Provisional IRA, terrorist offshoot of IRA, formed
  • 1. What does IRA stand for in Provisional IRA?
A) Independent Rebels Alliance
B) Islamic Revolutionary Army
C) Irish Republican Army
D) International Rescue Association
  • 2. Which political ideology did the Provisional IRA support?
A) Capitalism
B) Irish republicanism
C) Fascism
D) Communism
  • 3. What international support did the Provisional IRA receive during its early years?
A) China
B) United States
C) Russia
D) Libya
  • 4. Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Troubles with the Provisional IRA?
A) Margaret Thatcher
B) David Cameron
C) Tony Blair
D) Winston Churchill
  • 5. What agreement largely ended the Troubles and led to peace in Northern Ireland?
A) Versailles Treaty
B) Potsdam Agreement
C) Good Friday Agreement
D) Treaty of Lisbon
  • 6. Which country supplied arms to the British government to counter the Provisional IRA?
A) Germany
B) China
C) United States
D) France
  • 7. What was the main tactic of the Provisional IRA during the Troubles?
A) Biological warfare
B) Conventional warfare
C) Economic warfare
D) Guerrilla warfare
  • 8. Who was the most prominent leader of the Sinn Féin political party associated with the Provisional IRA?
A) Mary Lou McDonald
B) Ian Paisley
C) Micheál Martin
D) Gerry Adams
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