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| 1 | All new EU Treaties must be ratified by each Member State according to its own constitutional provisions. |
 | A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 2 | The European Commission now has one Commissioner from each Member State. |
| A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 3 | The European Parliament meets in Brussels and Strasbourg. |
| A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 4 | Members of the European Parliament are appointed by their national parliaments. |
| A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 5 | If the Constitutional Treaty is ratified, it will replace the Treaty of Rome |
| A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 6 | What are the 3 'pillars' of the European Union? |
| A) | Economics, security and justice. |
| B) | Social, military and political. |
| C) | Economics, military and justice. |
| D) | Agricultural, security and political. |
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| 7 | The just five EU members account for which share of the GDP of the whole EU25? |
| A) | 10% |
| B) | 95% |
| C) | 80% |
| D) | 50% |
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| 8 | The European Court of Justice can overrule all member states’ courts on which issues? |
| A) | On matters involving Treaty interpretations and disputes between member states on any topic. |
| B) | On matters involving first pillar issues. |
| C) | On matters involving second pillar issues. |
| D) | On matters involving third pillar issues. |
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| 9 | The three main principles of EC law are: |
| A) | Subsidiarity, efficiency and legitimacy. |
| B) | Autonomy, direct applicability and primacy. |
| C) | Autonomy, efficiency and legitimacy. |
| D) | Subsidiarity, direct applicability and primacy. |
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| 10 | The Members of the European Parliament are: |
| A) | all members of their own national parliaments. |
| B) | under instruction of their own party from their home nation. |
| C) | appointed by their national governments. |
| D) | directly elected by EU citizens and are in office for 5 years. |
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| 11 | The last three Presidents of the European Commission were (in order): |
| A) | Jacques Santer, Romano Prodi, José Manuel Barroso |
| B) | Jean Monnet, Romano Prodi and Jacques Delors |
| C) | Helmut Schmidt, Jacques Chirac and Jacques Delors |
| D) | Jacques Chirac, Tony Blair and Gerhart Schroeder. |
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| 12 | The two biggest items in the EU budget are: |
| A) | administration and research. |
| B) | foreign policy and development assistance. |
| C) | CAP and cohesion spending. |
| D) | foreign policy and cohesion spending. |
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| 13 | The Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund account for about ____ of the EU budget today. |
| A) | 30% |
| B) | 25% |
| C) | 10% |
| D) | 15% |
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| 14 | The least populous of the 10 nations that will join the EU in 2004 is: |
| A) | Cyprus |
| B) | Estonia |
| C) | Hungary |
| D) | Malta |
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| 15 | Under the so-called co-decision procedure for EU law making, new laws are proposed by the ________ and must receive the approval of both the __________________ and the _____________. |
| A) | Council of Ministers, European Commission, European Parliament |
| B) | European Commission, Council of Ministers, European Parliament |
| C) | European Parliament, European Commission, Council of Ministers |
| D) | None of the above. |
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| 16 | The 10 members who joined in 2004 account for ___ percent of the GDP of the whole EU25. |
| A) | 25% |
| B) | 35% |
| C) | 15% |
| D) | 5% |
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| 17 | The President of the European Convention was: |
| A) | Tont Blair |
| B) | Jacques Delor |
| C) | Jean Monnet |
| D) | Valerie Giscard d'Estaing |