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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1973 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under which law does Flood sue in Flood v. Kuhn?
(a) Antiregulation law.
(b) Deregulation law.
(c) Antitrust law.
(d) Fairness Doctrine.

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

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

4. How many justices must agree to hear a case before the case can be heard?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many clerks does Chief Justice Earl Warren have?

2. Black joins the Court as an associate justice in what year?

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

4. What is the other state (not Texas) who has an abortion case come before the Court in 1971?

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

(see the answer key)

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