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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 length of a term for a member of the House of Representatives?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

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

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

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

5. The U.S. government is currently located where?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Washington, the District of Columbia.
(d) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. To be a member of the House of Representatives for any state having more than two representatives, the individual must live in the district within the state he or she represents, except for which two states?

3. The government under the Articles of Confederation would be supervised by an assembly of people called a Congress, restricted in what fashion?

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

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