Practice Test: UN Vote Buying and Democratic Alignment
Practice test on the article’s central puzzle, theoretical explanations, and findings.
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1 What central puzzle does the article address?
- Why autocracies dominate the UNGA agenda
- Why democracies support U.S. positions more often on important UNGA votes
- Why the UN Security Council controls foreign aid
- Why UNGA resolutions are legally binding
The article starts from the observation that democracies vote with the United States more often than autocracies on important UNGA votes.
2 The article treats shared democratic values as the only plausible explanation for voting alignment with the United States.
- True
- False
False. The article explicitly compares shared preferences with influence-based explanations such as vulnerability and credible linkage.
3 Which explanations does the article consider for why democracies align more with the United States? Select all that apply.
Select all that apply
- Shared preferences
- Greater vulnerability to influence
- More credible influence attempts
- UNGA resolutions being legally enforceable
The article discusses three plausible explanations: shared preferences, democratic vulnerability, and credibility of linkage. Legal enforceability of UNGA resolutions is not one of them.
4 Which institution is used as the main case study?
- UN Security Council
- World Bank
- United Nations General Assembly
- International Monetary Fund
The study focuses on the UNGA as the site for analyzing vote buying and multilateral politics.
5 According to the article, U.S. policy linked aid decisions to countries’ voting records on important UN votes.
- True
- False
True. The study notes that U.S. law required important votes to be tracked and aid disbursement to reflect voting behavior.
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