1. How does the First Amendment treat obscenity?

a. It provides unconditional protection. b. It provides no protection. c. It provides protection in print media but not broadcast media. d. It protects some obscenity, but not indecency

2. The Supreme Court has said the "patently offensive" part of the obscenity test ______.

A. must at least meet standards the Supreme Court has set

B. is up to the jury to define

C. is the same as the "prurient interest" part of the obscenity test

D. may be defined by state law in any way the state wants

3 The current test used in the United States to determine if material is obscene ______.

A. is a balancing test

B. requires that all three prongs of the test be met

C. says material is obscene if it tends to corrupt those whose minds are open to immoral influences

D. says material is obscene if it is "utterly without social value"

4. In applying the first part of the current obscenity test, jurors are supposed to determine if material appeals to the prurient interest based on ______. a. a standard established by the trial judge b. the juror's own standards c. a nationwide standard d. the juror's assessment of the community's standards

5. Variable obscenity is a term applied to ______.

a. material in which children are portrayed in sexual situations

b. material that is obscene if distributed to children but not obscene if distributed to adults

c. the fact that obscenity definitions vary from state to state

d. material allowed on cable television but not on over-the-air television

The Miller Test requires that to be found obscene, material must ______.

a. lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

b. be degrading to females, particularly those under age 18

c. exploit minors and feature them in prominent roles

d. appeal to the sexual desires of the average person

7. In ruling on the Communications Decency Act, part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the U.S. Supreme Court held ______.

a. the FCC may regulate the internet the same way it regulates broadcast stations

b. Congress may never regulate the internet

c. the Communications Decency Act is constitutional

d. the First Amendment protects indecent material on the internet

8. Which of the following is a TRUE statement about broadcasting indecent material?

a. Stations may broadcast indecent material at any time, provided they do not violate federal law.

b. The FCC has agreed not to take action against indecent broadcasts aired during the day, as few children are expected to be in the audience.

c. The 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. period is a "safe harbor," a time when stations safely may broadcast material that does not fully comply with the law's indecency ban.

d. The FCC will review violations on a case-by-case basis, provided it has already issued a cease-and-desist order.

9. The courts' rulings about broadcast indecency are an attempt to balance broadcasters' First Amendment rights and Congress's decision that indecent material cannot be on broadcast radio and television at any time. T or F

10. Indecency is the same as obscenity. T or F