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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: The Constitution Explained.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. All revenue bills must originate where?
(a) Joint caucus of both houses.
(b) House of Representatives.
(c) Committee of members from both houses, Internal Revenue Service.
(d) Senate.

2. The return of a fugitive by one authority to another is the definition of what?
(a) Extradition.
(b) Explication.
(c) Extortion.
(d) Extrication.

3. What type of government does the U.S. have?
(a) United.
(b) Federation.
(c) Direct.
(d) Indirect.

4. When Cullop states the U.S. has a "government of the people, by the people, for the people," whom is he quoting?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

5. Articles within the Constitution are further divided into categories called Sections for what purpose?
(a) Separate various laws within the article.
(b) Separate various states the article concerns.
(c) Separate various citizens within the article.
(d) Separate various ideas within the article.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Constitution was ratified by what consent?

2. Some say the American government is one in which elected officials act on behalf of the people, or what Cullop says is the definition of what?

3. The Congress separated into the House of Representatives and the Senate is the result of a dispute termed what?

4. The Constitution could not be put into effect until it had been ratified by three fourths of the states, or how many of the original states?

5. The U.S. government is currently located where?

(see the answer key)

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