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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who's funeral happens while the Justices are in the middle of writing the Watergate opinion?
(a) Marbury.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Black.
(d) Warren.

3. Who is appointed to Black's seat on the Court?
(a) Dertain.
(b) Williams.
(c) Powell.
(d) Marshall.

4. How many clerks does Chief Justice Earl Warren have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

5. Gerald R. Ford leads an impeachment attempt against whom?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Rosenberg.
(c) Bivens.
(d) Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Watergate take place?

2. When Blackmun is appointed to the Court, he receives how many bags of cert petitions?

3. How are decisions of the Supreme Court announced?

4. Which amendment requires a search warrant?

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

(see the answer key)

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