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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which amendment covers freedom of speech?
(a) First.
(b) Second.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Tenth.

2. The Mapp v. Ohio case concerns which amendment?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Fourth.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

3. Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?
(a) Ninth.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Tenth.
(d) Eleventh.

4. What 1973 case involves busing in Detroit?
(a) Madison v. Bowling.
(b) MacAdams v. Brenat.
(c) Marshall v. Bowing.
(d) Milliken v. Bradley.

5. What is the name of the attorney who represents the petitioner before the court in the Texas abortion case?
(a) Ruth Gillers.
(b) Sandra O'Conner.
(c) Mary Madison.
(d) Sarah Weddington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Haynsworth is nominated to fill the seat vacated by whom?

2. In the 1972 term, who writes the majority opinion on abortion?

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

4. Who dies on the day the abortion decision is formally announced?

5. In what year does Chief Justice Earl Warren retire from the Court?

(see the answer key)

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