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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. Which is among the freedoms in Amendment 1?
(a) Any citizen may keep and bear arms for protection.
(b) All citizens under 18 years of age are free of military draft.
(c) Congress may not restrict freedom of speech.
(d) Any male citizen 18 years or older may vote in national elections.

2. The people may keep and bear arms for which two purposes?
(a) Their protection, hunting.
(b) Hunting, having a well-trained militia.
(c) Their protection, having a well-trained militia.
(d) Having a well-trained militia, recreation.

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

4. 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.

5. What type of democracy is one in which the people elect officials in order to represent them in all aspects of government?
(a) Indirect.
(b) Federation.
(c) United.
(d) Direct.

Short Answer Questions

1. The amount of money put up by arrested individuals to ensure their return at the time of their trial is generally set how?

2. Any powers not denied them by the Constitution, and that are not the exclusive powers of the U.S. government, are whose?

3. What is involuntary servitude?

4. Under Amendment 14, Section 5 (1868) Congress was given the power to enforce this amendment in what manner?

5. A citizen may not be unlawfully searched nor seizure of his person or personal property made without a written court order obtained with what?

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