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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Black joins the Court as an associate justice in what year?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1930.

2. The arguments in the three busing cases are heard in what month?
(a) January.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) October.

3. Who has to negotiate every paragraph of the Charlotte opinion with Burger?
(a) Blackmun.
(b) Stewart.
(c) Black.
(d) Harlan.

4. As chief justice, Burger was in charge of what building?
(a) The Courts building.
(b) The Appellate Court building.
(c) The judicial buildings in DC.
(d) The Supreme Court building.

5. The Mapp v. Ohio case concerns which amendment?
(a) Fifth.
(b) First.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Second.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pages is Hugo Black's opinion that does not overturn the lower court's decision on racial segregation?

2. 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?

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

4. The publication of the Pentagon Papers is enjoined by the federal courts on what grounds?

5. Where do Warren and his clerks spend Saturdays?

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