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Canada-Quiz

Quiz 1.1. The Prime Ministers of Canada

1. At the front of the House of Commons, away from the entrance, is the:

c). Speakers chair.

2.In the House of Commons, the Leader of the Opposition sits:

a). to the left of the Speaker

3.In the House of Commons, the expert on Parliamentary procedure who advises the

speaker is: a). the clerk

4. The Foyer of the House of Commons is where: a). M.P.s often meet with journalists.

5.

In the ceiling of the House of Commons Foyer are little circular windows. These represent:

c). Goverment departments in 1916

6. Members galleries are for: c). The public in general.

7. What percentage of entire collection of the library of the parliament is the

parliamentary library in the center block.

c) 60%

8. The shape of the library is

c)rectangular

9. The inscription on the walls of the memorial chamber recall battles and battalions

of

c) world war

10. The rotunda is also called

b)confederation hall

11. The four corners of the senate foyer depict coats of arms of provinces:

a) representing regions of Canada

12. The ceiling of the senate foyer is divided into circular windows showing names of:

b) first senators

13. Senators appointed before 1965


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a) hold their postions for life

14. The Senate Chamber is sometimes referred to as

c) the red Chamber

15. The ceilling of the Senate Chamber is gold-leafed with

b) likenesses of royalty

Quiz 1.2. The PoliticalProcess

1. a) 12

2. c) Great Britain

3. c) two main political parties

4.) A Member of Parliaments responsabilities include:

c)both of these

5. Members of the Opposition who criticize ministers of the government are called:

b.) shadow cabinet

6. A person becomes a senator because he or she is:

c.) appointed by the Governor General

7.To becomes a Member of Parliament, you must:

c.) have minimum education requirements

8. After an election, effective M.P.s represent the concerns of:

a.) all constituents

9. Primary sources of political information include:

c.) newspapers and television


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10. Members of Parliament may introduce bills in either the House of Commons or

the Senate, with one exception:

The only bills that cannot be initiated in the Senate are money bills.

11. The ceremony of Royal Assent takes place

The traditional procedure for Royal Assent involves a formal ceremony that

takes place in the Senate Chamber.

12. The mace is carried into the Commons each day by the ..

The symbol of authority of the House, the Mace is

carried each day into the Chamber by the Sergeant-at-Arms.

13. The speaker in Parliament holds the position of.

The Speaker of the Senate is appointed by the governor general, on behalf of

the monarch, and on the advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. By

convention, however, this advice is generally expressed exclusively by the

Prime Minister. (b. second highest authority to the prime minister)

14. The Speaker today is not a member of .

A Speaker is traditionally chosen from the party in power but now is elected at

large from the House as a whole by secret ballot.

15.

Which Act made Canada the first country to combine federalism with

parliamentary institutions?

In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies

through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four

provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process

of increasing autonomy, culminating in the Canada Act 1982 . Canada is

a federal state governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional

monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state.


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16. c)

17. c)

18. A Member of Parliament must be a member of a political party.

19. b)

20. a)

Quiz 1.3. The Prime Ministers of Canada

1.a)

2.b)

3.c)

4.a)

5.b

6.b)

7.b)

8. a) Partie Rouge was vigorously opposed CONFEDERATION.

9. b) Canada has been modest in its history, in my estimation, is only commencing.

It is commencing in this century. The nineteenth century of the United States. I think

we can claim that Canada will fill the twentieth century. " Sir Wilfrid Laurier, January

18, 1904

10.b)

11. b) The KingByng Affairwas a Canadianconstitutional crisis that occurred in

1926, when the Governor General of Canada, the Lord Byng of Vimy, refused a

request by his prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, to dissolve parliament

and call a general election.
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In the subsequent election, Arthur Meighen's Conservative Party won 116 seats in

the House of Commons to 101 for King's Liberals.

12. a)

13. a) Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort ofnational

service, most often military service.

14. When Richard(R.B.) Bennett became Prime Minister, the world was suffering at

the effects of

b) economic depression

15. The issue that brought down the government of Louis St. Laurent was

a) the pipeline

16. The aircraft program canceled by the Diefenbaker government in 1959 was the

c) Avro Arrow.

17. Before becoming Prime Minister, Lester Pearson won the Noble Prize for

c) peace

18. The Three Wise Men recruited from Quebec by Lester Pearson were Pierre

Trudeau, Gerard Pelletier and

a) Jean Marchand

19. In 1982, Pierre Trudeau was responsible for a very important piece of legislation

that gave Canada legal independence from Great Britain. This was called

b) Constitution Act

20. a) Defense policies

21. a) Minister of Justice and he also been Minister of Finance (1972- 1975)

22. a) Diplomat

23. c) Charlottetown Agreement

24. c) Both a and b
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25. a) 30

Quiz 1.4. The Governors General

1. b)

2. a)

3. c)

4. c)

5. a)

6. b. soldier

7. b. the Canadian arctic

8. c. a British war hero

9. a. representing the sovereign and not the British government

10. c. both a and b

11.Before becoming Governor General, George Vanier was:

c)both a and b.

12. As Governor General, Roland Michener institued:

c) Order of Canada.

13. Jules Leger's well known brother was:

a) a Roman Catholic cardinal

14. Jeanne Sauve was the first female Governor General, but she was also the first

female:

c) Speaker of the House of Commons

15. As Governer General, Ramon (Ray) Hnatyshyn instituted the:

c) Governor General's Arts Reward

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