The following quiz is meant to kick-start a more serious look at the Prime Minister and the political process, for which this unit presents a wide variety of learning resources.

Should the teacher choose, this quiz could be turned into a model for an activity in Section IV of the unit, Activities that Extend New Learning, where students could be asked to build a similar quiz based on the subject areas, concepts and terms they encounter in the course of their study. This quiz can then be used as an added resource for the overall unit.

1. Pierre Trudeau
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. W. L. Mackenzie King
4. Jean Chrétien

1. The federal department created to monitor and enforce Canada’s Privacy Act.
2. A national artists’ organisation with branches across Canada.
3. The body which provides advice to the Prime Minister, and to the Governor General and Queen.
4. Canada’s top-secret intelligence agency.

1. A structure built specifically to accommodate election night celebrations.
2. The description of a party’s political program.
3. The mobile stage often used in music videos.
4. Where the guests of honour are seated at political fundraising dinners.

1. The collective name for the Members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons not belonging to the government party.
2. A notorious punk rock song in 1978 that was banned in some parts of the world, including England.
3. The name of a now defunct political party that originated in Canada in the early 1930s.
4. Next to the government, the party with the most MPs in the House of Commons.

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