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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following the oral arguments in a case, the justices hold a conference called what?
(a) The decision conference.
(b) The conferring conference.
(c) Meet and confer.
(d) The case conference.

2. What is the name of Douglas' wife?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Mildred.

3. On what day is Warren's successor sworn in?
(a) July 23.
(b) July 20.
(c) June 20.
(d) June 23.

4. When is Nixon's successor sworn in?
(a) August 12.
(b) August 10.
(c) August 11.
(d) August 9.

5. Frontiero v. Richardson involves what issue?
(a) Marital discrimination.
(b) Racial discrimination.
(c) Sexual discrimination.
(d) Economic discrimination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burger circulates his latest version of the executive privilege section of the Watergate draft on what day?

2. Who has to negotiate every paragraph of the Charlotte opinion with Burger?

3. In the 1972 term, who writes the majority opinion on abortion?

4. In what month is Marshall hospitalized with pneumonia?

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

(see the answer key)

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