Religion and the First Amendment Quiz

What does the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prevent the government from doing?

• Creating a national religion and forcing people to follow it

• Requiring taxes that support a religion

• Favoring one religion over another

• Promoting or favoring religion over non-religion

What does the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment protect?

• The right to require taxes that support a religion

• The right to promote one religion over others

• The right to not follow any religion

• The right to follow any religion you choose

Which clause of the First Amendment is used to argue against laws or government actions that promote religion or favor one religion over another?

• Neither clause

• Establishment Clause

• Free Exercise Clause

• Both clauses

Which clause of the First Amendment is used when a law or government agency treats a person unfairly because of their religion?

• Neither clause

• Both clauses

• Free Exercise Clause

• Establishment Clause

What does the Establishment Clause mean when it comes to the government's involvement with religious institutions?

• The government should stay out of religious institutions

• Religious institutions should control and influence laws and government spaces

• The government should promote and favor religion over non-religion

• Religious institutions should pay taxes to fund government programs

What does the phrase 'separation of church and state' mean?

• The government and religious institutions should not interfere with each other

• Religious institutions should control and influence the government

• The government should control and influence religious institutions

• Religion should be completely separate from the government

Which clause of the First Amendment would apply to a law that requires candidates to publicly state that they believe in God before running for office?

• Both clauses

• Establishment Clause

• Free Exercise Clause

• Neither clause

Which clause of the First Amendment would apply to a law that stops public schools from teaching the theory of evolution because it goes against the Biblical theory of creation?

• Establishment Clause

• Free Exercise Clause

• Both clauses

• Neither clause

Which clause of the First Amendment would apply to a case where a woman is denied unemployment payments for refusing to work on her religion's holy days?

• Neither clause

• Both clauses

• Free Exercise Clause

• Establishment Clause

Does the display of a Nativity scene in a public park as part of a winter holiday display violate the First Amendment?

• Yes, it violates the Free Exercise Clause

• No, it does not violate the First Amendment

• Yes, it violates the Establishment Clause

• It violates both the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses