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Question

1. As Anderson notes, upper houses come in many variants. The Canadian Senate is unusual because

A. It is the most regionally balanced upper houses in the federal world

B. It plays a role in vetting Supreme Court Justices

C. It is among the most constitutionally powerful in the federal world

D. The Queen or her representative may sit in the Chamber

E. It is formally weak compared to most upper house, like that of Venezuela

2. Canadian parties and party systems are remarkable for the

A. All of these

B. Lack of organizational linkages within most parties of the same name across national and provincial politics

C. Regular presence of locally idiosyncratic parties in many jurisdictions

D. Distinctive patterns of partisan competition across different jurisdictions

E. Dominance of federal politics by one party, the Liberals.