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Quiz by Paul Oehme, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Paul Oehme
over 4 years ago
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Question 1
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The author thinks the report is good and can be trusted.
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- True
- False
Question 2
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What does the author complain about (§1)?
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that somebody compiled some evidence
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that work on the report started in 1990 and took very long
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that the British do not think enough about migration
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that nobody used solid facts in the discussion
Question 3
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What should the UK have done in 2004?
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leave the EU
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join the EU
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have no election
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restrict migration
Question 4
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There were no solid facts for a long time. What did this lead to?
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Nobody knew for sure what migration meant for the UK.
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Lies were spread.
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Citizens relied on hearsay.
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The mood of the country turned anti-migration.
Question 5
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What will you not find in the report?
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more than 100 pages
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irony
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data, facts, statistics
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ideas on how to handle migration
Question 6
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Read this sentence closely and in its context (=the paragraph). Which information does it contain?
"Years of using immigration as a political football with which to achieve short-term goals have clearly come at a cost."
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Politicians abused the topic to gain popularity.
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Parliament had a football match on the topic.
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The blame is mainly on the politicians.
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This was a long development.
Question 7
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Is the summary of the report as given in the paragraphs "Among the most common phrases..." and "Other sections of the MAC..." correct as an over-all impression of the report?
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- True
- False
Question 8
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Does the information in the paragraph "The only areas of life..." give the reader the impression that there are serious drawbacks to migration?
Answer
- True
- False
Question 9
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What does the author express which this phrasing, "the issue at the heart of the greatest political folly of our age [...] was – after all – founded on a fantasy"?
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what you think you know about migration is not true
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the political discussion was utterly useless
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the discussion was the single biggest mistake of the last years
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there is some truth to the discussion
Question 10
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Does the author believe that the report will change the discussion on migration?
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- True
- False
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