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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. Article III covers the judicial branch and includes how many sections?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. If a person's preferred candidate is not elected, there will be another election in which that candidate has what option?
(a) Try only once more for election by a majority vote.
(b) Try again for election by a majority vote.
(c) Request a vote ballot recount be taken.
(d) Try again, but only for a different position.

3. What is one check on the President held by the Supreme Court?
(a) Controls all spending of money in U.S. government.
(b) May override President's veto by 2/3 vote.
(c) May refuse to give its consent to approve a Presidential election.
(d) May bring suits or issue court orders against public officers.

4. Any powers not denied them by the Constitution, and that are not the exclusive powers of the U.S. government, are whose?
(a) Counties.
(b) Individuals.
(c) Municipalities.
(d) States and people.

5. Which section of Article IV deals with admission of new states?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a written court order allowing the arrest, search, and seizure of certain persons or certain property?

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

3. 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?

4. Today the Constitution is separated into how many parts?

5. 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?

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