PBI-Manatt Civic Quiz: Current Issues

1. The federal government’s recently enacted $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act includes which of the following?

Financial assistance for cruise lines

Direct cash payments to every small business under a set revenue limit

Delay of federal student loan payments

Subsidies for the production of ventilators

2. Who is eligible to receive a one-time cash payment of $1,200 through CARES Act relief?

All taxpayers, regardless of income

All residents, including those who are undocumented

Married couples earning less than $200,000

Most single taxpayers earning less than $75,000

3. Which of the following methods is currently being widely considered to help reduce public health risks during the 2020 November election?

All-mail voting

Voting online

Expanded in-person early voting

Expanded voter ID requirements

4. April 1st was National Census Day. Why is April 1st an important date for the Census?

It’s the day when hard copies of the census are mailed

It’s the day that determines who is counted and where they are counted

It’s the first day that enumeration begins

It’s the first day that the Census questionnaire goes live online

5. The 2020 census questionnaire includes a question about which one of the following?

Religion

Annual household income

Race

Employment status

Current Issues