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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pages is Hugo Black's opinion that does not overturn the lower court's decision on racial segregation?
(a) Seven pages.
(b) Five pages.
(c) Ten pages.
(d) Nine pages.

2. When does the court's term begin?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) October.

3. How many days are there between the first publication of the Pentagon Papers and the hearing in the court?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eleven.

4. Following the oral arguments in a case, the justices hold a conference called what?
(a) The decision conference.
(b) The conferring conference.
(c) Meet and confer.
(d) The case conference.

5. Douglas assigns the Lloyd opinion to which Justice?
(a) Blackmun.
(b) Brennan.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Powell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the attorney for Inc. Fund when they bring the school case before the Court?

2. Who first publishs the Pentagon Papers?

3. Written arguments from both sides of the case are also called what?

4. Where do Warren and his clerks spend Saturdays?

5. Hartstein v. Missouri, Miller v. California, and Wiener v. California are all cases that consider what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the changes Burger makes to the court when he becomes chief justice?

2. What are IFPs?

3. Which justices were in favor of ruling against the abortion laws?

4. Why does Burger favor a rehearing in the case of Utah Public Service Commission v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.?

5. How does the court view the abortion cases?

6. How many justices sit on the Supreme Court, and how do they arrange duties?

7. What is the solicitor general's argument in the Charlotte busing case?

8. When thinking about what opinion he should have on the Charlotte case, what does Justice Douglas have concerns with?

9. What is one of Warren's last acts as chief justice?

10. What does Justice Harlan believe about precedent?

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