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PSI Week #17

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the state of Georgia have a "runoff" election?

a)

None of the candidates had got a majority of votes in November

b)

There were irregularities in the vote

c)

The races were too tight

d)

This state always elects senators in two rounds

2.

Raphael Warnock is...

a)

the first African-American to be elected to a Senate seat

b)

a pastor from the same parish as Martin Luther King

c)

the fourth US Senator serving a former Confederate state

d)

from an underprivileged district of Atlanta

3.

The GOP means:

(a)  

4.

Democrats now have the majority in the Senate.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

Find a synonym for the verb "attack".

a)

to riot

b)

to break in

c)

to storm

d)

to invade

6.

Where did Donald Trump organise a rally of his supporters on Wed. 6th?

a)

on Capitol Hill

b)

on Pennsylvania avenue

c)

in front of the White House

d)

on the Mall

7.

How did D. Trump react to the scenes of violence in the Capitol?

a)

he kept on egging his supporters forward

b)

he held a press conference to denounce election fraud

c)

he live-tweeted the whole time

d)

he backtracked in a video denying his involvement

8.

How did Trump's supporters react to his ban from Twitter?

a)

They denounced it on the grounds of the First Amendment.

b)

They flocked to Parler instead.

c)

They launched a #boycotttwitter

d)

They announced the creation of a new social platform.

9.

The Parler social network is now...

a)

banned from operating in the US

b)

unavailable to download from any app-store

c)

subject to an FBI investigation

d)

offline due to cancellation of its Amazon hosting

10.

What institutional options are available to remove Trump from office?

a)

Censoring by the Congress

b)

The 25th Amendment

c)

Impeachment

d)

Military takeover

11.

The 25th amendment has to be invoked by...

a)

The Vice-President and half of the Cabinet

b)

The joint Chiefs of Staff

c)

The VP and the Supreme Court

d)

The Supreme Court and the Congress

12.

An impeachment process may only be triggered by...

a)

Congress

b)

The House of Representatives

c)

The Senate

d)

The VP and the Cabinet

13.

In order to succeed, impeachment must be voted by...

a)

Half of the House and half of the Senate

b)

Half of the House and all of the Senate

c)

A 2/3 majority of the House and all of the Senate

d)

Half of the House and a 2/3 majority of the Senate

14.

An impeached president may never run for office again.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

What is the English word for "maillot" ?

(de sport)

(a)  

16.

tell-tale means...

a)

affabulateur

b)

raconteur

c)

révélateur

d)

symbolique

17.

Find the contrary of "discreet":

a)

advertised

b)

contentious

c)

conspicuous

d)

obvious

18.

Find a synonym for the verb "collapse".

a)

to disappear

b)

to crumble

c)

to clash

d)

to blow up

19.

Tick the correct sentence:

a)

The more paid I get, the more happy I am.

b)

The most I get paid, the happiest I am.

c)

The more I get paid, the happier I am.

d)

The more I get paid, the more I am happy.

20.

Translate the following sentence in your best English:

"Le sport professionnel est désormais un domaine où les scandales financiers sont monnaie courante, où les joueurs peuvent être vendus au plus offrant et se transforment en véritables marques ou publicités vivantes."

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