Government: First Amendment Quiz Review

Your mom and dad tell you that you absolutely cannot curse in their home. The First Amendment protects your right to curse in their home?

• True
• False

You work in a restaurant. Your boss treats you unfairly, and you write about what happened on your Facebook page. Your boss finds out what you wrote and fires you. Is this a violation of your Constitutional First Amendment right to freedom of speech?

• Yes
• No

Which of the following is not a right explicitly protected by the First Amendment?

• Press
• Privacy
• Assembly
• Religion

Police arrest a professional reporter for writing an article that criticizes the government. Is this a violation of his/her Constitutional First Amendment rights?

• Yes
• No

The Westboro Baptist Church was protesting and saying mean things about the government and soldiers. However, they were not punished for their opinions. Which 1st amendment right is being shown in this example?

• freedom of speech

• freedom of press

• freedom of petition

• freedom of religion

Your public school announces that you can no longer bring a Bible to school to read on your free time. This is a violation of your Constitutional First Amendment rights?

• True
• False

Your private school requires you to attend Christian Chapel services each morning even though you have a different faith; this violates your right to freedom of religion under the First Amendment?

• True
• False

Which of the following categories of speech is never protected by the First Amendment?

• Hate speech
• Defamation (libel and slander)
• Profanity
• Harsh criticism of a person's religious beliefs

Your state passes a law that everyone must pay taxes to support a specific church; this violates your Constitutional right to freedom of religion?

• True
• False

Which of the following are true statements?

• The First Amendment prohibits (does not allow) government officials from establishing an official religion

• The First Amendment restricts government officials from interfering with an individual's exercise of his or her religious beliefs
• Both statements are true
• Neither statement is true