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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How are decisions of the Supreme Court announced?
(a) By television.
(b) In person.
(c) On the internet.
(d) In writing.

3. Who did Chief Justice Earl Warren believe would be his replacement?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) Warren R. Burger.
(c) John Mitchell.
(d) Potter Stewart.

4. Flood v. Kuhn involves which baseball team?
(a) Mets.
(b) San Francisco Giants.
(c) St. Louis Cardinals.
(d) NY Yankees.

5. The arguments in the three busing cases are heard in what month?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) December.
(d) January.

6. Black joins the Court as an associate justice in what year?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1937.

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

8. On what day is Warren's successor offered the position?
(a) May 19.
(b) May 17.
(c) May 21.
(d) May 23.

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

10. Burger does not want to be compared to which former Justice?
(a) Marbury.
(b) Madison.
(c) Warren.
(d) Roman.

11. Berger hires how many more clerks?
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Three.

12. What court decides the Mapp v. Ohio case?
(a) The Warren Court.
(b) The Burger Court.
(c) The Maddison Court.
(d) The Harlan Court.

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

14. Where do Warren and his clerks spend Saturdays?
(a) At the University Club.
(b) At the Press Club.
(c) At work.
(d) At the chief justice's home.

15. Following the oral arguments in a case, the justices hold a conference called what?
(a) The case conference.
(b) Meet and confer.
(c) The decision conference.
(d) The conferring conference.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who writes the decision in Cohen v. California?

4. Marshall views the dealth penalty as what?

5. Douglas notices there is a majority of five that support what position in the Charlotte case?

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