Quiz 1: Rights and Responsibilities - Canadian Citizenship Test Kit

Question 1

What is the best definition of the right to freedom of association?

	The right to join and leave a group or organization
	The right to choose the food you eat, and how to prepare it
	The right to be part of an organized religion
	The right to join a group or organization

Question 2

Which of these is an example of a responsibility of citizenship?

	Opening a shop for people from your country
	Learning to play Canadian sports
	Saluting the flag of Canada
	Serving on a jury

Question 3

What are the most important rights in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

	Helping others in the community, learning an official language, equality of all people, and being part of a faith community
	Habeas corpus, Magna Carta, freedom rights, and official languages
	Obeying the law, serving on a jury, following the orders of the police, and freedom of the press
	Mobility rights, Aboriginal People's Rights, Official Language Rights, and Multiculturalism

Question 4

When was the Magna Carta signed?

Question 5

What do mobility rights guarantee?

	The right to live and work anywhere in Canada, the right to enter and leave Canada freely, and to apply for a passport
	The right to live and work only where other people speak you language
	The right to live and work where the government tells you to live and work, based on the needs of the economy
	The right to live and work anywhere in the province you live in

Question 6

What are two important documents that protect Canadians' rights and freedoms?

	Magna Carta and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
	Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Protection Act
	The Freedom Acts and Habeas corpus
	Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Law 51

Question 7

Which of these is an example of a responsibility of citizenship?

	Learning the words of religious texts
	Obeying the law
	Cooking food from your country
	Teaching your language to your children

Question 8

What is the Magna Carta also known as?

Question 9

What is meant by the equality of men and women?

	When a man and a woman disagree, the gender of the parties is an important factor
	Men and women must take jobs that are typical for their gender
	In theory, women should be able to do most of the things that men can do, most of the time
	Men and women are the same before the law

Question 10

Freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association are guaranteed by:

Question 11

What does Habeas corpus guarantee?

	Freedom from torture
	The right to speak to a lawyer for free
	The right to be arrested by the police
	Freedom from arbitrary arrest

Question 12

What is the best definition of a right?

	A right is something that you can expect, like to be treated fairly by the police
	A right is a duty, like serving in the military
	A right is something that you can expect, like to pay taxes.
	A right is something that others want you to do

Question 13

Voting in elections is an example of what?

	A law that all Canadians must follow
	A duty that the man of the family must do
	A way to show you are interested in politics
	A responsibility of citizenship

Question 14

What is English common law?

	Laws and traditions from Quebec
	Laws and traditions that we inherited from England
	Laws and traditions from English Canada
	Laws and traditions that Canada developed on its own

Question 15

How does Canadian law treat men and women?

	Men are expected to take care of the women in their family
	There are certain areas that favour men, and certain areas that favour women
	In Canada, men and women are equal under the law
	Men and women are treated fairly, but differently