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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. What is one check on the Congress held by the President?
(a) May withhold information from Congress.
(b) May veto bills of Congress with Supreme Court majority approval.
(c) May adjourn Congress at will.
(d) May appoint Supreme Court justices for 10-year terms.

2. Cullop states the government in the U.S. is referred to by many different names, but by which two most frequently?
(a) Federal government, national government.
(b) United States government, federal government.
(c) United States government, national government.
(d) American government, federal government.

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

4. The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was introduced in what year?
(a) 1781.
(b) 1783.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1779.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a court-martial?

2. Who was the 16th President of the United States?

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

4. Article III covers the judicial branch and includes how many sections?

5. Section 10 of Article I covers power that are denied to whom?

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