Constitutionalism and Limited Government Quiz
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Constitutionalism and
Limited Government
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Due
Nov 5 at 11:59pm
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Points
100
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Questions
10
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Time Limit
20 Minutes
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Question 1
10 / 10 pts
The branch of the United States government that possesses the constitutional authority
to declare war is the:
Correct!
Congress
Correct Answer
President
Supreme Court
the federal bureaucracy
Question 2
10 / 10 pts
Spalding's view is that the language of the United States Constitution:
Correct!
is straightforward and accessible such that it can be understood and debated by the
common people of America.
Correct Answer
is, like all language, inherently ambiguous and therefore must be interpreted for us by
the United States Supreme Court, without which there would be no way to reach a
consensus about what the document means.
reveals the not-well-hidden fact that the framers of the United States Constitution really
just wanted to produce a new government that would protect their financial interests
rather than making a democracy.
cannot be understood in the 21st century because its language was written in a time
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and culture very different from our own.[
Question 3
10 / 10 pts
The primary means by which the U.S. Constitution can be changed:
Correct!
appears in the popular decision-making process of amendment explained in Article 5 of
the U.S. Constitution.
Correct Answer
is by executive order of the president.
is by constitutional interpretation, adaptation, and application by the United States
Supreme Court.
is by revolution.
Question 4
10 / 10 pts
Which of the following best summarizes the relative power of the three branches of the
United States government?
Congress is the most powerful.
The President is the most powerful.
The Supreme Court is the most powerful.
Correct!
The three branches of government are coequal, although the legislature is in a sense the "first
among equals" since it is the most democratic.
Correct Answer
Question 5
10 / 10 pts
Which of the following statements are true of the separation of powers?
The powers of the government are separated but not completely separated, because
some branches share overlapping power with other branches in order to resist having
the branches not take over the role of other branches.
The founders thought that separation of powers was so important because if the powers
were not kept separate, the necessary result would be tyranny.
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The Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia thought that the primary factor that
distinguishes American government from other less-successful governments is its
separation of powers.
Correct!
All of the above
Correct Answer
Question 6
10 / 10 pts
Which of the following statements accurately describes the role of the United States
Supreme Court?
The American Founders believed that the constitutional power of judicial review gives
the courts the final say in all constitutional matters.
The American Founders (and Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse) believed that the chief
requisite virtue of a judge was empathy.
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The American Founders - or at least Alexander Hamilton writing in Federalist 78 -
believed that the United States Supreme Court can strike down laws of Congress
because the U.S. Constitution embodies the will of the people, so if a congressional law
contradicts the U.S. Constitution, the long-term will of the people (the U.S. Constitution)
must be prioritized over the short-term will of the people (the congressional law).
Correct Answer
The American Founders believed that justices of the United States Supreme Court
ought to make rulings based upon their own policy preferences.
Question 7
10 / 10 pts
Which of the following is true of the idea of the rule of law?
The rule of law means that all are subject to the law and all are equally protected by the
law.
The rule of law means that there exists a regular process of enforcement of law as
opposed to arbitrary enforcement of law.
The rule of law means that the law applies to rulers and ruled alike.
Correct!
All of the above.
Correct Answer
Question 8
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0 / 10 pts
Thomas Jefferson thought that judges have exclusive authority to decide on the
constitutionality of a congressional law.
You Answered
True
False
Correct Answer
Question 9
10 / 10 pts
Which of the following kinds of government did the founders try to establish according to
Federalist Paper 10?
Correct!
Republic
Correct Answer
democracy
monarchy
oligarchy
Question 10
10 / 10 pts
The famous document written in 1215 in England that embodied the concept of the rule
of law was:
Correct!
Magna Carta
Correct Answer
The Declaration of Independence
The U.S. Constitution
The Petition of Right
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