First Amendment Quiz: Part 2

Below are 8 multiple choice questions provided by Dr. Richard Labunski to test your knowledge of the First Amendment, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution. The answers are provided below after you click the "get score" button.

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1. Which member of the founding generation was most responsible for the First Amendment becoming part of the Constitution?
   1. Patrick Henry
   2. Thomas Jefferson
   3. James Madison
   4. Alexander Hamilton



2. What law did the Federalist Congress pass in 1798 that many people considered then and now a violation of the First Amendment?
   1. Hollingsworth v. Virginia
   2. Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
   3. The Sedition Act of 1798
   4. Naturalization Act of 1798



3. Which right is not protected by the First Amendment:
   1. speech
   2. press
   3. self-incrimination
   4. assembly



4. When Congress proposed the Bill of Rights in 1789, which city served as the capital of the United States?
   1. New York
   2. Philadelphia
   3. Boston
   4. Washington D.C.



5. In what year did the Bill of Rights become part of the Constitution:
   1. 1776
   2. 1787
   3. 1791
   4. 1865



6. What state's ratification of the Bill of Rights made it an official part of the Constitution?
   1. New York
   2. Massachusetts
   3. Vermont
   4. Virginia



7. Three members of the Constitutional Convention refused to sign the Constitution in part because it did not contain a bill of rights. Which of the following was NOT one of those members:
   1. Edmund Randolph (Virginia)
   2. George Mason (Virginia)
   3. Elbridge Gerry (Massachusetts)
   4. Oliver Ellsworth (Connecticut)



8. Which Supreme Court justice served longer than any justice in history and was a strong advocate of First Amendment rights?
   1. John Marshall
   2. William Rehnquist
   3. Oliver Wendell Holmes
   4. William O. Douglas

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