Chapter Review
Chapter 39:
Expression in Special Places
Practice Test
1.
First Amendment freedoms of expression may be limited in all but which of the following locations?
a.
public parks
b.
public schools
c.
military bases
d.
prisons
2.
Speech expressed in __________ is protected by First Amendment rights.
a.
private schools
b.
public forums
c.
one's home
d.
school-sponsored newspapers
3.
School speech can be restricted when it __________.
a.
is not endorsed by the school administration
b.
is not sponsored by the school administration
c.
materially and substantially disrupts education
d.
presents a viewpoint to which other students strongly object
4.
Schools officials have editorial control over school-sponsored newspapers because __________.
a.
they are not a public forum
b.
students have no First Amendment rights in school
c.
the school officials are in positions of authority
d.
school newspapers do not reflect the endorsement of the school
5.
On their own time, with their own computers, students create a Web site about their school. The strongest argument that their Web site is protected from interference by school officials by the First Amendment is that __________.
a.
the Web site is not a public forum
b.
the site is similar to underground newspapers produced off-campus on the students' own time with their own computers
c.
it is important for students to develop their computer skills
d.
students' parents supported their efforts
6.
On their own time, with their own computers, students create a Web site for their school. The strongest argument that school officials may interfere with the Web site is that __________.
a.
the students' speech is visible from school computers, is about the school, and disrupts the educational process at school
b.
the Internet is not a public forum
c.
Internet speech is not protected by the First Amendment
d.
the Constitution was written before the Internet existed
7.
A school's dress code prohibits students from wearing T-shirts that promote drinking alcohol, taking drugs, and other controversial messages. To challenge this dress code, students might argue that __________.
a.
the school is not a public forum
b.
the choice of clothing and personal grooming is protected expression under the First Amendment
c.
students may become targets for violence when wearing this clothing
d.
parents have purchased these clothes for students
8.
A school's dress code prohibits students from wearing T-shirts that promote drinking alcohol, taking drugs, and other controversial messages. To support this dress code, school officials might argue that __________.
a.
the school is a public forum
b.
choice of clothing and personal grooming is protected expression under the First Amendment
c.
these messages are inconsistent with the schools' and community's values and can lead to disruption and violence
d.
parents have purchased these clothes for students
9.
Inmates in one prison wish to write to inmates in another prison. Corrections officials __________.
a.
cannot interfere with inmate mail
b.
can prevent the sending of this mail because the First Amendment does not apply to inmate mail
c.
can prevent inmate mail from inmates whom the warden does not like
d.
can prevent the sending of this mail because the ban is reasonably related to security
10.
A person wishes to hand out campaign literature for a Green Party presidential candidate on the nearby army base. The commander in charge of the base __________.
a.
can restrict the distribution of campaign literature to certain times of the day but cannot ban it entirely
b.
can ban it entirely
c.
cannot ban it entirely
d.
can restrict the distribution to candidates of the major political parties
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