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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amendment 17 (1913) specifies the Senate is composed of how many members?
(a) 1 senator for every 5 representatives in House, minimum of 2.
(b) 2 senators from each sate.
(c) 1 senator from each state.
(d) Based on population of respective state.

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

3. Which is among the rights of an individual accused of crime?
(a) A jury of their choosing to ensure impartiality.
(b) A judge of their choosing to ensure impartiality.
(c) To hear the testimony of witnesses.
(d) Any counsel of their choosing will be provided free of charge.

4. Amendment 1 includes which freedom?
(a) Citizens may seek redress via criminal lawsuits for damaging insults.
(b) Freedom from unreasonable search.
(c) Freedom from unreasonable seizure.
(d) Inability of Congress to pass a law prohibiting free exercise of religion.

5. What is a written court order allowing the arrest, search, and seizure of certain persons or certain property?
(a) Warranty.
(b) Grant.
(c) Waiver.
(d) Warrant.

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

7. What is involuntary servitude?
(a) Service performed under military draft.
(b) Work done without payment of wages or room and board.
(c) Work done against one's will.
(d) Service performed under draft for civil service.

8. Congress was given the power to do away with Section 3 of Amendment 14, concerning certain supporters of the Confederacy, by a 2/3 vote, and did so in what year?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1898.

9. What does to speak or write in favor of mean?
(a) Advantage.
(b) Advance.
(c) Advocate.
(d) Address.

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

11. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates no state can make laws that do what to citizens of the U.S.?
(a) Impose lesser penalties for state crimes than those for similar federal.
(b) Take away or restrict any rights, privileges, protections.
(c) Impose stiffer penalties for state crimes than those for similar federal.
(d) Exceed any rights, privileges, protections.

12. Which freedom is addressed in Amendment 1?
(a) Citizens must only provide room, military provides food.
(b) No one must supply room and board to soldiers except in peacetime.
(c) Congress is prohibited from restricting freedom of the press.
(d) No one must supply room and board to soldiers except in wartime.

13. Amendment 17 (1913) changes which original article?
(a) Article III.
(b) Article IV.
(c) Article I.
(d) Article II.

14. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates anyone born in the U.S. and governed by it is what type of citizen?
(a) Naturalized.
(b) U.S. and state in which he was born.
(c) U.S. and country where he was born.
(d) U.S. and state in which he resides.

15. Amendment 1 contains how many freedoms?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an assembly?

2. Amendment 21 does what?

3. "Room and board" means what?

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

5. Amendment 14, Section 1 (1868) stipulates no state may deny any person, under its government, what?

(see the answer keys)

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