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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 conference room.
(b) The break room.
(c) The decision room.
(d) The old chief justice's office.

2. The Brennan order on desegregation, issued to guide the lower courts, was issued __________, meaning it had no designated author.
(a) Per curiam.
(b) Per solitarium.
(c) Per informa.
(d) Per justicium.

3. How are decisions of the Supreme Court announced?
(a) By television.
(b) In writing.
(c) On the internet.
(d) In person.

4. On May 19, President Nixon has what agency begin a background check on a future justice?
(a) NSA.
(b) FBI.
(c) Attorney General.
(d) CIA.

5. Who appoints justices to the Supreme Court?
(a) The attorney general.
(b) Congress.
(c) The senate.
(d) The president.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what day is Warren's successor sworn in?

3. Berger hires how many more clerks?

4. Where do Warren and his clerks spend Saturdays?

5. The United States Supreme Court belongs to which branch of government?

(see the answer key)

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