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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1974 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Warren and his clerks got together on Saturdays, what do they watch?
(a) The news.
(b) Classic movies.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Football.

2. Who confirms the nominations of the president to the Supreme Court?
(a) The attorney general.
(b) The Senate.
(c) Congress.
(d) The House of Representatives.

3. Where does Blackmun spend the summer of 1972?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Michigan.

4. What is the name of the Denver judge who orders busing in the Keyes case?
(a) William Doyle.
(b) Harry Thurmond.
(c) James Patterson.
(d) Johnathan Regallias.

5. When Douglas goes out of town, Burger reassigns the Lloyd opinion to which Justice?
(a) Stevenson.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Rehnquist.
(d) Powell.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Warren's last acts is to overturn a decision in what case?

2. Burger circulates his latest version of the executive privilege section of the Watergate draft on what day?

3. As chief justice, Burger was in charge of what building?

4. The lunch that White, Stewart, and some clerks attend in the 1973 term, where they discuss the problems they are having with Burger, becomes known as what?

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

(see the answer key)

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