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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Amendments Since the Bill of Rights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amendment 21 does what?
(a) Changes Article I.
(b) Changes Article 2, Section 1.
(c) Repeals Amendment 18.
(d) Changes Article 3, Section 2.

2. Amendment 1 contains how many freedoms?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

3. How old is the U.S. Constitution in comparison with others?
(a) 3rd oldest written constitution in use anywhere in the world.
(b) Oldest written constitution in use in the western hemisphere.
(c) Oldest written constitution in use anywhere in the world.
(d) Oldest written constitution in use in the northern hemisphere.

4. The arrest, confiscation, or taking one's belongings best describes what term?
(a) Sneezers.
(b) Assessment.
(c) Seizure.
(d) Analysis.

5. A land region belonging to a government is the definition of what?
(a) Empire.
(b) State.
(c) Community.
(d) Territory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates no state may deny any person, under its government, what?

2. "Death, as a punishment for a crime, is not considered cruel or unusual as long as " what?

3. What does it stipulate in Amendment 9?

4. Amendment 18 was repealed in what year, ending the period encompassing the 1920s known as Prohibition?

5. Which freedom is addressed in Amendment 1?

(see the answer key)

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