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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. Who dies on the day the abortion decision is formally announced?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Lyndon Johnson.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Ronald Regan.

2. Who swears in Nixon's sucessor?
(a) Brennan.
(b) Powell.
(c) Rehnquist.
(d) Burger.

3. Where is Burger when he receives the call that tells him Nixon is going to resign?
(a) Germany.
(b) Netherlands.
(c) England.
(d) France.

4. In what month does the ACLU appeal the Court of Appeals decision to lift the injunction to the Supreme Court
(a) October.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) September.

5. With Douglas gone, who is the senior associate justice?
(a) Brennan.
(b) White.
(c) Stewart.
(d) Powell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes the opinion in Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad?

2. What is the name of Douglas' wife?

3. Who writes the opinion in Paul v. Davis?

4. Who wrote the 1973 majority opinion on the Detroit busing case?

5. Which justice withdraws from the Keyes case because of a possible conflict of interest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Burger do when he finds out the abortion opinion has been leaked to the press before its release date?

2. What do the other Justices decide to do when news of Douglas' stroke comes to them?

3. When Burger circulates his decision on the Milliken case in April, what does Powell find?

4. How does Burger get from the Netherlands to the White House for Ford's swearing-in?

5. Burton Marks argues a pornography in front of the court in November 1972. What is his argument?

6. What is one of the Justices considerations in the reverse discrimination case?

7. What does Brennan talk about at the opening cocktail party for the clerks before the 1974 term?

8. What does the first reverse-discrimination case the court hears concern?

9. In the Frontiero case, what does the lower court decide?

10. How does Powell do his research on abortion?

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