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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room does Berger want to take as his office?
(a) The decision room.
(b) The break room.
(c) The old chief justice's office.
(d) The conference room.

2. Where do Warren and his clerks spend Saturdays?
(a) At the University Club.
(b) At work.
(c) At the chief justice's home.
(d) At the Press Club.

3. How long can the decision process take for the justices?
(a) One month.
(b) A year.
(c) The whole term.
(d) Several months.

4. Haynsworth is nominated to fill the seat vacated by whom?
(a) Goodman.
(b) Fortas.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Williams.

5. When does the court's term begin?
(a) June.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) October.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many clerks does Chief Justice Earl Warren have?

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

3. How many more clerks does Berger originally want to hire?

4. Warren delegates the writing of his opinion to whom?

5. Following the oral arguments in a case, the justices hold a conference called what?

(see the answer key)

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