HIST2280 FINAL EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Concept Question: how French Canada came to adopt a game which had largely been played by
the Anglo elites. - CORRECT ANSWER -•late nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries
•Parish priests in Quebec and the province's French-speaking upper classes felt threatened by
the game
•developed within a prevailing political ideology that was inflexible
•complemented the Catholic Church's Ultramontane vision
•Maurice Duplessis, (Quebec's Premier) from 1936 to 1939, and then again from 1944 to 1959,
reigned during this time period
•this period is known as La Grande Noirceur,"Great Darkness"
•conservative period with centralization around the church
•executing full control over all facets of life among the french
•political winds shift in 1960
•Quiet Revolution commences
Maurice Duplessis, (Quebec's Premier) - CORRECT ANSWER -In office between from 1936 to
1939, and then again from 1944 to 1959,
Adolf Hitler - CORRECT ANSWER -•German Chancellor and Nazi leader
•brought an end to world peace
•set to impose his warped fascist ideals across the continent of Europe and later across the
globe
•Germany invades Poland on September 1st, 1939
•Britian and France declare war on Germany
•Canada declares war on Germany on September 10th, 1939
,•This forced Canadian men and women into what is recognized as "total war."
"The Two Solitudes" - CORRECT ANSWER -English and French Canada
Perception of the two solitudes in the twentieth century; "Toronto the Good" - CORRECT
ANSWER -(Toronto) v. "Sin City" (Montreal)
Torontos differences during this period can be described as; - CORRECT ANSWER -English,
Conservative, Protestant, and strikingly different from the French Catholic culture of Montreal.
The latter also had a "darker" underbelly that became famous during the days of prohibition.
Hockey helped to play up these vast differences for Toronto through which device? - CORRECT
ANSWER -The radio; hence, making a name for the Maple leafs and Foster Hewitt, and later
putting out french broadcasts
What did the church think of "scientific play" and "rational recreation"? - CORRECT ANSWER -
the church sees sport as something that is "socially dangerous". It is for this reason that French
participation in the game is negligible during modern hockey's infancy.
The name of the club that wanted to prove that the French-Canadian was not inferior to its
English-Canadian counterpart. - CORRECT ANSWER -Association Athletique d'Amateurs le
National (or Le National for short)
MAAA - CORRECT ANSWER -Montreal Amateur Athletic Association
the first hockey team that drew on the talents of Montreal's French-Canadian population -
CORRECT ANSWER -Le National
CHA - CORRECT ANSWER -College Hockey America
, NHA - CORRECT ANSWER -National Hockey Association
the game still struggled in French-Canada because, as we discussed earlier, it suffered for two
reasons; - CORRECT ANSWER -1) French-Canadians were largely excluded from English social
clubs
2) the Catholic Church (and by extension, the church run schools) was not - at least initially -
supportive of participation in the game.
Which paper called hockey "the national sport of Canada" in 1896? - CORRECT ANSWER -La
Presse
historians (Guay and Janson) have argued; - CORRECT ANSWER -that French-Canadians playing
hockey was indicative of a long period of assimilation into the dominant English vision of
Canada.
Other historians (Harvey, Augustin and Poirier) argued; - CORRECT ANSWER -what the French-
Canadians did with hockey was an example of appropriation.
Concept Question; appropriation - CORRECT ANSWER -•argued by historians (Harvey, Augustin
and Poirier)
means that one culture borrows something from •another culture and makes it something of its
own.
what the French-Canadians did with hockey was an example of appropriation
•French-Canadians playing hockey was indicative of a long period of assimilation into the
dominant English vision of Canada.
•1909-1960
•"hockey has historically served to represent and give voice to French-Canadian identities" Jean
Harvey
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Concept Question: how French Canada came to adopt a game which had largely been played by
the Anglo elites. - CORRECT ANSWER -•late nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries
•Parish priests in Quebec and the province's French-speaking upper classes felt threatened by
the game
•developed within a prevailing political ideology that was inflexible
•complemented the Catholic Church's Ultramontane vision
•Maurice Duplessis, (Quebec's Premier) from 1936 to 1939, and then again from 1944 to 1959,
reigned during this time period
•this period is known as La Grande Noirceur,"Great Darkness"
•conservative period with centralization around the church
•executing full control over all facets of life among the french
•political winds shift in 1960
•Quiet Revolution commences
Maurice Duplessis, (Quebec's Premier) - CORRECT ANSWER -In office between from 1936 to
1939, and then again from 1944 to 1959,
Adolf Hitler - CORRECT ANSWER -•German Chancellor and Nazi leader
•brought an end to world peace
•set to impose his warped fascist ideals across the continent of Europe and later across the
globe
•Germany invades Poland on September 1st, 1939
•Britian and France declare war on Germany
•Canada declares war on Germany on September 10th, 1939
,•This forced Canadian men and women into what is recognized as "total war."
"The Two Solitudes" - CORRECT ANSWER -English and French Canada
Perception of the two solitudes in the twentieth century; "Toronto the Good" - CORRECT
ANSWER -(Toronto) v. "Sin City" (Montreal)
Torontos differences during this period can be described as; - CORRECT ANSWER -English,
Conservative, Protestant, and strikingly different from the French Catholic culture of Montreal.
The latter also had a "darker" underbelly that became famous during the days of prohibition.
Hockey helped to play up these vast differences for Toronto through which device? - CORRECT
ANSWER -The radio; hence, making a name for the Maple leafs and Foster Hewitt, and later
putting out french broadcasts
What did the church think of "scientific play" and "rational recreation"? - CORRECT ANSWER -
the church sees sport as something that is "socially dangerous". It is for this reason that French
participation in the game is negligible during modern hockey's infancy.
The name of the club that wanted to prove that the French-Canadian was not inferior to its
English-Canadian counterpart. - CORRECT ANSWER -Association Athletique d'Amateurs le
National (or Le National for short)
MAAA - CORRECT ANSWER -Montreal Amateur Athletic Association
the first hockey team that drew on the talents of Montreal's French-Canadian population -
CORRECT ANSWER -Le National
CHA - CORRECT ANSWER -College Hockey America
, NHA - CORRECT ANSWER -National Hockey Association
the game still struggled in French-Canada because, as we discussed earlier, it suffered for two
reasons; - CORRECT ANSWER -1) French-Canadians were largely excluded from English social
clubs
2) the Catholic Church (and by extension, the church run schools) was not - at least initially -
supportive of participation in the game.
Which paper called hockey "the national sport of Canada" in 1896? - CORRECT ANSWER -La
Presse
historians (Guay and Janson) have argued; - CORRECT ANSWER -that French-Canadians playing
hockey was indicative of a long period of assimilation into the dominant English vision of
Canada.
Other historians (Harvey, Augustin and Poirier) argued; - CORRECT ANSWER -what the French-
Canadians did with hockey was an example of appropriation.
Concept Question; appropriation - CORRECT ANSWER -•argued by historians (Harvey, Augustin
and Poirier)
means that one culture borrows something from •another culture and makes it something of its
own.
what the French-Canadians did with hockey was an example of appropriation
•French-Canadians playing hockey was indicative of a long period of assimilation into the
dominant English vision of Canada.
•1909-1960
•"hockey has historically served to represent and give voice to French-Canadian identities" Jean
Harvey
