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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1970 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what day does Burger hold a news conference in his chambers to explain why the court did not hold a special summer session to address the busing issue?
(a) September 30.
(b) July 31.
(c) August 31.
(d) June 30.

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

4. The judge in Charlotte, North Carolina, orders that desegregation be based on what?
(a) The racial composition of the business districts.
(b) The racial composition of residential districts.
(c) The racial composition of the student population.
(d) The racial composition of the population.

5. How long was Earl Warren chief justice?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 13 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the representative for the government in the school case before the court?

2. Potter Stewart is worried that what problem would become public if he took the Chief Justice spot?

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

4. What court decides the Mapp v. Ohio case?

5. How many judges sign onto the eventual decision in the Charlotte case?

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