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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Burger does not want to be compared to which former Justice?
(a) Madison.
(b) Warren.
(c) Roman.
(d) Marbury.

2. How many more clerks does Berger originally want to hire?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Nine.
(d) Fifteen.

3. One of Warren's last acts is to overturn a decision in what case?
(a) Adam Clayton Drummond.
(b) Adam Clayton Powell.
(c) Adam Clayton Smith.
(d) Adam Clayton Wells.

4. The United States Supreme Court belongs to which branch of government?
(a) Legislative.
(b) Executive.
(c) Congress.
(d) Judiciary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What room does Berger want to take as his office?

2. Burger keeps track of the justices workload on what?

3. Black incorporates a list of permissible actions a judge can take to deal with unruly behavior in what decision?

4. Gerald R. Ford leads an impeachment attempt against whom?

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?

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