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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 the Constitution a contract between?
(a) American people, federal government.
(b) United States government, England.
(c) Federal government, local governments.
(d) Federal government, state governments.

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

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

4. Each house of Congress keeps a journal of what it does day to day, and each morning Congress is in session these are published where?
(a) "Washington Post".
(b) "Legislative Journal".
(c) "Congressional Journal".
(d) "Congressional Record".

5. Section 1 of Article I outlines that Congress is comprised of how many bodies of delegates from each state?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. The U.S. is a group of individual states that afford certain specific duties and responsibilities to which government?

2. The Constitution was ratified by what date?

3. Powers denied the Congress are in which section of Act I?

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. In what year were the Articles of Confederation finally ratified?

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