Street Law: A Course in Practical Law

Chapter 39: Expression in Special Places

Student Self-Assessment Quizzes

1
In which of the following locations does expression get the most First Amendment protection?
A)public parks
B)public schools
C)military bases
D)prisons
2
Speech expressed in _____ is protected by the First Amendment.
A)private schools
B)public forums
C)one's home
D)military bases
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 that other students strongly object to.
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 put 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 by the First Amendment from interference by school officials is that the Web site is
A)not a public forum.
B)similar to underground newspapers produced off-campus on the students' own time with their own computers.
C)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 school, and it 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 there was an Internet.
7
A school's dress code prohibits students from wearing T-shirts that promote drinking alcohol, taking drugs and other messages. To challenge this dress code, students might argue that
A)the school is not a public forum.
B)choice of clothing and personal grooming is protected expression under the First Amendment.
C)some 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 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 values of the school and the community 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 can
A)not interfere with inmate mail.
B)prevent the sending of this mail because the First Amendment does not apply to inmate mail.
C)prevent inmate mail from inmates whom the warden does not like.
D)prevent the sending of this mail because the ban is reasonably related to security, preventing escapes, and planning harm to other inmates.
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 can
A)restrict the distribution of campaign literature to certain times of the day but cannot ban it entirely.
B)ban it entirely.
C)not ban it entirely.
D)restrict the distribution to candidates of the major political parties.
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