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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day does Black die?
(a) September 10.
(b) September 30.
(c) September 25.
(d) September 17.

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

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

4. When Blackmun is appointed to the Court, he receives how many bags of cert petitions?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

5. Marshall views the dealth penalty as what?
(a) A form of state-sanctioned killing.
(b) A form of class discrimination.
(c) A form of cruel and unusual punishment.
(d) A form of racial discrimination.

6. Who is appointed to Harlan's seat on the Court?
(a) O'Conner.
(b) Gilcherst.
(c) Stevenson.
(d) Rehnquist.

7. Burger writes a memo that looks at the obscenity cases of the 1971 term within a doctrine called what?
(a) Stanley prevention doctrine.
(b) Stanley perversion doctrine.
(c) Stanley obscenity doctrine.
(d) Stanley privacy doctrine.

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

9. In what year does Chief Justice Earl Warren retire from the Court?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1960.

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

11. When Blackmun finally makes it through all the cert petitions that are waiting his arrival on the Court, how many does he agree to grant cert for?
(a) Three or four.
(b) About half.
(c) None.
(d) Seven or eight.

12. On May 19, President Nixon has what agency begin a background check on a future justice?
(a) Attorney General.
(b) FBI.
(c) CIA.
(d) NSA.

13. The Brennan order on desegregation, issued to guide the lower courts, was issued __________, meaning it had no designated author.
(a) Per informa.
(b) Per curiam.
(c) Per solitarium.
(d) Per justicium.

14. Which Justice concludes that federal judges can order whatever remedy they feel is required by the situation?
(a) Stewart.
(b) Black.
(c) Harlan.
(d) Burger.

15. On what day does Black resign from the Court?
(a) September 17.
(b) September 10.
(c) September 30.
(d) September 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appoints justices to the Supreme Court?

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

3. The famous case on school segregation is called __________ vs. Board of Education.

4. The Charlotte case is appealed to the Supreme Court as _________ v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.

5. Haynsworth is nominated to fill the seat vacated by whom?

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