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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1972 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who writes the majority opinion in San Antonio v. Rodriguez?
(a) Brennan.
(b) Burger.
(c) White.
(d) Powell.

3. How many justices write the majority opinion?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. The Brennan order on desegregation, issued to guide the lower courts, was issued __________, meaning it had no designated author.
(a) Per solitarium.
(b) Per curiam.
(c) Per informa.
(d) Per justicium.

5. Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?
(a) Tenth.
(b) Eleventh.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Ninth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job of Powell's in-laws?

2. How long does each side normally get during oral arguments?

3. Burger tries to squeeze in a lunch with the clerks how often?

4. Who has to negotiate every paragraph of the Charlotte opinion with Burger?

5. Blackmun had been general counsel at what location when he was in private practice?

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