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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which rule requires that a rehearing can only be considered if it was brought up by one of the justices who had sat on the case?
(a) Rule 48.
(b) Rule 8.
(c) Rule 68.
(d) Rule 58.

4. When Warren and his clerks got together on Saturdays, what do they watch?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Classic movies.
(c) Football.
(d) The news.

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

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

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

8. In Clay v. US, what is the faith of the petitioner?
(a) Amish.
(b) Christian.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Black Muslim.

9. 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) About half.
(b) Seven or eight.
(c) None.
(d) Three or four.

10. How long can the decision process take for the justices?
(a) A year.
(b) One month.
(c) The whole term.
(d) Several months.

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

12. When the court agrees to hear a case it is known as granting what?
(a) Argument.
(b) Cert.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Briefing.

13. The Mapp v. Ohio case concerns which amendment?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) First.
(d) Fifth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Black joins the Court as an associate justice in what year?

2. Black and Burger feel that desegregation can be achieved without ________.

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

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

5. The Brennan order on desegregation, issued to guide the lower courts, was issued __________, meaning it had no designated author.

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