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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: The Constitution of the United States, Part VI: Know Your Q's and A's.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The warrant for a search requires what written in it?
(a) Justification for expecting specific items to be found.
(b) Exact method and items to be seized.
(c) When search is to be conducted.
(d) Who will be conducting the search.

2. Attending the convention in Philadelphia for revision of the Articles of Confederation were delegates from all but which state?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Virginia.
(d) New Jersey.

3. The federal government is based on the concept that it should benefit the majority, which means what?
(a) There invariably will be people in the majority who are unhappy.
(b) There invariably will be people in the minority who are happy.
(c) There invariably will be people in the minority who are unhappy.
(d) There invariably will be people in the minority who are indifferent.

4. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates no state may deny any person, under its government, what?
(a) Right to be read "Miranda Warning" upon arrest.
(b) Right to be read "Miranda Warning" prior to questioning.
(c) Equal protection of the law.
(d) Equal wages for equal labor.

5. What happens if there is a vacancy during the term of a particular representative?
(a) The governor of the state calls a special election to replace the representative.
(b) The governor appoints a temporary representative.
(c) State legislature elects with governor's approval.
(d) State legislature appoints with governor's approval.

Short Answer Questions

1. Being tried again for a crime already found not guilty of is the definition of what?

2. Common law refers to which term?

3. The Constitution was ratified by what date?

4. If a person's preferred candidate is not elected, there will be another election in which that candidate has what option?

5. Some say the American government is one in which elected officials act on behalf of the people, or what Cullop says is the definition of what?

(see the answer key)

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