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     12. In politics, Island Acadians play: 
     
     (  ) a very important role 
     
     (  ) a rather good role 
     
     ( ) hardly any role 
     
     (  ) no role at all 
     
    
   
   
    
     13. Which one of the following institutions is the main spokes- 
     
     man for the Island Acadian community? 
     
    
   
   
    
     (  ) the Acadian Museum 
     
    

    
     ( )‘ the Saint Thomas Aquinas Society 
     
     (  ) Evangeline School Unit (No. 5) 
     
    

    
     (  ) the newspaper, La Voix Acadienne 
     
     ( _) other 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     14. In your opinion, will the Acadian culture on the Island 
     
     disappear entirely: 
     
     (  ) in the next 25 years 
     
     (  ) in the next 50 years 
     
     (  ) in the next 100 years 
     
     (  ) it will not disappear in the next 100 years 
     
    
   
   
    
     15. In your opinion, will the French language among the Island 
     
     Acadians disappear entirely: 
     
    
   
   
    
     (  ) in the next 25 years 
     
    

    
     ( ) in the next 50 years 
     
    

    
     (  ) in the next 100 years 
     
    

    
     (  ) it will not disappear in the next 100 years 
     
    
   
   
    
     16. What do you think should be done as a priority in order to 
     
     prevent the disappearance of the Acadian culture and the 
     
     French language on the Island? 
     
    

    
     ( __) promote cultufal activities in Acadian communities 
     
    

    
     ( _) promote the Acadian culture in the schools 
     
    

    
     (  ) designate a specific region of the Island as the 
     
     official Acadian region of the province 
     
    

    
     (  ) establish in each Acadian region true French 
     
     schools, where a good program of English as a 
     
     second language would be taught 
     
    

    
     ( ) make P.E.I. an officially bilingual province 
     
    

    
     ( __) other 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     17. Your sex: 
     
     (  ) female 
     
     ( _) male 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     18. Your age? 
     
    
   
   
    
     19. Where do you live? 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     THANK YOU for taking the time to answer our questionnaire. You 
     
     have been very helpful. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lauren Redmond Daren Dixon 
     
     | Charles DesRoches Michelle Gallant 
     
     November, 1985 Paul Ledwell Georges Arsenault, professor