Multiple choice Questions (EXAM)

Question 1

According to the Supreme Court, the need to provide reasonable security at school constitutes…
a) An internal limit on freedom of religion allowing the state to avoid having to justify, under section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the ban on wearing the kirpan at school
b) An objective important enough to ban the wearing of kirpans at school
c) Minimal interference justifying the ban on wearing the kirpan at school

Answer 1

b)

Question 2

To assess the sincerity of a belief
a- The religious belief invoked must be advanced in good faith
b- The court must take into account the credibility of the testimony of the person invoking the particular belief and whether this belief
accords with his other common religious practices
c- It is necessary that the practice or belief in question be prescribed by a religious dogma
d- a and b
e- None of the above
f- All these answers

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The obligation of state neutrality
a- Is not explicitly written in the Canadian Charter or in the Quebec Charter.
b- Imposes the obligation to cease traditional or heritage practices of a religious nature that constitute a form of identification of the State with a particular religion
c- It dirives from an evolving and historical interpretation by case law of sections 2(a) of the Canadian Charter and 3 of the Quebec Charter.
d- a and b
e- All of the above
f- None of these answers.

Answer 3

e

Question 4

Government servants
a- have the same freedom of religion as any other person.
b- do not have the same freedom of religion as other individuals.
c- do not have the same freedom of religion as when they are in
their private life.
d- the obligation imposed on the State not to favor a particular
religion is imposed on civil servants since the State is composed of
its civil servants.
e- c and d
f- none of these answers.

Answer 4

e