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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the court agrees to hear a case it is known as granting what?
(a) Briefing.
(b) Argument.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Cert.

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

3. Where are Marshall and his clerks when the firing of Archibald Cox is announced?
(a) The University Club.
(b) The Press Club.
(c) The White House.
(d) Marshall's Fall Church house.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the 1973 majority opinion on the Detroit busing case?

2. What justice does the ACLU go to when they do not like the ruling of the first justice?

3. Burger writes a memo that looks at the obscenity cases of the 1971 term within a doctrine called what?

4. Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad deals with which musical?

5. If there were to be an impeachment trial of President Nixon, who would preside?

(see the answer key)

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