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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an assembly?
(a) To appear similar to someone or something else.
(b) An amount of money put up to ensure appearance at trial.
(c) An appearance in court.
(d) A gathering of people.

2. Amendment 14, Section 2 (1868) stipulates that representatives to Congress be elected in each state according to what?
(a) Durable goods production size.
(b) Tax income percentage.
(c) Population size.
(d) Territorial size.

3. Amendment 22 (1951) declares that a President may not serve more than two terms, but did not apply to which President who was in office when it was proposed?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Harry S. Truman.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

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

5. Where, in accordance with Amendment 23 (1961) and as Congress directs, may electors be appointed for President and Vice President as if it were a state?
(a) Panama, Puerto Rico.
(b) Panama, Guam.
(c) Puerto Rico, Guam.
(d) District of Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Death, as a punishment for a crime, is not considered cruel or unusual as long as " what?

2. Which freedom can be found in Amendment 1?

3. Which freedom is included in Amendment 1?

4. What is the term for a sum of money put up by arrested individuals to ensure their return, so they may be released until the time of their trial?

5. Under Amendment 14, Section 5 (1868) Congress was given the power to enforce this amendment in what manner?

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