QUIZ 1.

• Position: Politics - Brief Article

Use with NATIONAL, pages 8-15

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Political experts say President Clinton won the White House in 1992 by veering away from traditional policies of the Democratic Party. Which policies? (a) deceptive;(b) religious; (c) mainstream; (d) liberal.

2. Republicans are reaching out to two groups that historically vote for Derhocrats. Which groups? (a) business owners and lawyers; (b) African Americans and Latinos; (c) whites and Asians; (d) Native Americans and Protestants.

3. The outcome of the presidential election campaign is expected to depend on the choice made by voters who are suburban and (a) independent; (b) loyal; (c) wealthy; (d) religious.

   SHORT ANSWER: Write the correct answer on the line provided.

4. It's the political term that describes someone who is neither liberal nor conservative.--

5. The Republican platform--a statement of principles and goals--pledges to bar this medical procedure.--

6. Governor George W. Bush defines himself as this type of conservative.--

7. Police relied on Connie Babin's testimony against Shareef Cousin. Why?--

8. Police ignored Cousin's alibi. What was he doing when Michael Gerardi was killed?--

9. According to a Columbia University study, what fraction of death-penalty appeals result in overturned convictions?--

10. This high-tech medical test has been used to successfully overturn death sentences.--

11. The U.S. has refused to ratify this organization's Convention on the Rights of the Child, which calls for outlawing the death penalty for those who kill as teens.--

12. In 1976, this arm of the federal government reinstituted the death penalty.--

    CRITICAL THINKING: Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

13. Read the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Do you agree with the Supreme Court that lethal injection does not violate the Constitution's prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishment"? Why or why not?

14. A large percentage of...