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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1973 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Burger tries to squeeze in a lunch with the clerks how often?
(a) Once a term.
(b) Once a year.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Once a week.

2. What is the other state (not Texas) who has an abortion case come before the Court in 1971?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Nevada.
(d) Georgia.

3. What 1973 case involves busing in Detroit?
(a) MacAdams v. Brenat.
(b) Madison v. Bowling.
(c) Milliken v. Bradley.
(d) Marshall v. Bowing.

4. Blackmun had been general counsel at what location when he was in private practice?
(a) Smithsonian.
(b) Mayo Clinic.
(c) John Hopkins.
(d) FBI.

5. What change does Berger make to the actual bench the justices sat at?
(a) He makes it straighter.
(b) He changes the wood.
(c) He curves it.
(d) He raises it higher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confirms the nominations of the president to the Supreme Court?

2. Which justice writes the opinion in Hamling v. US?

3. The decision on the death penalty cases in the 1971 term is announced on what day?

4. The Utah Public Service Commission v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. is a case that has been bouncing around the courts for how many years?

5. Burger does not want to be compared to which former Justice?

(see the answer key)

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