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Module 3: Week 3
Quiz: Civil Liberties
29 out of 30
1. The Supreme Court denied the Hazelwood High School student newspaper the right to
print certain stories based on what logic?
a. The exercise of free expression by students cannot impede the educational
mission of the school.
2. In a 1947 decision, why did the Supreme Court allow a New Jersey town to fund busing
to a parochial school?
a. Busing was religiously neutral.
3. What is the requirement that persons under arrest be informed of their legal rights,
including right to counsel, known as?
a. Miranda rule
4. Which clause of the Constitution is the basis for the separation of church and state?
a. Establishment
5. The <clear and present danger= test emerged in the Supreme Court’s decision in which
case?
a. Schenck v. the United States
6. The Patriot Act allowed what constitutionally questionable law enforcement technique to
combat terrorists?
a. Roving wiretaps to track communication on all types of electronic devices
7. What limitation does the exclusionary rule put in place?
a. Evidence obtained from an illegal search and seizure cannot be used in a trial.
8. Over time, the Supreme Court has used which of the following provisions of the
Constitution to apply the specifics of the Bill of Rights to the states?
a. Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause
9. Which legal concept would yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater violate?
a. Clear and present danger test
10. What is the state required to ensure criminals have according to Gideon v. Wainwright?
a. Counsel
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11. In 1833, the Supreme Court decided the Bill of Rights applied to which level of
government.
a. The federal government only
12. What standard or threshold is necessary for a search warrant to be issued?
a. Probable cause
13. How has the Supreme Court usually reacted to wartime curtailments of civil liberties?
a. Upholding them
14. Beginning in 1897, the Supreme Court slowly began to use the protection of <life, liberty,
or property= in what clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to incorporate some of the
provisions of the Bill of Rights as binding on the states?
a. Due process
15. What is one potential virtue of the courts?
a. They are more representative of public opinion than the other branches.
16. What does the incorporation doctrine do?
a. It extends the provisions of the Bill of Rights to individuals for protection against
action by states.
17. Which constitutional clause prevents the government from interfering with religious
practice?
a. Free exercise
18. What does the Fourth Amendment prohibit?
a. Unreasonable searches and seizures
19. Since 1992, what is the constitutionality of having a member of the clergy offer a prayer
or an invocation at a public school graduation ceremony?
a. It is unconstitutional.
20. When adopted, the Bill of Rights imposed limits on which of the following?
a. National government
21. Why do conflicts in civil liberties often arise?
a. The Bill of Rights lists several competing rights.
22. In which decision did the Supreme Court rule that the establishment clause forbids
prayer, even a nondenominational one, in public schools?
a. Engel v. Vitale
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23. Which 1868 amendment’s passage allowed the potential for the application of the Bill of
Rights to the states, which adds several restrictions on what the states can do?
a. Fourteenth
24. In 2007, the Supreme Court allowed a school principal to punish a student for displaying
a flag saying <Bong Hits 4 Jesus= based on what?
a. The Court held that the language endorsed drug use.
25. What is often true when no strong national mood is discernible?
a. The opinions of elites influence judicial thinking.
26. Civil liberty is a right to be free of interference by whom or what?
a. The government
27. What is true of civil liberties problems?
a. They often involve competing constitutional interests.
28. Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited by which of the following?
a. Eighth Amendment
29. What does the constitutional doctrine of prior restraint prohibit?
a. The government from trying to prevent publication of material by the press except
under extraordinary circumstances
30. Which of the following terms is used for certain types of nonverbal activities, such as flag
burning that the Supreme Court has ruled is protected under the First Amendment?
a. Symbolic speech or expression
