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CHAPTER 15: Parties and Their Ideologies
1. The instrumental view of ideology can be distinguished from
a) The intellectual view
b) The idealistic view
c) The pragmatic view
2. Conservatives generally picture themselves as:
a) An intellectual party
b) An idealistic party
c) A commonsense party
3. 'Tory' originally meant:
a) An Irish bandit
b) An Irish landowner
c) An Irish politician
4. At the start of the 20th century the Conservative Party:
a) Supported Free Trade
b) Was divided over Free Trade
c) Opposed Free Trade
5. 'Thatcherism':
a) Consistently opposed the idea that policy should be influenced by ideas
b) Thought all policy should be shaped by ideas
c) Practised a mixture of traditional Conservative pragmatism and ideas based policy
6. 'Thatcherism':
a) Diminished the importance of markets in the British economy
b) Made little difference to the role of markets in the British economy
c) Increased the importance of markets in the British economy
7. 'Labour' was by origin:
a) A radical socialist party
b) An alliance of radicals of different kinds
c) A party concerned only with the interests of organised labour
8. The great crisis of Labour ideology occurred in:
a) The 1970s
b) The 1980s
c) The 1990s
9. New Labour:
a) Confirmed the existing wording of Clause 4 of the Party Constitution
b) Ignored Clause 4
c) Successfully introduced a new Clause 4
10. New Labour's constitutional radicalism was :
a) An imitation of Thatcherism
b) A completely novel departure
c) A revival of traditions of radicalism in the Labour Party
11. Liberal Democrat ideology is:
a) Copied from 19th century liberalism
b) Copied from New Labour
c) A modern adaptation of 19th century Liberalism
12. Nationalist ideology in the UK is:
a) Essentially the same in Wales, Scotland and Ireland
b) Different in the three countries
c) Essentially the same in Wales and Scotland but different in Northern Ireland
13. Defence of the language is:
a) A common concern of all nationalist parties
b) A concern of Sinn Fein and Plaid Cymru
c) A concern of Sinn Fein and of Scottish Nationalism
14. The influence of Green ideologies:
a) Has been largely confined to the Green Party
b) Has influenced virtually every political party in the UK
c) Has influenced the Green Party and the Labour Party
15. Violent political action is:
a) Alien to the British political tradition
b) Central to the British political tradition
c) An established, but subordinate, part of the British political tradition
