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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who appoints justices to the Supreme Court?
(a) The president.
(b) Congress.
(c) The attorney general.
(d) The senate.

2. Lloyd v. Tanner deals with the distribution of anti-war literature in what state?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Utah.
(c) Oregon.
(d) California.

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

4. Frontiero v. Richardson involves what issue?
(a) Marital discrimination.
(b) Racial discrimination.
(c) Economic discrimination.
(d) Sexual discrimination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Brennan approaches the issue of abortion on the basis of what other right?

2. Where does Burger hold his annual reunion with his former clerks?

3. What is the name of the 1972 case in which the court has to decide if resident aliens can become members of the bar?

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

5. What movie is the movie-house operater convicted for showing in Jenkins v. Georgia?

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