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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Burger tries to squeeze in a lunch with the clerks how often?
(a) Once a term.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Once a year.

2. What 1973 case involves busing in Detroit?
(a) MacAdams v. Brenat.
(b) Marshall v. Bowing.
(c) Madison v. Bowling.
(d) Milliken v. Bradley.

3. What court decides the Mapp v. Ohio case?
(a) The Burger Court.
(b) The Maddison Court.
(c) The Harlan Court.
(d) The Warren Court.

4. On what day does Black die?
(a) September 30.
(b) September 17.
(c) September 25.
(d) September 10.

5. What is the name of Powell's wife?
(a) Betty.
(b) Anne.
(c) Jo.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Douglas goes out of town, Burger reassigns the Lloyd opinion to which Justice?

2. On May 19, President Nixon has what agency begin a background check on a future justice?

3. Who appoints justices to the Supreme Court?

4. When Warren and his clerks got together on Saturdays, what do they watch?

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

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