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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1969 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The famous case on school segregation is called __________ vs. Board of Education.
(a) Brown.
(b) Bowing.
(c) Turner.
(d) Marks.

2. How many justices must agree to hear a case before the case can be heard?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

3. What change does Berger make to the actual bench the justices sat at?
(a) He makes it straighter.
(b) He curves it.
(c) He changes the wood.
(d) He raises it higher.

4. When Warren and his clerks got together on Saturdays, what do they watch?
(a) Football.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Classic movies.
(d) The news.

5. Who did Chief Justice Earl Warren believe would be his replacement?
(a) Potter Stewart.
(b) Warren R. Burger.
(c) John Mitchell.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How are decisions of the Supreme Court announced?

3. When the court agrees to hear a case it is known as granting what?

4. Burger does not want to be compared to which former Justice?

5. Berger hires how many more clerks?

(see the answer key)

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