The case set a test for judging what government actions are permissible relating to the establishment clause.

Question

Question 1 options:

Lemon

Miranda

Sherbert

Engel

Question 2 (2.5 points)

Which test applies to the free exercise clause?

Question 2 options:

Miranda

Engel

Sherbert

Lemon

Question 3 (2.5 points)

The Fourteenth Amendment was critically important for civil liberties because it ________.

Question 3 options:

helped start the process of selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights

outlawed slavery

guaranteed freed men the right to vote

allowed the states to continue to enact Black codes

Question 4 (2.5 points)

Freedom of speech holds a position among rights.

Question 4 options:

preferred

subsidiary

deferential

none of these

Question 5 (2.5 points)

Which of the following provisions is not part of the First Amendment?

Question 5 options:

the right to free speech

the right to peaceably assemble

the right to keep and bear arms

the protection of freedom of religion

Question 6 (2.5 points)

What test was the result of the Schenck v. US case?

Question 6 options:

lemon test

necessary and proper

clear and present danger

constitutional determination of legitimacy

Question 7 (2.5 points)

Which of the following is NOT a form of protected symbolic speech?

Question 7 options:

wearing armbands to school

burning the flag

burning a cross to express views

banners advocating drugs at schools

Question 8 (2.5 points)

The Nixon administration attempting to stop publication of the Pentagon Papers demonstrates what principle in the freedom of the press?

Question 8 options:

prior restraint

prior constraint

reactive restraint

reactive constraint

Question 9 (2.5 points)

An example of a right explicitly protected by the Constitution as drafted at the Constitutional Convention is the ________.

Question 9 options:

right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment

right to a writ of habeas corpus

right to free speech

right to keep and bear arms

Question 10 (2.5 points)

What case provides for the selective incorporation of the right to free speech?

Question 10 options:

Gitlow v. New York

Miranda v. Illinois

Powell v. Alabama

Benton v. Maryland

Answer 1

Here are the answers to the questions based on the information available up to October 2023:

Question 1: The case set a test for judging what government actions are permissible relating to the establishment clause.

• Answer: Lemon

Question 2: Which test applies to the free exercise clause?

• Answer: Sherbert

Question 3: The Fourteenth Amendment was critically important for civil liberties because it ________.

• Answer: helped start the process of selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights

Question 4: Freedom of speech holds a position among rights.

• Answer: preferred

Question 5: Which of the following provisions is not part of the First Amendment?

• Answer: the right to keep and bear arms (This right is part of the Second Amendment)

Question 6: What test was the result of the Schenck v. US case?

• Answer: clear and present danger

Question 7: Which of the following is NOT a form of protected symbolic speech?

• Answer: banners advocating drugs at schools

Question 8: The Nixon administration attempting to stop publication of the Pentagon Papers demonstrates what principle in the freedom of the press?

• Answer: prior restraint

Question 9: An example of a right explicitly protected by the Constitution as drafted at the Constitutional Convention is the ________.

• Answer: right to a writ of habeas corpus

Question 10: What case provides for the selective incorporation of the right to free speech?

• Answer: Gitlow v. New York

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