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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Today the Constitution is separated into how many parts?
(a) 26.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

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

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

4. Section 10 of Article I covers power that are denied to whom?
(a) Unincorporated territory.
(b) Counties.
(c) Cities.
(d) States.

5. What is one check on the Congress held by the Supreme Court?
(a) May call special sessions of Congress.
(b) May veto bills of Congress.
(c) May veto bills of Congress.
(d) May declare laws Congress passes and President signs, unconstitutional.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is known as congressional immunity protects all members from being arrested while attending a session of their house, or while going to or from it, except for what?

2. What do the states that make up the U.S. constitute?

3. How many changes have there been since the Constitution was ratified?

4. The Constitution was ratified by what date?

5. The President is afforded the ability to set up a Cabinet of advisers including how many members?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do Americans live in a democracy or a republic?

2. What happens should a senator die or for some reason vacates the office?

3. What does Amendment 4 protect against?

4. What is the branch of government that the authors of the Constitution detail in Article III?

5. How did the Constitution initially come to be amended?

6. What do the final three sections of Article I delineate?

7. What does Amendment 11 change?

8. What is congressional immunity?

9. What right is provided in Amendment 2?

10. What punishment may an official suffer subsequent to impeachment?

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