1
About half of those responding to a First Amendment Center/American Journalism Review
survey said the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees.
(A)
True
(B)
False
2
Which is not a protection in the First Amendment?
(A)
Press
(B)
Speech
(C)
Religion
(D)
Voting rights
(E)
Petition
3
Government prohibition of speech in advance of publication is called…
(A)
sedition
(B)
Prior Restraint
(C)
defamition
(D)
False Light
(E)
Invasion of Privacy
4
Appropriation is…
(A)
the use of one’s name or likeness for personal or commercial gain without consent or
compensation.
(B)
the publication of information about someone’s personal life that has not been previously
revealed to the public.
(C)
intentionally intruding, physically or otherwise, upon another person’s seclusion or solitude.
(D)
written or broadcast defamation.
(E)
the crime of revolting or inciting revolt against government.
5
Which of these cases involves privacy issues?
(A)
Yates v. U.S.
(B)
Gitlow v. New York
(C)
New York Times Co. v. United States
(D)
United States v. O’Brien
(E)
None of the above
6
Which was the historic case about flag burning as a form of free speech?
(A)
New York Times Co. v. United States
(B)
Texas v. Johnson
(C)
Branzburg v. Hayes
(D)
Gitlow v. New York
(E)
None of the above
7
The first time that the Court invoked the First Amendment to prevent libel actions was in
which case?
(A)
Texas v. Johnson
(B)
United States v. O’Brien
(C)
New York Times v. Sullivan
(D)
Yates v. U.S.
(E)
Texas v. Johnson
8
What Does Defamation Mean?
Answer:
9
What does Libel mean?
Answer:
10
“Shield Laws” provide some sort of protection for Journalists facing orders to testify or
provide notes, photographs or other reporting work.
(A)
True
(B)
False
11
Sedition laws make it a crime to criticize both the President and the National Government?
(A)
True
(B)
False
12
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against The New York Times in New York Times v. Sullivan.
(A)
True
(B)
False
13
The government generally is allowed to punish speakers when harm is caused by what a
speaker said.
(A)
True
(B)
False
14
The First Amendment tells the government what it cannot do. It does not tell people what
they can do.
(A)
True
(B)
False
15
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association was an invasion of privacy case.
(A)
True
(B)
False
16
In Gitlow v. New York, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the guarantees of freedom of
speech apply to actions taken by all governments.
(A)
True
(B)
False
17
Any intentional false communication, either written or spoken, that harms a person’s
reputation, is called appropration.
(A)
True
(B)
False
18
New York Times v. Sullivan was a case about civil rights in South Carolina.
(A)
True
(B)
False
19
With false light privacy, a report need not be defamatory to be actionable as false light.
(A)
True
(B)
False
20
Name Four Major Privacy Claims: