Chapter 4

The inclusion of certain provisions of the Bill of Rights through the Fourteenth Amendment, so that these rights are protected from infringement by the state governments, is called the:

• absorption doctrine

• procedural change

• the preferred position doctrine

• selective incorporation

• prior restraint

The individual right that is the most basic of democratic rights is:

• the right to an attorney

• the right to a jury trial

• protection against illegal searches and seizures

• the right to an adequate education

• free expression

Like all other rights, the right of free expression is:

• not absolute

• None of these answers are correct

• fully respected by public officials

• protected from action by federal officials but not state officials

• spelled out in precise terms in the Bill of Rights

The right of due process is found in which amendment to the Constitution?

• Third

• Fourteenth

• First

• Twenty-First

• Tenth

The freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and religion are found in:

• the Tenth Amendment

• the Sixth Amendment

• the Fourteenth Amendment

• the Fourth Amendment

• the First Amendment

Which of the following is NOT protected by the First Amendment?

• freedom of religion

• freedom of assembly

• freedom of speech

• freedom of bearing arms

• freedom of press

Libel applies to defamation of an individual's reputation through the:

• spoken word

• written word

• written, spoken, and symbolic word

• None of these answers are correct

• written and spoken word

The establishment clause prohibits government from:

• establishing exceptions to the Fourteenth Amendment

• favoring one religion over another or supporting religion over no religion

• interfering with freedom of assembly

• interfering with the right to bear arms

• establishing exceptions to the Bill of Rights

In the Constitution, procedural due process is protected in various ways by the:

• All of these answers are correct

• Fourth Amendment

• Eighth Amendment

• Sixth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

When can police legally begin their interrogation of a suspect?

• only after the suspect has met with an attorney

• immediately upon arrest

• after the suspect has been formally charged with a specific crime

• after the suspect has been arrested and is in the custody of the police

• after the suspect has been warned that their words can be used as evidence