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Q.1
Direct Rule from Westminster was implemented in Northern Ireland in March 1972. Who became the 1st Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under this system?
Brian Faulkner
Patrick Mayhew
William Whitelaw
Ian Paisley
Q.2
William Whitelaw favoured a twin-track approach to settlement agreements in Northern Ireland in 1972. What were the two ''twin-track'' policies?
Direct Rule & Power-Sharing
Power-Sharing & Nationalist Council
Power-Sharing & Anglo-Irish Council
Power-Sharing & Council of Ireland
Q.3
Which of the following parties were OPPOSED to Power-Sharing Negotiations in Northern Ireland?
DUP, Alliance, PUP & 'Un-Pledged' UUP Unionists
DUP, Sinn Féin, SDLP & Vanguard
Vanguard, DUP, 'Pledged' UUP Unionists & Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin, DUP, Vanguard & Un-Pledged' UUP Unionists
Q.4
What was the allocation of Ministers in the Power-Sharing Executive of December 1973 - May 1974?
UUP - 6 Ministers, SDLP - 4 Ministers & Alliance - 1 Minister
UUP - 4 Ministers, SDLP - 4 Ministers & Alliance - 3 Ministers
UUP - 5 Ministers, SDLP - 3 Ministers & Alliance - 3 Ministers
UUP - 3 Ministers, SDLP - 4 Ministers & Alliance - 4 Ministers
Q.5
Unionists opposed to Power-Sharing united to form what organisation?
UUC - United Unionist Council
UUCC - United Unionist Co-operation Council
UDC - Unionist Defense Council
UUUC - United Ulster Unionist Council
Q.6
When Direct Rule was re-implemented in mid-1974, Merlyn Rees as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, introduced a policy of 'Ulsterisation'. What did this policy mean?
Making Ulster more attractive to tourists
Reducing the numbers of British Army and Intelligence and relying instead on greater numbers of locally-recruited RUC & UDR Officers to combat civil unrest
Leaving all the political parties of Northern Ireland to solve the conflict entirely on their own
Q.7
The policy of 'Criminalisation' of terrorists during the 1970's affected prisoners in what way?
Moved their trials from criminal to military courts
Reduced their sentences in return for co-operation with security forces
Removed their 'Special Category Status' and benefits, such as the rights to wear their own clothes and to be housed separately from all other prisoners
Q.8
In response to 'Criminalisation', the IRA & INLA Prisoners started a series of protests in September 1976. In which order did those protests occur?
Dirty Protest - Blanket Protest - Hunger Strike
Blanket Protest - Dirty Protest - Hunger Strike
Hunger Strike - Dirty Protest - Blanket Protest
Q.9
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Britain & N. Ireland since 1979, refused to negotiate with the IRA Prisoners' Protest on what stated grounds?
"Crime is criminal: It cannot be negotiated"
"Crime is Crime: It cannot be treated differently"
"Crime is crime is crime; it is not political"
Q.10
The Hunger Strike of 1981, led by Bobby Sands, ended after how many prisoners had died?
12
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