Test
Your Knowledge
Constitution
Quiz
Part
1: Based on questions asked during the Constitution's bicentennial
in 1987
True
or false:
Each
of the 13 original states was represented at the Constitutional
Convention.
True
or false:
All
55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution.
True
or false:
The
Constitution signed in 1787 contained the Bill of Rights.
True
or false:
The
original 13 states were required to ratify the Constitution.
Answers
Part 2: Questions asked in
a 1985 poll by the Hearst Corporation
1. In 1787, the founding fathers opened a convention in Philadelphia
to write a constitution for the following purpose:
a. To declare independence from
England
b. To create a federal government and define its powers
c. To establish the 13 original states
2. The Bill of Rights is
a. Contained in the preamble
to the Constitution
b. Article I of the original Constitution
c. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
3. Constitutional amendments
take effect only after they have been ratified by:
a. three-fourths of the states.
b. two-thirds of the states.
c. all of the states.
4. How many amendments to the
constitution have been ratified?
a. 11
b. 27
c. 34
5. The Constitution may be suspended
by the president in time of national emergency.
True or false?
6. Under the Constitution, as
interpreted by the Supreme Court, a person accused of a crime
must be provided with a lawyer if he or she cannot pay for one.
True or false?
7. The Constitution does not
guarantee trial by jury.
True or false?
8. Only a person born in the
United States may be elected president?
True or false?
9. The presidential candidate
who gets the most votes in a popular election automatically becomes
president.
True or false?
10. The constitution prevents
a community from imposing religious requirements as a qualification
for running for public office.
True or false?
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