Q 01/05

Which day of the week does the US Constitution exclude from the ten days a president has to act on a bill?

A) Mondays

B) Saturdays

C) Sundays

D) Fridays

Answer · why

C) Sundays

Sundays are excluded when counting the ten days a president has to act on a bill; if that deadline passes while Congress is in session, the bill becom...

Q 02/05

Which loose phrase does Article II use for how often the president must report on the state of the union?

A) From time to time

B) As occasion may require

C) Whenever Congress asks

D) At his own discretion

Answer · why

A) From time to time

From time to time is all the Constitution says, so the annual address is custom, not law: for over a century presidents sent it in writing, until Wood...

Q 03/05

Which honor may the United States never grant under Article I, which also bars officials taking foreign gifts?

A) Honorary citizenship

B) Titles of nobility

C) Land grants

D) Lifetime pensions

Answer · why

B) Titles of nobility

Titles of nobility are banned outright by Article I, Section 9. Hamilton called the ban 'the corner-stone of republican government': with no nobles, t...

Q 04/05

Which bills does Article I's Origination Clause say must begin in the House rather than the Senate?

A) Bills raising revenue

B) Bills declaring war

C) Bills admitting new states

D) Bills setting judges' pay

Answer · why

A) Bills raising revenue

Bills raising revenue must start in the House, a rule borrowed from Britain's House of Commons to keep taxation with the chamber closest to the voters...

Q 05/05

Which Article II phrase names the Senate's role in approving treaties and presidential appointments?

A) Checks and balances

B) Consent of the governed

C) Advice and consent

D) Due process of law

Answer · why

C) Advice and consent

Advice and consent appears twice in Article II, Section 2, for treaties and for appointments. Strictly, though, the Senate does not ratify a treaty: i...