Introducing Politics for AS level

Parliament: The House of Lords - Multiple Choice Quiz.

1. The systems which operates when a representative assembly has two distinct houses or chambers is called:

   1. Unicameralism
   2. Bilateralism
   3. Bicameralism
   4. Behaviouralism

2. In which year were women given full suffrage?

   1. 1885
   2. 1918
   3. 1965
   4. 1928

3. Which of the following are NOT usually part of the House of Lords?

   1. Hereditary peers
   2. Members of Parliament
   3. Bishops and Archbishops
   4. Law Lords

4. Who awards the title of Life Peer?

   1. The Prime Minister (on the advice of the Monarch)
   2. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
   3. The Speaker of the House
   4. The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister)

5. Which Party currently has the most Lords in the House of Lords

   1. The Conservative Party
   2. The Liberal Democrats
   3. The Labour Party
   4. The Green Party

6. The Salisbury Convention means that The House of Lords ought to avoid defeating which type of legislative proposal?

   1. A proposal which raises taxes
   2. A proposal on which the governing party has fought an election
   3. A proposal put forward by the back benchers
   4. Any proposal which seeks to reform the House of Lords

7. A White Paper published by the government in 2007 proposed what percentages of party members in the House of Lords?

   1. 80% non-party and 20% party members
   2. 20% non-party and 80% party members
   3. 50% non-party and 50% party members
   4. 100% non-party members

8. The Parliament Act of 1911 reduced the power of the House of Lords in what way?

   1. The Lords could no longer smoke in the House
   2. The Lords could no longer pass on their hereditary peerage
   3. The Lords only had the power to delay, rather than veto legislation
   4. The Lords could no longer draw a salary

9. The defeat of which bill by the Lords in 1910 pre-empted the Parliament Act of 1911 which reduced the power of the Lords:

   1. The People's Budget
   2. The Reform Bill
   3. The Anti-Terrorism Bill
   4. The Human Rights Bill

10. How long is the term of the Lord Speaker?

    1. 5 years
    2. 10 years
    3. 4 years
    4. 2 years