. What is true about the Third and Fourth Republics?

A- There was a separation of powers between the executive and legislature.

B- Their parliaments were set up to prevent the emergence of a strong leader.

 

  1. What is the significance of the October 1962 referendum?

A- It confirmed parliamentary sovereignty.

B- It led to the direct election of the president, which strengthened that office.

 

 

 

  1. What is the significance of Article 5 of the 1958 charter?

A- It can be interpreted to mean the president is at the political center, upholding the constitution.

B- It means the president is a figurehead symbol of national unity.

 

  1. What is the structure of the French Parliament?

A- A bicameral body made up of the National Assembly and Consultative Council.

B- A bicameral body made up of the National Assembly and Senate.

 

  1. What is France’s position with regard to subnational units?

A- France is a federation of 13 historically based regions.

B- France is a centralized, unitary state of 96 departments.

 

  1. What is TRUE about France’s regions?

A- They cannot impose their authority on lower-level governments.

B- They have the most power of subnational units.

 

  1. What is TRUE of the French Senate?

It has a conservative bias, representing departments and communes.

It has a liberal bias, representing major cities.

 

  1. The FN/RN has harmed which group of parties the most?

A- Mainstream right-wing parties.

B- Mainstream left-wing parties.

 

  1. What was the first de facto presidential party in Fifth Republic France?

A- The right-wing UMP

B- The Gaullist UNR

 

  1. What type of government did Jospin lead (1997-2002)?

A- A plural right government of four parties

B- A plural left government of five parties

 

  1. Which of the following is NOT in the FN/RN platform?

A- Espousal of European integration

B- Suspicion of immigrants, especially from Muslim countries

 

  1. What is the French government’s attitude toward interest groups?

The French government adopts a pluralist approach.

The French state discourages interest groups.