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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who confirms the nominations of the president to the Supreme Court?
(a) The House of Representatives.
(b) Congress.
(c) The attorney general.
(d) The Senate.

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

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

5. Black joins the Court as an associate justice in what year?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1950.

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

7. 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 chief justice wants to assign them.
(d) When the oldest justice is in the minority.

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

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

10. Black and Harlan are in what hospital in July 1971?
(a) Walter Reed.
(b) Bethesda Naval Hospital.
(c) John Hopkins.
(d) University of Maryland Hospital.

11. What is the name of the attorney who represents the petitioner before the court in the Texas abortion case?
(a) Sarah Weddington.
(b) Sandra O'Conner.
(c) Ruth Gillers.
(d) Mary Madison.

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

13. Who is the representative for the government in the school case before the court?
(a) Colin Religh.
(b) Jerris Leonard.
(c) Bernard Shannon.
(d) Gerald Fells.

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

15. One of Warren's last acts is to overturn a decision in what case?
(a) Adam Clayton Drummond.
(b) Adam Clayton Smith.
(c) Adam Clayton Powell.
(d) Adam Clayton Wells.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On what day does Black resign from the Court?

4. Warren delegates the writing of his opinion to whom?

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

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