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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1970 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Written arguments from both sides of the case are also called what?
(a) Memoranda.
(b) Briefs.
(c) Papers.
(d) Arguments.

2. As chief justice, Burger was in charge of what building?
(a) The Courts building.
(b) The judicial buildings in DC.
(c) The Supreme Court building.
(d) The Appellate Court building.

3. The publication of the Pentagon Papers is enjoined by the federal courts on what grounds?
(a) Prior restraint.
(b) Harmful content.
(c) National security.
(d) Illicit content.

4. Who writes the decision in Cohen v. California?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Burger.
(c) Harlan.
(d) Black.

5. The arguments in the three busing cases are heard in what month?
(a) November.
(b) December.
(c) January.
(d) October.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many clerks does Chief Justice Earl Warren have?

2. Black joins the Court as an associate justice in what year?

3. Berger hires how many more clerks?

4. Which rule requires that a rehearing can only be considered if it was brought up by one of the justices who had sat on the case?

5. One of Warren's last acts is to overturn a decision in what case?

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