Choose the best answer for each question.

1. ‘‘If the House resists my claim [to speak] it will only add more importance to any words that I may use.” was said by ______.

   1.   ?    Winston Churchill
   2.   ?    William O. Douglas
   3.   ?    Felix Frankfurter
   4.   ?    Alice Sturgis

2. Which of the following is correct?

   1.   ?    Any right is only as strong as the procedures that enforce it.
   2.   ?    Any right is independent of the procedures that enforce it.
   3.   ?    Any right is stronger than the procedures that enforce it.
   4.   ?    Any right is weaker than the procedures that enforce it.

3. ________ is the procedural safeguard that protects the individual and the group in their exercise of the rights of free speech, free assembly, and the freedom to unite in organizations for the achievement of common aims.

   1.   ?    Parliamentary law
   2.   ?    Parliamentary authority
   3.   ?    Common law
   4.   ?    The Standard Code

4. This concept includes the right to assemble and to organize, to propose ideas, to speak without fear of reprisal, to vote on proposals, and to carry out the decisions of the group.

   1.   ?    The right of people to join together to achieve their common purpose.
   2.   ?    The right of people to join together to demand their common purpose.
   3.   ?    The right of people to join together to proclaim their common purpose.
   4.   ?    The right of people to join together to assault their common purpose.

5. Which of the following does not enact statutory law?

   1.   ?    A national organization
   2.   ?    A State
   3.   ?    The federal government
   4.   ?    A local community

6. Who do the courts say must follow common parliamentary law?

   1.   ?    General Deliberative Groups
   2.   ?    International governments
   3.   ?    State governments
   4.   ?    National governments

7. What must be observed to make actions of groups legal.

   1.   ?    Rules of procedure
   2.   ?    Rules of order
   3.   ?    Standard procedure
   4.   ?    All of the other answers

8. How many sources of parliamentary procedure are there?

   1.   ?    4
   2.   ?    3
   3.   ?    2
   4.   ?    1

9. The highest source of parliamentary procedure is _____.

   1.   ?    Law
   2.   ?    Charter
   3.   ?    Bylaws and rules
   4.   ?    Parliamentary Authority

10. Which of the following does not apply to a Parliamentary Authority?

    1.   ?    Explains the principles and procedures that are based on long-time parliamentary usages and accepted practices.
    2.   ?    Summarizes and interprets the common law of parliamentary procedure as determined by court decisions and the law contained in statutes applicable to particular organizations.
    3.   ?    Presents practical ideas developed by leading organizations for efficient operation.
    4.   ?    None of the other answers is correct

11. When there is a conflict between sources, which one prevails?

    1.   ?    The higher one
    2.   ?    The lower one
    3.   ?    Neither one
    4.   ?    All sources are equal.

12. A parliamentary authority should be_____.

    1.   ?    clear
    2.   ?    organized
    3.   ?    complete
    4.   ?    All of the other answers.

13. The purpose of parliamentary procedure is ______.