The Courtroom Amendments (5, 6, 7) Quiz
This quiz will help you to see if you understood this website and the Courtroom Amendments.
- 1.When people says, “Taking the Fifth”, what do they mean?
- A.
You can’t be charged twice.
- B.
The Fifth Amendment
- C.
The witness does not have to speak in court.
- D.
You have the right to a jury.
- E.
None of the above
- 2.Was Ernesto Miranda in the Miranda v. Arizona case found guilty or not guilty?
- A.
Guilty
- B.
Not guilty
- C.
No one knows for sure
- D.
Miranda never went to court.
- E.
None of the above
- 3.Why do we have the right to a lawyer?
- A.
Colonist defended themselves with no lawyers and they were always found guilty.
- B.
Great Britain didn’t allow the colonist a lawyer.
- C.
Many people thought that there should be someone who knew the law to help the accuser and accused.
- D.
A homeless man didn’t have lawyer and was found guilty of crime.
- E.
All of the above
- 4.What is NOT requirement for a trial by jury?
- A.
The case follows the 1791 English Common Law.
- B.
The case takes place in a state court.
- C.
The plaintiff wants money from defendant.
- D.
The rights between private citizens are disobeyed.
- E.
All of the above
- 5.What caused the king and the Parliament to make a new court for the colonists without a jury?
- A.
The colonists didn’t want a jury.
- B.
The king and the Parliament felt that a jury gave too much power to the colonists.
- C.
The colonies didn’t have large population.
- D.
The jury mostly found the colonist innocent of smuggling, even when there was enough evidence that proved otherwise.
- E.
All of the above
- 6.What does the Sixth Amendment cover?
- A.
Right to a speedy trial
- B.
Confronting the witness
- C.
Right to a lawyer
- D.
All of the above
- E.
None of the above
- 7.What kind of case doesn’t apply to the Seventh Amendment?
- A.
Civil cases
- B.
Criminal cases
- C.
All of the above
- D.
None of the above
- 8.What happens when there is “witness tampering”?
- A.
Nothing
- B.
There's a retrial with a different jury.
- C.
The person responsible for it is ordered to leave the jury.
- D.
The court still allows that jury to decide verdict.
- E.
None of the above
- 9.Double Jeopardy is…
- A.
When you can’t be tried for a case with the same facts twice
- B.
When you cannot be charged twice
- C.
When the defendant can’t be tried in court again, if he/she’s acquitted
- D.
All of the above
- E.
None of the above
- 10.What rights of Ernesto Miranda’s in the Miranda v. Arizona case were violated?
- A.
Fifth and Sixth Amendments
- B.
Seventh Amendment
- C.
Sixth Amendment
- D.
Fifth Amendment
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