Chapter 6 Section 16

The Previous Question can be used to close debate immediately and the making of all subsidiary motions except to

• Commit (or Refer)

• Lay on the Table.

• Amend.

• Postpone Indefinitely.

Which motion below would you use at a meeting to stop debate immediately and vote on a pending question?

• Question of Privilege

• Division of the Question

• Previous Question

• Reconsider the Question

If adopted, the Previous Question is a motion that stops

• the making of all subsidiary motions.

• debate and the making of amendments on the pending

  question.

• the making of privileged motions.

• the making of undebatable motions.

The Previous Question is not allowed in

• deliberate assemblies.

• committees

• conventions

• legislative meetings.

Which statement below is true regarding the subsidiary motion to Move the Previous Question?

• A second is not needed.

• The chairman must call on members for and against this

  motion when it is debated.

• It does not prevent the making of privileged or incidental

  motions.

• It is in order when another member has the floor.

The unqualified form of the Previous Question can apply only to

• all pending amendments.

• debatable motions.

• the immediately pending question.

• all incidental motions.

When the subsidiary motion for the Previous Question is made in its unqualified form such as "I move the previous question," this means that it

• requires a majority vote for adoption.

• grants permission for members to ask questions of members.

• applies to all pending questions.

• None of the above

If a motion for the Previous Question fails to gain the necessary votes,

• debate is stopped on it.

• the motion to which it was applied is lost.

• debate continues on the pending motion as if this motion had

  not been made.

• members may not ask the maker of the motion questions

  directly for the duration of the meeting.

If a member obtained the floor and "called for the question" on a motion to Refer, what would you do as chairman?

• Vote on the "call for the question."

• Ask for a second.

• Stop debate immediately on the motion to Refer.

• Ignore the member and ask if there is further debate on the

  motion to Refer.

When the Previous Question is ordered on a series of pending motions, they are voted on in the

• same order in which they were proposed.

• order as determined by the chairman.

• reverse order in which they were made.

• order that the proposer of each motion demands.