1. The first organized mass book burning in recorded history was ordered by
A.
King Josiah, in the 7th century BCE
B.
Emperor Qin Shi Huang, in the 3rd century BCE
C.
King Antiochus IV, in the 2nd century BCE
D.
Emperor Nero, in the 1st century CE
2.
2. Who said that the Athenians attained greatness only when granted equality of speech?
A.
Socrates
B.
Demosthenes
C.
Herodotus
D.
Pericles
3.
3. If you want to protect free speech in private universities and on corporate platforms, you would be protecting what kind of speech?
A.
isegoria
B.
parrhesia
C.
elefthería
D.
skata
4.
4. What religion has always prescribed the death penalty for thought crimes and blasphemy, and still does today?
A.
Judaism
B.
Hinduism
C.
Buddhism
D.
Islam
5.
5. The Christian inquisitions began executing heretics for thought crimes and blasphemy in the year
A.
1184, under Pope Lucius III
B.
1199, under Pope Innocent III
C.
1231, under Pope Gregory IX
D.
1252, under Pope Innocent IV
6.
6. Which Calvinist said that atheists could be more virtuous than Christians, and had to flee France because of it?
A.
Pierre Bayle
B.
Daniel Chamier
C.
Jean Dury
D.
Francois Turrettini
7.
7. The first known publisher who insisted on his right to publish material that was widely loathed, even by himself, was
A.
Michael Spark, for the book "Histrio-mastix" (1632), which ridiculed the English king and queen
B.
Pierre Marteau, for the book "Treatise of the Three Imposters" (1719), which portrayed Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad as dim-witted frauds
C.
Elie Luzac, for the book "Man a Machine" (1747), which argued that human beings are soulless animals
D.
Diderot, for an entry in the Encyclopedie (1751-72), which cross-referenced "cannibals" with "the eucharist" and "communion"
8.
8. After passing the First Amendment in 1791, how long did it take for the American government to pass a law that attacked it?
A.
7 years
B.
38 years
C.
70 years
D.
126 years
9.
9. Which European ruler was the first monarch champion of free speech and the press, then later reversed and installed a regime of censorship?
A.
Louis XIV (France)
B.
Catherine the Great (Russia)
C.
Charles VI (Holy Roman Emperor)
D.
Mary Tudor (England)
10.
10. In retaliation against the American South's censorship of anti-slavery pamphlets, what Northern publication invited Southerners to publish their own (pro-slavery) pamphlets for distribution in the North, as an alternative to censoring the anti-slavery ones?
A.
Freedom's Defense
B.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
C.
The Liberator
D.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
11.
11. Which of the following American presidents did NOT violate the First Amendment?
A.
Andrew Jackson
B.
Abraham Lincoln
C.
Woodrow Wilson
D.
Warren Harding
12.
12. No respectable study or evidence has shown any causal link between pornography and violence.
A.
True
B.
False
13.
13. Which was NOT an argument used by the American Civil Liberties Union in defending the rights of American Nazis in 1934?
A.
Hate speech laws are highly subjective and open to abuse.
B.
Punishing Nazis for their speech makes martyrs out of monsters.
C.
American Nazis are a fringe group having little impact .
D.
Abandoning its principles would seriously undermine the ACLU's position when defending the rights of other unpopular groups.
14.
14. Which American president used tyrannical rhetoric (like Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, and Mao) in saying that news outlets were "enemies of the people", and sued media outlets for defamation of his character?
A.
Teddy Roosevelt
B.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
C.
George W. Bush
D.
Donald Trump
15.
15. Which nation currently holds the world record for most imprisoned journalists, and also for having the most oppressive internet censorship apparatus?
A.
Russia
B.
China
C.
Iran
D.
Argentina
16.
16. In what decade did the American Supreme Court rule that the First Amendment was legally binding on state governments, and not just the federal government?
A.
1870s
B.
1920s
C.
1950s
D.
1960s
17.
17. A major difference between the American Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and the Black Lives Matter movement of the 2010s is that:
A.
The former used boycotts to achieve its goal; the latter has not.
B.
The former met with no police violence; the latter has met with loads of police violence.
C.
The former relied heavily on the press to get its message out; the latter hasn't used social media much for that purpose.
D.
The former saw free speech as complementary to justice and equality; the latter has seen free speech as a threat to justice and equality.
18.
18. Western leftists in 2005 condemned Danish cartoonists for drawing "hateful" pictures of the prophet Muhammad. Who was proven a real prophet, in having already warned that hate speech laws are easily open to this kind of perversion and abuse?
A.
James Madison, at the signing of the Constitution in 1787
B.
Edward Terry Sanford, from the Supreme Court bench in 1925
C.
Eleanor Roosevelt, at the United Nations in 1950
D.
John F. Kennedy, at the joint session of Congress in 1961
19.
19. Which two writers believed that broad societal threats to free speech could be as threatening as government-imposed censorship?
A.
George Orwell and John Stuart Mill
B.
George Orwell and Thomas Paine
C.
George Grote and John Stuart Mill
D.
George Grote and Thomas Paine
20.
20. Child pornography is illegal in America because:
A.
It's an exception to the First Amendment -- too offensive even for a law designed to protect offensiveness.
B.
It involves the exploitation of real-world children.
