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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Congress separated into the House of Representatives and the Senate is the result of a dispute termed what?
(a) "The Great Dispute".
(b) "The Great Compromise".
(c) "The Great Conflict".
(d) "The Great Debate".

2. Powers denied the Congress are in which section of Act I?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

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

4. How many changes have there been since the Constitution was ratified?
(a) 26.
(b) 10.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

5. Article III covers the judicial branch and includes how many sections?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

6. Article II addresses the executive branch and includes how many sections?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

7. In what year were the Articles of Confederation finally ratified?
(a) 1785.
(b) 1787.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1781.

8. The President is charged with ensuring what?
(a) Seeing that laws are proposed to Congress, signed by Supreme Court.
(b) Seeing that Congress enforces the laws.
(c) Seeing that the Supreme Court enforces the laws.
(d) Seeing that laws are enforced.

9. The U.S. is a group of individual states that afford certain specific duties and responsibilities to which government?
(a) United.
(b) Independent.
(c) Central.
(d) State.

10. The first major document of the U.S. government was the Declaration of Independence which was signed in what year?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1778.
(d) 1777.

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

12. Cullop states that the Constitution is meaningless unless who enforces it?
(a) The legislative branch.
(b) The President.
(c) The people it represents.
(d) The Supreme Court.

13. How did people eventually refer to this initial document?
(a) ACPU.
(b) Constitution.
(c) Pledge of Allegiance.
(d) Articles of Confederation.

14. What form of government is defined as representative?
(a) Totalitarian.
(b) Parliamentary.
(c) Republican.
(d) Egalitarian.

15. The main body of the Constitution is separated into how many blocks, known as Articles?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cullop states the U.S. has a "government of the people, by the people, for the people," whom is he quoting?

2. If a person's preferred candidate is not elected, there will be another election in which that candidate has what option?

3. What is a court-martial?

4. The new Constitution required that which federal branch of government would be responsible for making laws?

5. How old is the U.S. Constitution in comparison with others?

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