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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Black incorporates a list of permissible actions a judge can take to deal with unruly behavior in what decision?
(a) The Turmond case.
(b) The Allen case.
(c) The Marshall case.
(d) The Rutherford case.

2. How many judges sign onto the eventual decision in the Charlotte case?
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

3. How many pages is Hugo Black's opinion that does not overturn the lower court's decision on racial segregation?
(a) Ten pages.
(b) Nine pages.
(c) Seven pages.
(d) Five pages.

4. Black and Burger feel that desegregation can be achieved without ________.
(a) Rules.
(b) Quotas.
(c) Busing.
(d) Ratios.

5. Douglas assigns the Lloyd opinion to which Justice?
(a) Blackmun.
(b) Brennan.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Powell.

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

7. Burger believes that Warren was more interested in results than what?
(a) Constitutional enforcement.
(b) Legal reasoning.
(c) Constitutional law.
(d) Legal enforcement.

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

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

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

11. Warren delegates the writing of his opinion to whom?
(a) His subordinate judges.
(b) His secretary.
(c) His interns.
(d) His clerks.

12. On what day does Harlan resign from the Court?
(a) September 20.
(b) September 28.
(c) September 16.
(d) September 23.

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

14. On what day is Warren's successor sworn in?
(a) July 20.
(b) July 23.
(c) June 23.
(d) June 20.

15. On what day does Burger circulate his draft opinion in the Charlotte case?
(a) December 10.
(b) December 9.
(c) December 8.
(d) December 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burger does not want to be compared to which former Justice?

2. The United States Supreme Court belongs to which branch of government?

3. Burger keeps track of the justices workload on what?

4. Who confirms the nominations of the president to the Supreme Court?

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

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