Since 1992, having a member of the clergy offer a prayer or an invocation at a public school graduation ceremony has been
A) unconstitutional.
B) unconstitutional only if read from the Bible.
C) constitutional.
D) constitutional if not read from the Bible.
E) constitutional if nondenominational.
Question -2-In a 1947 decision, the Supreme Court allowed a New Jersey town to fund busing to a parochial school because
A) no alternative form of transportation existed.
B) enrollment at that school was open to all.
C) the resulting tax burden on the average citizen was negligible.
D) busing was religiously neutral.
E) there was no true case and controversy.
Question -3-The historical reference to a wall of separation between religion and the state can be found in
A) the Bill of Rights.
B) a series of debates in the First Congress.
C) the writings of Thomas Jefferson.
D) twentieth-century Supreme Court decisions.
E) the Federalist papers.
Question -4-When the Supreme Court rules that Amish people cannot be forced to send their children to school, it
A) neither establishes religion nor protects its free exercise.
B) establishes religion without violating the First Amendment.
C) avoids establishing religion at the risk of impeding its free exercise.
D) both establishes religion and impedes its free exercise.
E) shows that the practice of freedom of religion sometimes gives preference to one church over another.
Question -5-Military draft laws exempted conscientious objectors from military service. The Supreme Court ruled that conscientious objectors are individuals that
A) belong to an established Christian religion.
B) identify with the Judeo-Christian heritage.
C) participate in some recognized religion.
D) hold deep moral, ethical, or religious objections to war.
E) believe in a Protestant faith.
Question -6-The First Amendment states that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion. It may, however,
A) make laws that impose a special burden on religion.
B) bind religions to laws that bind all others.
C) refuse to keep church and state separate.
D) make laws respecting the establishment of a religion.
E) declare an official religion for ceremonial purposes.
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