Lesson Y110.4

Y110.4 Parliamentary reform and the Great Reform Act 1832 Quiz: OCR History, Unit 1

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Lesson Y110.4, Parliamentary reform and the Great Reform Act 1832: 20 multiple choice questions for the OCR History (H505), Unit 1: Unit group 1: British period study, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which Whig Prime Minister led the government that passed the Great Reform Act in 1832?

    • Earl Grey
    • Duke of Wellington
    • Robert Peel
    • Lord Liverpool

  2. What annual property value qualified borough occupiers for the vote under the 1832 Reform Act?

    • £50
    • £5
    • £40
    • £10

  3. What term describes parliamentary boroughs with extremely small electorates controlled by wealthy patrons?

    • Pocket counties
    • Pocket boroughs
    • Open boroughs
    • Rotten shires

  4. Which clause added to the 1832 Act extended county franchise to £50 tenant farmers?

    • Chandos clause
    • Lansdowne clause
    • Tamworth clause
    • Dundee clause

  5. What action did King William IV agree to take to force the Reform Bill through the Lords?

    • Abolish the Lords
    • Veto the Bill
    • Dissolve parliament permanently
    • Create Whig peers

  6. Which major industrial city gained parliamentary representation for the first time in the 1832 Act?

    • Norwich
    • Manchester
    • Bristol
    • Liverpool

  7. Approximately what proportion of adult males in England and Wales held the vote after 1832?

    • One in ten
    • One in five
    • One in two
    • One in twenty

  8. Which popular political organisation was founded in 1830 by Thomas Attwood to campaign for parliamentary reform?

    • Birmingham Political Union
    • Northern Political Union
    • National Political Union
    • Metropolitan Reform Union

  9. What population threshold resulted in a borough losing both MPs under Schedule A in 1832?

    • 500
    • 2,000
    • 10,000
    • 5,000

  10. Who drafted the original Great Reform Bill presented to the House of Commons in 1831?

    • William Pitt
    • Lord Melbourne
    • George Canning
    • Lord John Russell

  11. Which Tory Prime Minister resigned in November 1830 after declaring the electoral system perfect?

    • Robert Peel
    • George Canning
    • Lord Liverpool
    • Duke of Wellington

  12. What period of intense political unrest occurred in May 1832 following Grey's temporary resignation?

    • July Revolution
    • Spring of Nations
    • Peterloo Week
    • Days of May

  13. What key administrative measure was introduced in 1832 requiring citizens to enrol annually to vote?

    • Postal voting
    • Electoral census
    • Voter registration
    • Secret ballot

  14. Which schedule in the 1832 Reform Act reduced two-member boroughs with under 4,000 residents to one MP?

    • Schedule A
    • Schedule D
    • Schedule B
    • Schedule C

  15. How many parliamentary seats in total were redistributed by the Great Reform Act of 1832?

    • 143
    • 56
    • 210
    • 88

  16. What was Earl Grey's stated primary objective when proposing the Great Reform Act in 1831?

    • Achieve full democracy
    • Abolish the monarchy
    • Prevent revolution
    • Empower working classes

  17. Which 1819 event saw peaceful reform demonstrators attacked by cavalry, boosting the reform movement?

    • Spa Fields Riot
    • Cato Street Conspiracy
    • Swing Riots
    • Peterloo Massacre

  18. What reform was explicitly rejected by the Great Reform Act, preserving public open-voting methods?

    • Plural voting
    • County representation
    • Secret ballot
    • Property qualifications

  19. How many times was a Reform Bill submitted to Parliament before passing in 1832?

    • Seven
    • Three
    • One
    • Five

  20. Which group of working-class agitators smashed agricultural machinery during 1830, increasing pressure for reform?

    • Chartists
    • Suffragettes
    • Luddites
    • Swing rioters

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