Multiple choice quiz – The Declaration of Independence
Multiple-choice quiz – The Declaration of Independence
1) In what year was The Declaration of Independence written?
a. 1775
b. 1776
c. 1777
d. 1787
2) Who were the men who comprised the “committee of five?”
a. Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston,
and Benjamin Franklin
b. Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, John Hancock, Robert Livingston,
and Benjamin Franklin
c. Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, John Adams,
and Benjamin Franklin
d. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, John Hancock, Robert Livingston, and
Benjamin Franklin
3) Who was the principal author of The Declaration of Independence?
a. Roger Sherman
b. John Adams
c. Benjamin Franklin
d. Thomas Jefferson
4) The Declaration of Independence is highly critical of what king?
a. Louis XVI
b. George I
c. George II
d. George III
5) The people of the American colonies, at the time The Declaration of Independence was written, were excited mainly about this part of the
document.
a. Criticism of the king
b. That all men are created equal
c. Independence from England
d. Freedom of worship
6) The original manuscript of The Declaration of Independence is on display in what
institution?
a. The Smithsonian Institution
b. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
c. The Library of Congress
d. The National Archives
7) The Declaration of Independence is now often quoted to remind us that
we are endowed by our creator with “certain unalienable rights,” among these
are...
a. Life, liberty and property
b. Life, liberty and the right to bear arms
c. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
d. Life, liberty and freedom of speech
8) Thomas Jefferson’s charge against the king of furthering the slave trade was
deleted because...
a. The abolitionists in Congress agreed with it
b. Thomas Jefferson himself owned slaves
c. Patrick Henry found it offensive
d. It was inaccurate
9) Who was President of the Congress when The Declaration of Independence was
written?
a. John Adams
b. John Hancock
c. George Washington
d. Thomas Jefferson
10) Representatives of how many American colonies signed The Declaration of
Independence?
a. 13
b. 12
c. 24
d. 10
11) From whom did the signers of the Declaration of Independence receive their
authority to declare independence?
a. From the King of England
b. From the European nations
c. From the people of the American colonies
d. They needed no authority
12) The signers of the Declaration of Independence were...
a. Committing a traitorous act and could have been executed
b. Men from all walks of life
c. Acting as representatives of their home regions
d. All of the above
13) The motion to declare independence from England was introduced during the
Second Continental Congress in 1776 by...
a. John Hancock
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. Richard Henry Lee
d. Thomas Jefferson
14) The first word(s) of the Declaration of Independence is/are:
a. “We the people...”
b. “Whereas...”
c. “Be it hereby resolved...”
d. “When in the Course of human events...”
15) In his 1863 Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln used the phrase “Four score
and seven years ago...” To what date and event was he referring?
a. 1787, the writing of the U.S. Constitution
b. 1776, the signing of the Declaration of Independence
c. 1797, the presidential election of George Washington
d. 1720, landing of the pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts
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