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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gerald R. Ford leads an impeachment attempt against whom?
(a) Rosenberg.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Bivens.
(d) Nixon.

2. The chief justice gets to assign opinion-writing duties under what conditions?
(a) When the chief justice is the senior justice.
(b) When the chief justice wants to assign them.
(c) When the chief justice is in the majority.
(d) When the oldest justice is in the minority.

3. How many pages is Hugo Black's opinion that does not overturn the lower court's decision on racial segregation?
(a) Ten pages.
(b) Seven pages.
(c) Five pages.
(d) Nine pages.

4. Black joins the Court as an associate justice in what year?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1950.

5. 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?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Thirteen years.
(c) Eleven years.
(d) Ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confirms the nominations of the president to the Supreme Court?

2. In what year does Chief Justice Earl Warren retire from the Court?

3. The famous case on school segregation is called __________ vs. Board of Education.

4. How long was Earl Warren chief justice?

5. Who did Chief Justice Earl Warren believe would be his replacement?

(see the answer key)

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