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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1970 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Warren and his clerks got together on Saturdays, what do they watch?
(a) Basketball.
(b) The news.
(c) Football.
(d) Classic movies.

2. Who writes the decision in Cohen v. California?
(a) Harlan.
(b) Burger.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Black.

3. Douglas notices there is a majority of five that support what position in the Charlotte case?
(a) Burger's position.
(b) Desegregation without interference.
(c) McMillan order.
(d) Busing.

4. How long was Earl Warren chief justice?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 13 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 11 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Blackmun is appointed to the Court, he receives how many bags of cert petitions?

2. How many days are there between the first publication of the Pentagon Papers and the hearing in the court?

3. On what day does Burger circulate his draft opinion in the Charlotte case?

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

5. When does the court's term begin?

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