JURI 600 Foundations of Law Fall 2021 Quiz Score: 41.5 out of 50 page 1
Question 1 2.5 / 5 pts
In Pierce v. Society of Sisters, what did the Supreme Court hold regarding a state law requiring all children
between the ages of 8 and 16 to attend public school?
Your Answer:
The Oregon state law requiring all children to attend public school was reversed by the SCOUT and was in
unanimous agreement that it should be up to the parents to raise the child
(Teacher: Make sure that you include the key language regarding children not being mere creatures of the State
and with the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children.)
Question 2 3 / 3 pts
The following is an example of inductive reasoning: Murder is immoral. Scott murdered Bob. Scott acted immorally.
True False
Question 3 3 / 3 pts
What principle(s) in the U.S. Constitution reflects the Biblical worldview that man is sinful?
Separation of powers
Federalism
Democratic form of
government
Power to coin money
Both a and b
Incorrect Question 4 0 / 3 pts
Identify which of the following ideas are not associated with the revolution of legal education started by Charles
William Eliot and Christopher Columbus Langdell?
The law changes over time
The case method of studying law
Cases are evidence of what the law actually is
Law is subject to the laws of evolution
Judges make the law
Question 5 3 / 3 pts
Which of the following were not results of Langdell’s revolution in the law?
Removal of Biblical assumptions about the law
Reliance upon evolutionary thought
Cases became the original source of the law
Shift to the idea that the law is governed by fixed and unchanging laws
Question 6 3 / 3 pts
Before the revolution in law at Harvard, which basic assumption was not held by most American law schools?
God is the source of law
Law changes over time
Law is universal
Human laws are not valid if contrary to God’s law
Question 7 3 / 3 pts
Which of the following conclusions conflict with Clarence Darrow’s presupposition that man is not responsible
for his criminal actions?
Persons who commit crimes should be rehabilitated
Persons who commit crimes should be punished
Persons are products of their environment
There is actually no such thing as crime
Question 8 3 / 3 pts
The belief in evolution instead of creation and the belief in man instead of God has dominated the teaching of
America law since when?
The early 1900s
The mid-1800s
The early 1800s
The late 1700s
Question 9 3 / 3 pts page 2
Which of the following is not a basic Biblical assumption at Liberty University?
The Bible is inerrant
Mankind is sinful
God created all things and created man in His image
Man is perfectible through his own effort
Question 10 3 / 3 pts
The Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments in the U.S. Constitution) most clearly reflects which principle of
the nature of man?
Man is entitled to dignity as a being created in
God’s image
Man is perfectible
Man ultimately makes law
Man is the creator of rights
Question 11 3 / 3 pts
Which of the following ideas is not in the Humanist Manifesto?
The scientific method can be used to solve all human problems
Moral values derive their force from the Bible
Man is the measure of truth
Humanism is a faith
Incorrect Question 12 0 / 3 pts
What standard does the Supreme Court use to determine whether the Eighth Amendment to the United States
Constitution has been violated?
Substantial justice
Evolving standards of decency
Animus
Actual malice
Question 13 3 / 3 pts
How did Christopher Columbus Langdell produce the revolution in teaching the law at Harvard?
By introducing the case method of studying law
By changing the type of reasoning used from deductive to inductive reasoning
By changing the textbooks the law students studied
All of the above
Question 14 3 / 3 pts
Which of the following believed that God’s law was superior to man’s law?
William Blackstone
Louis Brandeis
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Christopher Columbus Langdell
Question 15 3 / 3 pts
What is the problem with using inductive reasoning exclusively to study the law?
It substitutes man’s reason for God’s revelation
It is a more complex form of reasoning
It only works when resolving scientific problems
Question 16 3 / 3 pts
The Supreme Court held that capital punishment violated the Eighth Amendment and then, four years later, held
that capital punishment did not violate the Eighth Amendment.
True False Quiz : 41.5/50
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