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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1969 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Warren and his clerks got together on Saturdays, what do they watch?
(a) Classic movies.
(b) Football.
(c) The news.
(d) Basketball.

2. When Blackmun is appointed to the Court, he receives how many bags of cert petitions?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

3. How long can the decision process take for the justices?
(a) Several months.
(b) The whole term.
(c) A year.
(d) One month.

4. Burger believes that Warren was more interested in results than what?
(a) Legal reasoning.
(b) Constitutional enforcement.
(c) Legal enforcement.
(d) Constitutional law.

5. How many clerks does Chief Justice Earl Warren have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Warren delegates the writing of his opinion to whom?

2. Where do Warren and his clerks spend Saturdays?

3. How are decisions of the Supreme Court announced?

4. Following the oral arguments in a case, the justices hold a conference called what?

5. Who appoints justices to the Supreme Court?

(see the answer key)

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