Illinois Constitution Practice Test
Multiple Choice
1. ____How many senatorial districts are in Illinois?
a) 118
b) 59
c) 19
d) 10
2. ____What is the General Election Day?
a) The Monday after the first Tuesday in November on even years
b) The Tuesday after the first Monday in November on odd years
c) The Tuesday after the second Monday in October on even years
d) The Tuesday after the first Monday in November on even years
3. ____The Illinois Legislative Branch is called the ______________.
a) Senate
b) Federal Government
c) General Assembly
d) House of Representatives
4. ____ Voting on a ballot, but does not include a person is a _______.
a) Bill
b) Referendum
c) Ballot
d) Pardon
5. ____The age limit to become part of the Illinois Executive branch is ___ years old.
a) 25
b) 18
c) 21
d) no age limit
6. ____ Who is our Secretary of State?
a) Jesse White
b) Sheila Simon
c) Judy Baar Topinka
d) Patrick Quinn
7. ____ Who is our Congressman?
a) Jeffery Schoenberg
b) Barack Obama
c) Mark Kirk
d) Robert Dold
8. ____ Who are our two Senators from Illinois?
a) Robert Dold and Mark Kirk
b) Robyn Gabel and Daniel Biss
c) Dick Durban and Jeffrey Schoenberg
d) Mark Kirk and Dick Durban
9. ____ What is the 2nd step for a bill to become a law?
a) Bill goes to appeal court
b) Bill is voted in the 1st house
c) Bill is vetoed by the Governor
d) Bill is Killed
10. ____ What is the age requirement to vote?
a) 18 years
b) 21 years
c) 20 years
d) no age requirement
11.____ The topic of Article III of the Illinois Constitution is ____________.
a) Suffrage & Voting
b) Judicial Branch
c) General Assembly
d) Municipalities & Local Governments
12. ____ What Township do we currently live in?
a) Cook
b) New Trier
c) 9th
d) 10th
13.____ A person can only be disqualified from voting by what?
a) Being part of the Executive branch
b) Committing a felony
c) Being a citizen of another country
d) Not being a natural born citizen
14. ____ What position is Thomas Kilbride?
a) Lt. Governor
b) Treasurer
c) Chief Justice
d) Comptroller
15.____ The order in which the Governor gets replaced if needed is called what?
a) Gubernatorial Succession
b) Referendum
c) Appeal
d) Executive Branch
16. ____ What step number, in the legislative Branch is when the Governor can sign the bill into
the law?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
17.____ The Bill of Rights is in which article of the Illinois Constitution?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 4
d) 7
18. ____ Robyn Gabel and Daniel Biss share what position?
a) Lt. Governor
b) State Representative
c) Governor
d) Secretary
19.____ The Illinois General Assembly Convenes when?
a) Tuesday after the 1st Monday in Nov. on even years
b) Ever two years
c) 2nd Monday in January
d) Whenever called to session
20. ____ In the Judicial Branch, the Illinois Supreme court’s term is ____ years.
a) 10
b) 4
c) 3
d) 7
21.____ The current Illinois Speaker of the house is who?
a) Michael Madigan
b) John Cullerton
c) Jeffery Schoenberg
d) Dan Ruthford
22. ____ We live in the _____ Congressional District.
a) 9th
b) 19th
c) 39th
d) 10th
23.____ The Senate has what role in impeachment?
a) Charging
b) To Veto the law
c) To Pardon the accused
d) Judging Guilty or not
24. ____What was the order of admission was Illinois?
a) 9th
b) 19th
c) 21st
d) 30th
25.____ Jeffery Schoenberg is our district ________.
a) Senator
b) Congressman
c) Speaker of the House
d) Legislature
Fill in the Blank
26. The ______ can veto laws.
27. The Illinois voting requirements say that you have to be _____ years old.
28. _____ is Illinois and Federal Government sharing powers.
29. The _____ is the sole power of impeachment.
30. Jeffrey Schoenberg is our _____ Senator..
31. The term for the Executive Branch is ____ years.
32. Sheila Simon is our _____.
33. When the Governor _____ part of the bill, it is called a line item veto.
34. The two “R” requirements for Voting in Illinois are____ and ____.
35. The present Illinois Constitution was adopted in ____.
36. In the Judicial Branch there are ____ levels of courts.
37. In all three branches, a citizen must be ______ to vote.
38. Mark Kirk is the ____ U.S. Senator from Illinois.
39. The “A” stands for _____ in ARC.
40. The three types of vetoes are ____________, ____________, and _____________.
41. To ______ the Bill means to stop the bill from being passed.
42. The job of the Executive branch is to _________ laws.
43. ______________ is the Comptroller of our state. L.S.
44. The current Illinois Constitution was adopted in _____.
45. The Illinois Legislative branch practices ____________ representation.
46. There are ___ articles in the Illinois Constitution.
47. Articles ____, ____, and ____ focus on the separate branches of the government.
48. We live in ______ county..
49. Each Senatorial district has ___ senate and ___ representatives.
50. The _____________ replaces the governor if they can no longer be governor.
Matching
51. The First Governor of Illinois
A. 10
52. The age limit for the Legislative Branch
B. Voting Day
53. Tuesday after the first Monday in November on even years
C. Michael Madigan
54. Illinois’ current Comptroller
D. 21
55. The number of Senatorial districts in Illinois
E. Executive
56. The Article with the topic of Separation of Powers
F. 59
57. Illinois’ speaker of the House
G. Shadrach Bond
58. The number of Justices in the Illinois Supreme Court
H. 2
59. We live in this Congressional District
I. Judy Baar Topinka
60. The Governor is part of this branch of Government
J. 7
True or False
61. T or F Thomas Kilbride is the Lieutenant Governor.
__________
62. T or F There are 5 steps to making a Bill become a Law.
__________
63. T or F The Illinois Speaker of the House is Michael Madigan.
__________
64. T or F When the Governor reduces the amount of money the bill authorizes, it is a
Amendatory Veto. _________
65. T or F There are 7 Justices in the Judicial Branch. ________
66. T or F We live in the 9th Congressional District. ________
67. T or F Article l is the Bill of Rights. _______
Short Answer
68. In the first step of a bill becoming a law, which House does the bill start in?
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69. What were the two previous capitals?
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70. Article ll is the Separation of Powers. What are the tree components of the Separation of
Powers? ______________________________________________________
71. In the Legislative Branch, what are the three qualifications to vote?
__________________________________________________________________
72. What is the order of Gubernatorial succession?
__________________________________________________________________
73. What is Article lll in the Illinois Constitution?
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74. What is the difference between the Legislative and Congressional Districts?
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75. The General Assembly is made of two houses. What are they?
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