Deck 14: Crimes Against Morality and Drug Abuse

Question 1

What term describes voluntary sexual intercourse between an unmarried person and a married person?

A) Fornication
B) Adultery
C) Incest
D) Miscegenation

Answer 1

Adultery

Question 2

What is the burden of proof to obtain a divorce on the ground of adultery?

A) Preponderance of evidence
B) Beyond a reasonable doubt
C) Beyond all doubts
D) Absolute certainty

Answer 2

Preponderance of evidence

Question 3

What happens to a marriage contracted with a married person?

A) Marriage is void
B) Marriage has no legal effect
C) All of the above
D) None of the above

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

Under what circumstances would polygamy be legal in the U.S.?

A) Man having several wives due to his religious convictions
B) Woman having several husbands due to her ethnic group's tradition
C) People having several husbands or wives due to pursuit of happiness
D) Polygamy is illegal in the U.S. under any circumstance

Question 5

When do sexual intercourses between persons constitute incest?

A) They are related by consanguinity
B) They are related by affinity
C) All of the above
D) None of the above

Question 6

At common law, marriages of what relatives were prohibited?

A) Children and parents
B) Grandchildren and grandparents
C) Sisters and brothers
D) All of the above

Question 7

What marriages are prohibited by Delaware's incest statute?

A) Between relatives by consanguinity
B) Between relatives by adoption
C) All of the above
D) None of the above

Question 8

What decision of the U.S. Supreme Court declares anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional?

A) Gideon v. Wainwright
B) Lawrence v. Texas
C) Batson v. Kentucky
D) Loving v. Virginia

Question 9

Under the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, what sodomy is not prohibited?

A) Non-commercial sodomy
B) Heterosexual sodomy
C) Homosexual sodomy
D) All of the above

Question 10

What term describes marriages between people of difference races?

A) Miscegenation
B) Matricide
C) Mayhem
D) Mala in se

Question 11

In what case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that prohibiting abortions was unconstitutional?

A) Rust v. Sullivan
B) Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
C) Roe v. Wade
D) Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Question 12

What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects pornography and obscenity?

A) First
B) Fourth
C) Eighth
D) None of the above

Question 13

What is the origin of a three-part test determining whether material is obscene?

A) Federal legislation
B) Common law
C) State legislation
D) Administrative agency regulation

Question 14

What is included in the three-part test to determine whether material is obscene?

A) Work shows or describes sexual conduct in a slightly offensive way
B) Work is offensive to extremely sensitive people
C) Work, taken as a whole, has no serious literary and artistic value
D) Average persons, applying very conservative morality standards, find it offensive

Question 15

What term describes a drug included in one of the Schedules of the federal Controlled Substances Act?

A) Controlled substance
B) Controlled matter
C) Controlled drug
D) Controlled material

Question 16

What is a characteristic of a drug placed on Schedule I?

A) Medical use
B) Usually addictive
C) Low potential for abuse
D) None of the above

Question 17

What is a penalty for violating federal drug abuse laws?

A) Imprisonment for one year
B) Imprisonment for life
C) Forfeiture of personal property obtained from the proceeds of controlled substances
D) All of the above

Question 18

When the defendant was in possession of a small amount of drugs, what punishment may the court impose on him or her?

A) Civil fine
B) Community service
C) Forfeiture of assets
D) House arrest

Question 19

What procedures are included in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act?

A) Aiding drugs to Schedule
B) Removing drugs from Schedule
C) Transferring drugs from one Schedule to another
D) All of the above

Question 20

What process did some states begin with respect to possession and sale of marijuana?

A) Legalization
B) Decriminalization
C) Criminalization
D) Justification

Question 21

Adultery is a crime in all states.

Question 22

Under Maryland's statute, adultery is punished by a $10 fine.

Question 23

Bigamy is not a criminal offense in the U.S.

Question 24

If a woman married a man in good faith, not knowing that he is married, this marriage is valid immediately after it has been contracted.

Question 25

Grandchildren are related to their grandparents by consanguinity.

Question 26

In all states marriages between people related by affinity are prohibited.

Question 27

There is a very specific description of the crime of sodomy in statutes and court decisions.

Question 28

The U.S. Supreme Court made a decision about state anti-sodomy laws.

Question 29

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state laws may prohibit abortions during the last three months of pregnancy.

Question 30

Before 1967, interracial marriages were illegal in the U.S.

Question 31

Pornography and obscenity are protected under the freedom of speech provision of the Bill of Rights.

Question 32

According to a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, even minors cannot consider all nudity to be obscene.

Question 33

Low-dose codeine cough medicine, a drug on Schedule V, is very strictly controlled.

Question 34

The federal act imposes penalties on persons for illegal drug trafficking.

Question 35

Many states made the Uniform Controlled Substances Act part of their state law.

Question 36

No state law contradicts with federal law on marijuana.

Question 37

To convict defendants of the crime of adultery, the prosecution must prove beyond a ________ doubt that the illegal act occurred.

Question 38

The marital status of having several wives or husbands at the same time is called ________.

Question 39

A woman and her daughter-in-law are related by ________.

Question 40

Sexual intercourse of a person with an animal in called ________.

Question 41

According to decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, women have rights to terminate pregnancy by having a(n) ________.

Question 42

Generally, material and conduct intended to cause sexually arouse is called ________.

Question 43

Pornography's subset which is patently offensive and subject to criminalization is called ________.

Question 44

The Anti-Drug ________ Act has a provision for minor punishment without giving the offender a criminal record.

Question 45

People involved in the ________ (manufacturing and distribution) of very great quantities of illegal drugs are subject to penalties.

Question 46

Many states have adopted the Uniform Controlled ________ Act.

Question 47

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Drug Enforcement Administration

A) Abominable and detestable crime against nature
B) General reference to material or conduct showing or describing sexual activities
C) Sexual intercourse between blood relatives
D) Being a reason for divorce, this act is also a crime in 10 states
E) Federal agency enforcing the federal drug laws
F) Shameful or morbid interest in sex
G) Uniform act containing five schedules for controlled substances but do not establish penalties for law violation
H) Unauthorized manufacture or distribution of controlled substances
I) Obstacle to the making of a contract
J) Interracial marriage

Question 48

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Uniform Controlled Substances Act

A) Abominable and detestable crime against nature
B) General reference to material or conduct showing or describing sexual activities
C) Sexual intercourse between blood relatives
D) Being a reason for divorce, this act is also a crime in 10 states
E) Federal agency enforcing the federal drug laws
F) Shameful or morbid interest in sex
G) Uniform act containing five schedules for controlled substances but do not establish penalties for law violation
H) Unauthorized manufacture or distribution of controlled substances
I) Obstacle to the making of a contract
J) Interracial marriage

Question 49

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Prurient interest

A) Abominable and detestable crime against nature
B) General reference to material or conduct showing or describing sexual activities
C) Sexual intercourse between blood relatives
D) Being a reason for divorce, this act is also a crime in 10 states
E) Federal agency enforcing the federal drug laws
F) Shameful or morbid interest in sex
G) Uniform act containing five schedules for controlled substances but do not establish penalties for law violation
H) Unauthorized manufacture or distribution of controlled substances
I) Obstacle to the making of a contract
J) Interracial marriage

Question 50

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Impediment

A) Abominable and detestable crime against nature
B) General reference to material or conduct showing or describing sexual activities
C) Sexual intercourse between blood relatives
D) Being a reason for divorce, this act is also a crime in 10 states
E) Federal agency enforcing the federal drug laws
F) Shameful or morbid interest in sex
G) Uniform act containing five schedules for controlled substances but do not establish penalties for law violation
H) Unauthorized manufacture or distribution of controlled substances
I) Obstacle to the making of a contract
J) Interracial marriage

Question 51

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Pornography

A) Abominable and detestable crime against nature
B) General reference to material or conduct showing or describing sexual activities
C) Sexual intercourse between blood relatives
D) Being a reason for divorce, this act is also a crime in 10 states
E) Federal agency enforcing the federal drug laws
F) Shameful or morbid interest in sex
G) Uniform act containing five schedules for controlled substances but do not establish penalties for law violation
H) Unauthorized manufacture or distribution of controlled substances
I) Obstacle to the making of a contract
J) Interracial marriage

Question 52

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Drug trafficking

A) Abominable and detestable crime against nature
B) General reference to material or conduct showing or describing sexual activities
C) Sexual intercourse between blood relatives
D) Being a reason for divorce, this act is also a crime in 10 states
E) Federal agency enforcing the federal drug laws
F) Shameful or morbid interest in sex
G) Uniform act containing five schedules for controlled substances but do not establish penalties for law violation
H) Unauthorized manufacture or distribution of controlled substances
I) Obstacle to the making of a contract
J) Interracial marriage

Question 53

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Miscegenation

A) Abominable and detestable crime against nature
B) General reference to material or conduct showing or describing sexual activities
C) Sexual intercourse between blood relatives
D) Being a reason for divorce, this act is also a crime in 10 states
E) Federal agency enforcing the federal drug laws
F) Shameful or morbid interest in sex
G) Uniform act containing five schedules for controlled substances but do not establish penalties for law violation
H) Unauthorized manufacture or distribution of controlled substances
I) Obstacle to the making of a contract
J) Interracial marriage

Question 54

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Sodomy

A) Abominable and detestable crime against nature
B) General reference to material or conduct showing or describing sexual activities
C) Sexual intercourse between blood relatives
D) Being a reason for divorce, this act is also a crime in 10 states
E) Federal agency enforcing the federal drug laws
F) Shameful or morbid interest in sex
G) Uniform act containing five schedules for controlled substances but do not establish penalties for law violation
H) Unauthorized manufacture or distribution of controlled substances
I) Obstacle to the making of a contract
J) Interracial marriage

Question 55

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Adultery

A) Abominable and detestable crime against nature
B) General reference to material or conduct showing or describing sexual activities
C) Sexual intercourse between blood relatives
D) Being a reason for divorce, this act is also a crime in 10 states
E) Federal agency enforcing the federal drug laws
F) Shameful or morbid interest in sex
G) Uniform act containing five schedules for controlled substances but do not establish penalties for law violation
H) Unauthorized manufacture or distribution of controlled substances
I) Obstacle to the making of a contract
J) Interracial marriage

Question 56

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Incest

A) Abominable and detestable crime against nature
B) General reference to material or conduct showing or describing sexual activities
C) Sexual intercourse between blood relatives
D) Being a reason for divorce, this act is also a crime in 10 states
E) Federal agency enforcing the federal drug laws
F) Shameful or morbid interest in sex
G) Uniform act containing five schedules for controlled substances but do not establish penalties for law violation
H) Unauthorized manufacture or distribution of controlled substances
I) Obstacle to the making of a contract
J) Interracial marriage

Question 57

Define adultery and fornication. Compare and contrast them.

Question 58

Define incest, relation by consanguinity and relation by affinity. Discuss how modern laws differ from common law with respect to incest.

Question 59

Identify the principal case of the U.S. Supreme Court pertaining to women's rights to have abortions. Identify the main points of the court's decision.

Question 60

Do you think that nude dancing at night clubs should be protected by the freedom of speech provision? Argue for and against the constitutional protection of nude dancing.

Question 61

Do you think that marijuana should be legalized? Present arguments for and against it.