7.2.6 Quiz: Congress Shall Make No Law

Question 1

What did the Supreme Court rule in the case Near v. Minnesota?

A. That the U.S. government could not use general claims of national security to prevent a newspaper from publishing

B. That public figures could not sue for emotional distress if they were subjected to satire

C. That separate but equal education was unconstitutionalD. That a state could not punish a newspaper by forcing it to

stop publication

Question 2

What are the words used by the religion clause in the First Amendment?

A. ". . . abjure and renounce all allegiance and subjection to all and every foreign king, prince, potentate, and State in all matters, ecclesiastical as well as civil."

B. "Nor shall any religious test be required for any office of faith or trust under the federal government."

C. The Constitution erects "a wall of separation between church and state."

D. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

Question 3

Which of the following examples shows a violation of someone's First Amendment rights?

A. A civic organization designed to help businesspeople develop contacts excludes women from membership despite accepting any man who applies.

B. A college fraternity composed of close friends who share living quarters is forced to admit women.

C. Television reporters covering a war while imbedded in a combat team are prohibited from announcing their exact location on the air.

D. Congress insists that animals slaughtered by kosher butchers meet the same inspection standards as animals slaughtered in other establishments.

Question 4

Which of the following groups would not be allowed to form under the terms of the First Amendment freedom of assembly?

A. Neo-NazisB. MilitiasC. Hate groupsD. Scrapbooking clubs

Question 5

If students wore black sweatshirts to protest a war, what sort of free speech would they be exercising?

A. Visual speechB. Silent speechC. Clothing speechD. Symbolic speech

Question 6

What is the current definition of seditious speech?

A. Speech that has an obvious and immediate danger of creating unrest or violence

B. Speech urging people to follow philosophies that might lead to a future revolution

C. Making plans for what to do in the event of some future revolution

D. Any criticism of the president or Congress

Question 7

The freedom to petition allows:

A. members of organized groups, including religious groups, to handle internal disputes themselves without turning to courts of law.

B. individuals, groups of citizens, and corporations to lobby for laws and policies that favor their causes.

C. people to write their own laws.D. students to protest bad grades.

Question 8

Which of the following are First Amendment freedoms?

A. Freedom from cruel and unusual punishmentsB. Life, liberty, and propertyC. Freedom of religion, speech, and assemblyD. The right to a trial by jury

Question 9

What are the names of the two distinct religion clauses found in the First Amendment?

A. The no religious tests clause and the no religious establishment clause

B. The free exercise clause and the due process clauseC. The establishment clause and the free exercise clauseD. The due process clause and the religious test clause

Question 10

What is a prior restraint?

A. When journalists are protected from turning over the identities of their sources

B. When the media is prevented from publishing or is forced to clear information with the government before publishing

C. An act passed by the Federalists in 1798 that made it a crime to criticize the president

D. Knowingly and falsely harming another person's reputation