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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1971 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Black and Burger feel that desegregation can be achieved without ________.
(a) Busing.
(b) Quotas.
(c) Ratios.
(d) Rules.

2. What room does Berger want to take as his office?
(a) The old chief justice's office.
(b) The break room.
(c) The conference room.
(d) The decision room.

3. Who is the representative for the government in the school case before the court?
(a) Bernard Shannon.
(b) Gerald Fells.
(c) Colin Religh.
(d) Jerris Leonard.

4. Hartstein v. Missouri, Miller v. California, and Wiener v. California are all cases that consider what?
(a) Pornography.
(b) Illegal searches.
(c) Child labor.
(d) Death penalty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the court agrees to hear a case it is known as granting what?

2. Hugo Black is asked to rule on the delay of racial segregation in what state?

3. Douglas notices there is a majority of five that support what position in the Charlotte case?

4. How long can the decision process take for the justices?

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?

(see the answer key)

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