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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: The Bill of Rights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. All revenue bills must originate where?
(a) House of Representatives.
(b) Joint caucus of both houses.
(c) Committee of members from both houses, Internal Revenue Service.
(d) Senate.

2. 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.

3. Elections give all citizens the opportunity to make their voices known, and to choose the official that would do what?
(a) Best represent their hometown.
(b) Best represent their state.
(c) Best represent their interests.
(d) Best represent their political party.

4. The U.S. is a group of individual states that afford certain specific duties and responsibilities to which government?
(a) United.
(b) Independent.
(c) Central.
(d) State.

5. Which freedom can be found in Amendment 1?
(a) Citizens are free to attend the educational institution of their choice.
(b) Citizens are free from military service except during national invasion.
(c) Citizens are free to marry anyone of their choosing.
(d) Congress cannot pass a law establishing a national religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term for a sum of money put up by arrested individuals to ensure their return, so they may be released until the time of their trial?

2. What type of democracy is one in which the people elect officials in order to represent them in all aspects of government?

3. One of the amendments included in the Bill of Rights is the freedom from unusually high what?

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

5. "Room and board" means what?

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