Bill of Rights Quiz

Which amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, ensuring a separation of church and state?

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

What does the 5th Amendment protect against?

• Unreasonable searches and seizures

• Cruel and unusual punishment

• Self-incrimination

• Quartering of soldiers in private homes

Which amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial?

• 3rd Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

• 8th Amendment

The 2nd Amendment is often debated in terms of gun control. What does it specifically protect?

• The right to bear arms

• The right to privacy

• The right to peaceful assembly

• The right to petition the government

Which amendment addresses the rights of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures?

• 1st Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

What does the 8th Amendment prohibit?

• Double jeopardy

• Excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments

• Self-incrimination

• Government establishment of religion

Which amendment ensures that powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people?

• 5th Amendment

• 9th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

The 3rd Amendment is often the least controversial. What does it prohibit?

• Quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent

• Unreasonable searches and seizures

• Self-incrimination

• Excessive bail

Which amendment explicitly states that the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people?

• 7th Amendment

• 9th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

What does the 7th Amendment guarantee?

• The right to bear arms

• The right to a jury trial in civil cases

• Protection against self-incrimination

• The right to a speedy and public trial