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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is appointed to Harlan's seat on the Court?
(a) Rehnquist.
(b) O'Conner.
(c) Gilcherst.
(d) Stevenson.

2. Burger keeps track of the justices workload on what?
(a) A large sheet of butcher paper.
(b) A chalkboard.
(c) A legal pad.
(d) A computer program.

3. What room does Berger want to take as his office?
(a) The old chief justice's office.
(b) The break room.
(c) The conference room.
(d) The decision room.

4. The lunch that White, Stewart, and some clerks attend in the 1973 term, where they discuss the problems they are having with Burger, becomes known as what?
(a) The changing point.
(b) The tipping point.
(c) The flashpoint lunch.
(d) The conspiracy lunch.

5. Which justice writes the first order refusing to halt the bombings?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Blackmun.
(c) White.
(d) Burger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Haynsworth is nominated to fill the seat vacated by whom?

2. Where are Marshall and his clerks when the firing of Archibald Cox is announced?

3. Lloyd v. Tanner deals with the distribution of anti-war literature in what state?

4. The chief justice gets to assign opinion-writing duties under what conditions?

5. What is the first reverse discrimination case the Court hears?

(see the answer key)

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