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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The judge in Charlotte, North Carolina, orders that desegregation be based on what?
(a) The racial composition of the student population.
(b) The racial composition of residential districts.
(c) The racial composition of the business districts.
(d) The racial composition of the population.

2. Who dies on the day the abortion decision is formally announced?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Ronald Regan.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

3. One of Warren's last acts is to overturn a decision in what case?
(a) Adam Clayton Drummond.
(b) Adam Clayton Powell.
(c) Adam Clayton Smith.
(d) Adam Clayton Wells.

4. What is the other state (not Texas) who has an abortion case come before the Court in 1971?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Nevada.
(d) Georgia.

5. Which justice writes the opinion in Jenkins v. Georgia?
(a) Burger.
(b) Brennan.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Rehnquist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first reverse discrimination case the Court hears?

2. How many days are there between the first publication of the Pentagon Papers and the hearing in the court?

3. Hartstein v. Missouri, Miller v. California, and Wiener v. California are all cases that consider what?

4. Warren delegates the writing of his opinion to whom?

5. What state does San Antonio v. Rodriguez come from?

(see the answer key)

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