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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What change does Berger make to the actual bench the justices sat at?
(a) He curves it.
(b) He raises it higher.
(c) He changes the wood.
(d) He makes it straighter.

2. In what year does Chief Justice Earl Warren retire from the Court?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1968.

3. When Blackmun finally makes it through all the cert petitions that are waiting his arrival on the Court, how many does he agree to grant cert for?
(a) Seven or eight.
(b) Three or four.
(c) About half.
(d) None.

4. When Blackmun is appointed to the Court, he receives how many bags of cert petitions?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. On what day is Warren's successor sworn in?
(a) June 20.
(b) June 23.
(c) July 20.
(d) July 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who requests a secret session with the court regarding the Pentagon Papers?

2. The arguments in the three busing cases are heard in what month?

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

4. On what day is Warren's successor offered the position?

5. How long was Earl Warren chief justice?

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