Chapter Seventeen: The Making of Modern Quebec

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Question 1
Why did Duplessis oppose militant union activity?
a. He believed it deterred investment and economic development.
b. He thought it undermined the role of the Roman Catholic church in the province.
c. He saw it as a source of social disorder.
d. a) and c)

Question 2
Which of the following did the Lesage government not do?
a. establish a pension plan in Quebec
b. privatize the electrical power sector in Quebec
c. establish a provincial ministry of education
d. improve the financial situation of Quebec's municipalities

Question 3
Who became the premier of Quebec in 1968?
a. Jean-Jacques Bertrand
b. René Lévesque
c. Jean Lesage
d. Robert Bourassa

Question 4
What did Bill 63 recognize?
a. the right of immigrants to educate their children in a language of their choice
b. the right of any Quebecker to enrol his or her child in an English-language school
c. the right of children whose mother tongue was English to attend English-language schools
d. the right of francophone Quebeckers to convert English-language schools into French-language schools if French was the first language of at least 51 percent of the students

Question 5
What did the Bourassa government do when confronted with the October crisis?
a. It accused the federal government of trying to challenge its provincial authority in law enforcement matters by overriding provincial directives.
b. It retaliated by forming a special police squad to hunt down and kill the terrorists.
c. It invoked the War Measures Act, which enabled police to arrest 500 "suspects."
d. It hesitated and seemed to favour negotiations with the terrorists.

Question 6
In what year did the Parti Québécois win the provincial election for the first time?
a. 1969
b. 1973
c. 1976
d. 1981

Question 7
Which of the following statements is true of the 1980 Quebec referendum?
a. The economically disadvantaged French-speaking Quebeckers tended to vote oui.
b. The referendum was defeated by a 70-30 margin.
c. Almost all non-French-speaking Quebeckers vote non.
d. Young French-speaking Quebeckers tended to vote non.

Question 8
What did the premiers of Manitoba and New Brunswick argue after the federal government and eight provinces ratified the Meech Lake Accord?
a. They argued that their provincial legislatures could not be forced to consider the accord.
b. They argued that the French-speaking minorities in their provinces would have too much power if the accord were ratified.
c. They argued that they were not bound by their predecessors' signatures.
d. They argued that the rights of the Aboriginal peoples were being ignored.

Question 9
In the 1995 referendum on Quebec sovereignty, most members of First Nations communities
a. voted no.
b. voted no if they were French speakers.
c. voted yes.
d. voted yes if they were French speakers.

Question 10
When did the disastrous ice storm in Quebec take place?
a. February 1992
b. January 1998
c. November 1989
d. December 1999

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