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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1974 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Blackmun spend the summer of 1972?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Virginia.

2. How long does each side normally get during oral arguments?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) As long as they want.
(d) 60 minutes.

3. Who appoints justices to the Supreme Court?
(a) The president.
(b) Congress.
(c) The senate.
(d) The attorney general.

4. Who do Powell's clerks recommend he select as a new clerk in 1974?
(a) Joel Klein.
(b) Jon Johnson.
(c) Jacob Farnsworth.
(d) Julian McRoe.

5. Burger writes a memo that looks at the obscenity cases of the 1971 term within a doctrine called what?
(a) Stanley obscenity doctrine.
(b) Stanley prevention doctrine.
(c) Stanley perversion doctrine.
(d) Stanley privacy doctrine.

Short Answer Questions

1. The judge in Charlotte, North Carolina, orders that desegregation be based on what?

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

3. What 1973 case involves busing in Detroit?

4. How long was Earl Warren chief justice?

5. When the Charlotte case is remanded to the lower court, how many days of hearings are held?

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