ProCon’s Book Bans Quiz
- Question: Which of the following is a commonly cited justification for banning books?
- Answer: All of these are commonly cited justifications for banning books.
- Question: Which of the following initiated the most demands to ban books in 2025?
- Answer: According to the American Library Association, pressure groups and government entities initiated 92 percent of demands to censor books in school and public libraries in 2024.
- Question: Which organization is noted for keeping track of challeneged books?
- Answer: The American Library Association (ALA) releases an annual report on the most challenged books.
- Question: What resulted from the landmark court decision in Evans v. Selma Union High School District (1924)?
- Answer: The California Supreme Court ruled in this case that the inclusion of the Bible in the library did not constitute instruction or an endorsement of religion and, therefore, did not violate the state constitution.
- Question: Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution is often used for fighting or striking down book bans?
- Answer: The free speech and religion clauses of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution are often the basis for fighting book bans in the United States.
- Question: Which development has reportedly accompanied recent book bans in the United States?
- Answer: Authors of banned books have reportedly faced harassment in the form of hate mail and phone calls. They have also lost income because of canceled appearances, declining sales, and uncertain contracts for future projects.
- Question: The increase in book bans in the United States spurred which development?
- Answer: The increase in book bans in the United States spurred calls to ban book bans themselves.
- Question: Which of the following has been banned?
- Answer: All of these books have frequently been banned: the Harry Potter series because of its depiction of magic and witchcraft, and the other two, among other reasons, for their use of language common to their settings but deemed racially offensive today.
