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1.
What is Areopagitica?
A)
A magazine involved in an early obscenity case
B)
A movie that prompted development of the rating system
C)
An essay defending a free press
D)
A Web site that reveals government secrets
2.
China operates under which model of the press?
A)
Authoritarian
B)
State
C)
Libertarian
D)
Social responsibility
3.
Which model of expression tolerates all forms of speech, including pornography?
A)
Authoritarian
B)
State
C)
Libertarian
D)
Social responsibility
4.
Which model of the press is most often associated with today’s mainstream U.S. news
media?
A)
Authoritarian
B)
State
C)
Libertarian
D)
Social responsibility
5.
The Pentagon Papers case involved which legal concern?
A)
Copyright
B)
Fair use
C)
Libel
D)
Censorship
6.
In the Progressive magazine case, a federal district court took a course of action based
on concern that the magazine would publish _____.
A)
information on how an H-bomb works
B)
a story that defamed the president
C)
obscene material
D)
a story that endorsed drug use
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7.
A written or broadcast expression that defames someone’s character is _____.
A)
slander
B)
factual malice
C)
libel
D)
absolute privilege
8.
Private individuals must prove falsehood, damages, and negligence to win which kind of
case?
A)
Copyright
B)
Fair use
C)
Libel
D)
Absolute privilege
9.
Prosecutors can legally accuse defendants of crimes in court because of which
exception?
A)
Copyright
B)
Fair use
C)
Libel
D)
Absolute privilege
10.
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Larry Flynt in his case against Jerry Falwell
because _____.
A)
Hustler magazine was never sold outside the court’s jurisdiction
B)
parody falls under the “fair comment” provision
C)
“privileged speech” is protected under the First Amendment
D)
Hustler was not the only national porn magazine
11.
Which choice is not part of the legal definition of obscenity?
A)
A work must appeal to prurient interest.
B)
A work must lack serious literary, artistic, political, and scientific value.
C)
A work must depict or describe dirty words and brutal violence.
D)
A work must depict sexual conduct in a patently offensive way.
12.
The request by the ___ for Apple’s help in hacking iPhones is just one example of
privacy and security issues that arise around personal technology.
A)
FBI
B)
FCC
C)
CIA
D)
SEC
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13.
In 1912, in the first type of national action limiting the film industry, the U.S.
government banned the interstate commerce of which kinds of films?
A)
Pornographic films
B)
Films endorsing anarchy
C)
Films about labor unions
D)
Boxing films
14.
In the Mutual v. Ohio (1915) decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that film was
_____.
A)
a “business pure and simple”
B)
a “spectacle”
C)
not a form of free speech
D)
All options are correct.
15.
The _____ case in 1952 determined that film should be protected as a form of free
speech.
A)
Burstyn v. Wilson
B)
Mutual v. Ohio
C)
New York Times v. Sullivan
D)
Progressive
16.
The U.S. movie rating system is an example of _____.
A)
state regulation
B)
deregulation
C)
federal regulation
D)
industry self-regulation
17.
The current precedent for _____ is based on a complaint about comedian George
Carlin’s sketch about the “seven dirty words” that could not be aired.
A)
indecency
B)
obscenity
C)
slander
D)
libel
18.
Section 315 of the 1934 Communications Act requires broadcast stations to ____.
A)
cover all sides of a controversy
B)
give all qualified political candidates an equal opportunity to obtain airtime
C)
provide response time for individuals attacked in a broadcast editorial
D)
offer educational programming for children
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19.
As it was originally ratified by the states in 1788, the U.S. Constitution did not include a
guarantee of freedom of the press.
A)
True
B)
False
20.
The Sedition Act of 1798 ended up solidifying American support of a free press.
A)
True
B)
False
21.
The United States follows a libertarian model of free expression and free press.
A)
True
B)
False
22.
If a soon-to-be-released article seems to violate libel or obscenity laws, most U.S. courts
would act to stop publication.
A)
True
B)
False
23.
The U.S. Supreme Court has defined censorship as prior restraint of speech.
A)
True
B)
False
24.
The Progressive magazine decision involved prior restraint of a publication about
building a nuclear weapon.
A)
True
B)
False
25.
Appropriating a writer’s or artist’s words or music without consent or payment is a form
of expression that is not protected as speech.
A)
True
B)
False
26.
Charles T. Schenck was found guilty of violating the Sedition Act.
A)
True
B)
False
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27.
Students who quote and cite a copyrighted source in a term paper for class are
technically violating the law.
A)
True
B)
False
28.
Defamation that is broadcast is considered slander because it is spoken rather than
written.
A)
True
B)
False
29.
Public speech that causes someone damage or actual injury is libelous, even if the
speech in question is true.
A)
True
B)
False
30.
It is harder for a private citizen to win a libel suit than for a public figure to win a libel
suit.
A)
True
B)
False
31.
Parodies and insults of public figures are protected from libel suits unless the statements
cause undue emotional pain.
A)
True
B)
False
32.
The Miller v. California case established a national standard for obscenity that is the
same for all communities in the United States.
A)
True
B)
False
33.
One of the purposes of privacy laws is to prevent unauthorized use of a person’s name or
likeness for commercial gain.
A)
True
B)
False
34.
There is no federal shield law for journalists in the United States.
A)
True
B)
False
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35.
For the first half of the twentieth century, local and state film review boards determined
which films were morally suitable for their communities.
A)
True
B)
False
36.
Following African American Jack Johnson’s defeat of white boxing champion Jim
Jeffries in 1910, federal law outlawed the transportation of boxing movies across state
lines, not because they were violent, but because of racist attitudes.
A)
True
B)
False
37.
Motion pictures have been defined as free speech by the U.S. Supreme Court since
1915.
A)
True
B)
False
38.
Movies released in the United States are required by federal law to be labeled with an
MPAA movie rating.
A)
True
B)
False
39.
When the movie rating system first developed in the late 1960s, the G, PG, PG-13, R, X,
and NC-17 ratings were all developed at that time and put immediately into place.
A)
True
B)
False
40.
According to twentieth-century U.S. Supreme Court decisions, the print media have
received First Amendment protections that are not always granted to broadcast media.
A)
True
B)
False
41.
Print and broadcast media are treated equally under the First Amendment.
A)
True
B)
False
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42.
Newspapers are not required by law to give individuals an opportunity to reply to an
editorial attack.
A)
True
B)
False
43.
According to the 1934 Communications Act, broadcast stations must provide equal
opportunities and response time for qualified political candidates.
A)
True
B)
False
44.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
cannot ban indecent programming on the radio from 6 A.M. to 10 P.M.
A)
True
B)
False
45.
Broadcasters are no longer legally required to provide competing points of view when
airing programs about controversial issues.
A)
True
B)
False
46.
The Internet is subject to the Communications Act of 1934.
A)
True
B)
False
47.
According to a study on Facebook traffic leading up to the 2016 election, fake news
stories from fake news sites got more online engagement than real news stories from
legitimate news operations.
A)
True
B)
False
48.
The _____ model for journalism and speech tolerates little public dissent or criticism of
government.
49.
Under the _____ model for journalism, the government controls the press and what it
reports.
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50.
The _____ model for journalism and speech encourages vigorous government criticism
and supports the highest degree of freedom for individual speech and news operations.
51.
The _____ Estate is the notion that the press operates as an unofficial branch of
government, monitoring the legislative, judicial, and executive branches for abuses of
power.
52.
Charles T. Schenck was found guilty of violating the _____ Act.
53.
_____ law legally protects the rights of authors and producers to own and control the
use of their published or unpublished writing, music, lyrics, TV programs, movies, or
graphic art designs.
54.
The _____ exception is the standard that enables students to legally quote attributed text
in their research papers and also protects parody versions of songs.
55.
When a copyright period expires, the work is said to enter the _____.
56.
In libel law, _____ refers to a reckless disregard for the truth, such as when a reporter or
an editor knows that a statement is false and prints or broadcasts it anyway.
57.
The _____ is the agency that regulates broadcasting in the United States.
58.
Repealed in 1987, the _____ Doctrine required stations to air programs about
controversial issues affecting their communities and to provide competing points of
view during those programs.
59.
Explain the philosophical underpinnings of the First Amendment.
60.
Explain the significance of the Sedition Act of 1798 in terms of America supporting the
idea of a free press.
61.
How has censorship been defined historically?
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62.
Name and briefly explain at least three of the legal limitations on free speech.
63.
Why is the case of New York Times v. Sullivan so significant in First Amendment
history?
Answer Key
1.
C
2.
B
3.
C
4.
D
5.
D
6.
A
7.
C
8.
C
9.
D
10.
B
11.
C
12.
A
13.
D
14.
D
15.
A
16.
D
17.
A
18.
B
19.
A
20.
A
21.
B
22.
B
23.
A
24.
A
25.
A
26.
B
27.
B
28.
B
29.
B
30.
B
31.
B
32.
B
33.
A
34.
A
35.
A
36.
A
37.
B
38.
B
39.
B
40.
A
41.
B
42.
A
43.
A
44.
B
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45.
A
46.
B
47.
A
48.
authoritarian
49.
state
50.
libertarian
51.
Fourth
52.
Espionage
53.
Copyright
54.
fair use
55.
public domain
56.
actual malice
57.
Federal Communications Commission or FCC
58.
Fairness
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.