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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Hugo Black is asked to rule on the delay of racial segregation in what state?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Texas.
(d) Alabama.

7. When does the court's term begin?
(a) June.
(b) October.
(c) August.
(d) July.

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

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

10. The chief justice gets to assign opinion-writing duties under what conditions?
(a) When the chief justice is the senior justice.
(b) When the chief justice is in the majority.
(c) When the oldest justice is in the minority.
(d) When the chief justice wants to assign them.

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

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

13. The famous case on school segregation is called __________ vs. Board of Education.
(a) Brown.
(b) Bowing.
(c) Marks.
(d) Turner.

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

15. 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) September 30.
(b) June 30.
(c) July 31.
(d) August 31.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the famous case about abortion that the Supreme Court hears?

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

3. What is the other state (not Texas) who has an abortion case come before the Court in 1971?

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

5. As chief justice, Burger was in charge of what building?

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