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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long was Earl Warren chief justice?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 13 years.

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

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

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

6. The Charlotte case is appealed to the Supreme Court as _________ v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.
(a) Black.
(b) Redding.
(c) Madison.
(d) Swann.

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

8. When the Charlotte case is remanded to the lower court, how many days of hearings are held?
(a) Ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eight.
(d) Nine.

9. Burger keeps track of the justices workload on what?
(a) A computer program.
(b) A legal pad.
(c) A large sheet of butcher paper.
(d) A chalkboard.

10. What is the famous case about abortion that the Supreme Court hears?
(a) Doe v. Bolton.
(b) Roe v. Wade.
(c) Anderson v. Cooper.
(d) Michaels v. Fulton.

11. On what day does Burger hold a news conference in his chambers to explain why the court did not hold a special summer session to address the busing issue?
(a) August 31.
(b) September 30.
(c) July 31.
(d) June 30.

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

13. Who has to negotiate every paragraph of the Charlotte opinion with Burger?
(a) Blackmun.
(b) Black.
(c) Stewart.
(d) Harlan.

14. Who writes the decision in Cohen v. California?
(a) Burger.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Harlan.
(d) Black.

15. What circuit court of appeals rules on the order in the Charlotte case?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who requests a secret session with the court regarding the Pentagon Papers?

2. How many justices must agree to hear a case before the case can be heard?

3. Which Justice concludes that federal judges can order whatever remedy they feel is required by the situation?

4. What room does Berger want to take as his office?

5. Burger tries to squeeze in a lunch with the clerks how often?

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