Do you think you know enough about the law to take our quiz?

 

A.    Matching on Mock Trial

 


1.  The person who brings the criminal case  to   court.  A.     Judge 
2.  Person who is being accused. B.     Defendant 
3.  Person who is in total control of the courtroom. C.      Witnesses 
4.  Person who gives testimony. D.      Baliff 
5.  Person who swears in the witnesses. E.     Prosecutor 
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B.   Multiple Choice on Timeline

 

6.  What was Hammurabi's 13 Law?
A.    Eye for Eye
B.    Thou shalt not kill 
C.    No law
D.    Thou shalt not steal

 

7.  Of the 282 laws found on Hammurabi's Code.  How many laws        were never found?
A.    20 
B.    40
C.    53 
 D.   34

 

8.  Which king had a code of law, but it was never found?
A.  Urukinginna's code
B.   Hammurabi code 
C.  Ten Commandments
D.  The English Bill of Rights

 

9.  What was the first state to have legislation making slavery legal?
A.  New Jersey
B.  South Carolina
C.  Georgia
D.  Florida

 

10.  What is considered the "The Blueprint of English Common Law?"
A.  First Law School
B.  T'ang Code
C.  Magna Carta
D.  Blackstone

 

11.  What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
A.   1676
B.   1776  
C.   1876 
D.    Date Not Shown

 

12.  Napoleonic Code can be traced back to?
A.  The American Revolution
B.  Geneva Code
C.  Roman Law
D.  All the Above

 

13.  The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution 
A.  Gives the right to women to vote
B.  Abolishment of Slavery
C.  Outlawed alcohol in U.S. 
D.  Limits the President to two terms in office

 

C.  True and False on Famous Lawyers and Cases

 

14.  Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to present a case to the U.S. Supreme    Court and then later serve on the Supreme Court.
True
False
15.  The state of Tennessee had a famous Monkey Trial in the 1920s.
True
False
16.  Hillary Rodham Clinton would some day like to become a lawyer.
True
False
17.  Sandra Day O'Conor was the first woman to hold the position of U.S. Attorney General.
True
False
18.  John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the   Declaration of Independence.
True
False
19.  Vice President Aaron Burr had two indictments against him for murder when he was in       office.
True
False
20.  The famous Philosopher Socrates was tried and put to death for corrupting the youth and for not believing in the gods.
True
False