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The case involving Eli Lilly and Company illustrates how
A) little influence special interests actually have on Congress.
B) special interests can still bribe members of Congress.
C) special interestsʹ campaign contributions can influence congressional action.
D) Congress can regulate the activities of special interests.
E) the increasing importance of multinational corporations. - Answer C) special interestsʹ
campaign contributions can influence congressional action.
According to James Madison in Federalist Paper No. 1, the way to prevent any one
group from having too much power is to
A) eliminate most groups.
B) increase the scope and number of groups.
C) strictly regulate them.
D) make them unconstitutional.
E) none of the above - Answer B) increase the scope and number of groups.
Since the 1960s, the number of interest groups has
A) remained constant.
B) risen rapidly.
C) declined slightly.
D) declined sharply.
E) fluctuated up and down as new issues developed and others faded away. - Answer
B) risen rapidly.
The right of interest groups to organize is
A) protected by the Constitution.
B) protected by the Federal Election Campaign Act.
C) protected by state laws.
D) protected by the Bill of Rights.
E) none of the above - Answer D) protected by the Bill of Rights.
The term interest group can be generally defined as
A) an organization that seeks a collective good, the achievement of which will not
specifically or materially benefit the membership or activists of the organization.
,B) a group that has a narrow interest, dislikes compromise, and single-mindedly
pursues its goal.
C) all people who share some common interest regardless of whether they join an
organization promoting that interest.
D) an organization of people with similar policy goals entering the political process to try
to achieve those aims.
E) an organization of people who share a common interest who run candidates in
elections sympathetic to that interest. - Answer D) an organization of people with similar
policy goals entering the political process to try to achieve those aims.
An organization of people with similar policy goals entering the political process to try to
achieve those aims is called
A) a political party.
B) a political action committee.
C) an interest group.
D) a collective.
E) a political corporation. - Answer C) an interest group.
Which of the following is NOT typical of American interest groups?
A) They frequently look to the bureaucracy or the judicial process to achieve their policy
goals.
B) They run their own slate of candidates for office in many parts of the country.
C) Most have a handful of key policies to push, and are policy experts in those areas.
D) Unlike political parties, they are not faced with the constraint of trying to appeal to
everyone.
E) They mostly represent diffuse, non-economic interests. - Answer B) They run their
own slate of candidates for office in many parts of the country.
American political parties differ from interest groups in that parties
A) are policy specialists.
B) are policy generalists.
C) are policy-driven.
D) do not take positions on policy issues.
E) have a narrower scope than interest groups. - Answer B) are policy generalists.
One of the main differences between American political parties and interest groups is
that
A) interest groups are concerned with more issues.
B) interest groups concentrate on only one policy arena.
C) political parties run candidates for office.
D) interest groups limit their membership.
E) political parties are policy specialists. - Answer C) political parties run candidates for
office.
In Europe, interest groups
A) do not exist.
, B) often form political parties.
C) exist but are not as powerful as in the United States.
D) have the same role and power as in the United States.
E) do not have the same constitutional protection that they have in the United States
and are frequently persecuted. - Answer B) often form political parties.
In many countries with multiparty systems and proportional representation, interest
groups
A) frequently win a majority of seats in the national legislature.
B) frequently win some seats in the national legislature.
C) frequently run candidates for seats in the national legislature, but these candidates
almost never win.
D) are barred from running candidates for office.
E) are guaranteed by law seats in the national parliament in proportion to their
percentage of the general population. - Answer B) frequently win some seats in the
national legislature.
An interest group is more likely to form its own political party where
A) voters choose their legislators in single-member districts.
B) voters choose their legislators in dual-member districts.
C) voters choose their legislators using proportional representation.
D) the government has a bicameral legislature.
E) there is a strong two-party system, and the major parties ignore their demands. -
Answer C) voters choose their legislators using proportional representation.
According to ________ theorists, interest groups compete and counterbalance one
another in the political marketplace.
A) elitist
B) hyperelitist
C) pluralist
D) hyperpluralist
E) free market - Answer C) pluralist
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) With proportional representation systems, all it takes is between one and five percent
of the vote for a party to win seats in the national legislature.
B) In many Scandinavian countries, farmersʹ parties have long been in existence.
C) Many new interest groups in Europe have formed parties on the basis of shared
values.
D) Green parties in Europe have never been able to win enough votes to enter the
national legislature.
E) Parties are more like interest groups in Europe than in the U.S. - Answer D) Green
parties in Europe have never been able to win enough votes to enter the national
legislature.
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