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Chapter 13 Test - Constitutional Freedoms
Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answer the question.
DO NOT WRITE ON THIS, USE SCANTRON OR ANSWER SHEET
1. In which order are the freedoms addressed in the First Amendment?
a. Religion, Press, Speech, Assembly and Petition
b. Speech, Religion, Press, Petition and Assembly
c. Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition
d. Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly and Petition
2. Which Federalist is considered the father of the Bill of Rights?
a. James Madison
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. John Adams
d. Alexander Hamilton
3. Which 1833 Court case upheld that the Bill of Rights did NOT apply to state governments?
a. Bethel v. Fraser
b. Baker v. Carr
c. Arkansas v. Sanders
d. Barron v. Baltimore
4. The process by which the Bill of Rights was extended to state and local governments is called?
a. Due Process
b. Precedent
c. Incorporation
d. Acknowledgment
5. Speech urging resistance to lawful authority or advocating the overthrow of the government is:
a. Seditious speech
b. Defamatory speech
c. Symbolic speech
d. Pure speech
6. Of the following, which type of speech does the First Amendment protect:
a. Defamatory speech
b. Pure speech
c. Seditious speech
d. Libel speech
7. Of the following, which is NOT a LEGAL example of symbolic speech:
a. Burning the U.S. Flag in protest to a new law,
b. Wearing armbands in protest to war.
c. Burning draft cards in protest to war.
d. Displaying a red flag in opposition to organized government.
8. Which of the following amendments of the Bill of Rights is one that is NOT incorporated:
a. First Amendment
b. Sixth Amendment
c. Fourth Amendment
d. Second Amendment
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9. Who developed the idea of wall of separation between Church and State?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Samuel Adams
c. James Madison
d. Benjamin Franklin
10. Which article of the Constitution bans any religious qualification to hold public office?
a. Article V
b. Article IV
c. Article VI
d. Article VII
11. Which federal court is tasked with resolving controversies of church-state?
a. U.S. Supreme Court
b. U.S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
c. U.S. Claims Court
d. U.S. Court of Religious Accounts
12. The Supreme Court case of Everson v. Board of Education dealt with:
a. The Free Exercise Clause
b. The Free Speech Clause
c. The Establishment Clause
d. The Freedom of Assembly Clause
13. Which of the following is NOT a part of the Lemon Test?
a. Avoid excessive government entanglement with religion
b. Have a clear secular, nonreligious purpose
c. In its main effect neither advance nor inhibit religion
d. Permit religious freedom to justify any behavior
14. Which act permits public high schools receiving federal funds to allow student religious groups to hold
meeting in the school?
a. The Smith Act
b. The Alien Registration Act
c. The Parochial Act
d. The Equal Access Act
15. Which is NOT a part of the Symbolic Speech Three-Part Test?
a. Falls within the constitutional power of government
b. Avoids threatening the rights of other citizens
c. Is narrowly drawn to further a substantial government interest unrelated to the suppression of
free speech
d. Leaves ample alternative communication outlets
16. Seditious speech is:
a. A standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged; "no one has a right to shout
`fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and
present danger to public safety.
b. False speech that damages a persons good name, character, or reputation
c. Speech so insulting that it provokes immediate violence.
d. Speech urging resistance to lawful authority or advocating the overthrow of the government.
17. A shield law:
a. Gives reporters some protection from disclosing their sources in court.
b. Isolates a jury until after a trial ends.
c. Bars the press from publish certain types of information about a pending court case.
d. Censors important information before it is published for the public to see.
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18. Freedom of Assembly is closely related to which other freedom?
a. Religion
b. Speech
c. Press
d. Worship
19. Which court case extended the right to freely assemble to protect the right of individuals to freedom of
association?
a. DeJonge v. Oregon
b. Dennis v. United States
c. Whitney v. California
d. Hughes v. Superior Court
20. Which is NOT a way the Federal Government can regulate freedom of assembly?
a. Demonstrations that disrupt others can be banned
b. Restrictions must apply to all groups
c. Limits can be placed on protests on private property not open to public access
d. Permits may be required
True or False Identify whether the following statements are true or false. Mark A for true, B for false.
21. The Constitution and Bill of Right, inscribe into law the human rights, or God-given freedoms, that
belong to everyone.
22. The Fourteenth Amendment defines citizenship and guarantees the Bill of Rights to be applied in state
and local governments.
23. Precedent is the process by which the Bill of Rights was extended to the states and localities.
24. Secular schools are schools that are operated by a church or religious group, for example Las Vegas
Christian Academy.
25. In the 1962 case of Engel v. Vitale, ruled the use of Almighty God in a nondenominational New York
school prayer unconstitutional.
26. The 1985 case of Wallace v. Jaffree, ruled that an Arkansas law requiring teachers to observe a moment
of silence for meditation or voluntary prayer was constitutional.
27. The Equal Access Act was solidified by the Court in 1990 in the Westside Community Schools v.
Mergens case.
28. The Court has permitted religious freedom to justify behaviors, especially when practices conflict with
criminal laws.
29. A teacher teaching students in a public school is a form of pure speech.
30. Seditions speech is speech urging resistance to lawful authority or advocating the overthrow of the
government.
31. The preferred position doctrine permits restriction of freedom of speech by government if it is believed
that a form of speech has a sole tendency to incite or cause illegal activity.
32. Slander and fighting words are examples of defamatory speech.
33. America is a country that practices prior restraint.
34. A gag order is an order by a judge barring the press from publishing certain types of information about a
pending court case.
35. The Supreme Court has made it clear that restrictions on freedom of assembly must be precisely worded
and apply equally to all groups.
36. Freedom of assembly is closely related to freedom of speech.
37. The people that stand on the sidewalk with signs over by Fresh n Easy are picketing.
38. Basic High School is a secular school.
39. Free exercise clause prohibits government from unduly interfering with the free exercise of religion,
including all practices.
40. You do not have to stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance for religious reasons.