This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 287 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 287 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you are voting based on how someone has already performed, you are what kind of voter? A) Party line. B) Prospective. C) Rational. D) Retrospective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retrospective. 2. What is the main goal of interest groups? A) Advocate for universal healthcare. B) Maximize profits for corporations. C) Influence public policy and promote specific interests. D) Promote equality and justice for all. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Influence public policy and promote specific interests. 3. The term "midnight judges" refers to A) Adams secret attempt to extend the length of the Alien Act before he left office. B) Adams attempt to "pack" the federal courts with Federalist judges before he left office. C) Adams attempt to add more Democratic-Republican justices to the Supreme Court before he left office. D) Adams attempt to fire Democratic-Republican judges before he left office. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adams attempt to "pack" the federal courts with Federalist judges before he left office. 4. In what ways do minor parties NOT affect politics? A) Acting as critic and innovator. B) Playing the "spoiler" role. C) Drawing attention to otherwise neglected or controversial issues. D) Winning elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winning elections. 5. The legislative party with less than half the seats in a legislative body A) Personal politics. B) Minority party. C) Majority party. D) Proportional representation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minority party. 6. Two party system right before the civil war to modern times from 1856-present included: A) Federalists and democratic republicans. B) Democrats and Whigs. C) Democrats and republicans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democrats and republicans. 7. Major author of the constitution A) Marshall. B) Adams. C) Jefferson. D) Hamilton. E) Madison. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Madison. 8. Rebuild economy & create jobs A) Republican. B) Democratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republican. 9. What happened to the number of Americans who held mixed political views between 1994 and 2014? A) It increased. B) It decreased. C) It did not change. D) No data available. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It decreased. 10. Which of the following would result from the direct election of presidential candidates? A) A national primary would be established. B) Party nominating conventions would be abolished. C) Each vote would count equally in determining which candidate won the election. D) The electoral college would become more influential in the electoral process. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each vote would count equally in determining which candidate won the election. 11. How does a political party serve as a watchdog? A) Checks and balances. B) Inform on infractions. C) To help other candidates. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Checks and balances. 12. Which amendment separated elections for president and vice president? A) 12th Amendment. B) 14th Amendment. C) 22nd Amendment. D) 1st Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12th Amendment. 13. A primary ..... A) Determines who wins the position in government. B) Determines who the nominee for a particular poltical party will be. C) The super tuesday contest. D) Is online polling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Determines who the nominee for a particular poltical party will be. 14. What color is commonly associated with the Republican Party? A) Yellow. B) Green. C) Red. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red. 15. What is straight ticket voting? A) Vote for all candidates in one party. B) Vote for different parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vote for all candidates in one party. 16. Yes or No. When voting for the U.S. President the person with the most votes wins (popular vote) and becomes President? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 17. Which primary system is similar to the electoral college, in that voters only select party delegates who then cast their votes for the party's candidate for president? A) Closed primary. B) Indirect primary. C) Direct primary. D) Caucus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect primary. 18. Providing resources and ideas to their candidates A) Nominating Candidates for public office. B) Uniting Government. C) Influencing Policy/Governing. D) Watchdog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nominating Candidates for public office. 19. Every citizen votes on every issue A) Representative democracy. B) Indirect democracy. C) Direct democracy. D) Inverse democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct democracy. 20. Conventions: A) Rally's or meetings to get people to save the WORLD!. B) Rally's or meetings to get people to love animals. C) Rally's or meetings to get people to play tiddlywinks. D) Rally's or meetings to get people to vote for them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rally's or meetings to get people to vote for them. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParties QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesPolitical Parties Quiz 1Political Parties Quiz 2Political Parties Quiz 3Political Parties Quiz 4Political Parties Quiz 5Political Parties Quiz 6Political Parties Quiz 7Political Parties Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books