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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ability does Douglas not have when he returns to Washington in 1975?
(a) He can't hear.
(b) He can't write.
(c) He can't read.
(d) He can't speak.

2. Who travels to Douglas before the start of the 1975 term to try and get him to resign?
(a) Frank Tollard.
(b) Charles Reich.
(c) Grant Howard.
(d) James Dickenson.

3. Much to the amazement of his former clerks, who does Berger stand up for in May, 1973?
(a) President Nixon.
(b) Ehrlichman.
(c) Markman.
(d) Haldeman.

4. On what date are the oral arguments heard on the Watergate tapes?
(a) July 8.
(b) July 29.
(c) July 15.
(d) July 10.

5. Keyes v. School District No. 1 is from what state?
(a) Washington.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Montana.
(d) Colorado.

6. On what day is the Keyes decision announced to the public?
(a) June 14.
(b) June 1.
(c) June 21.
(d) June 29.

7. In July 1973, which court issues an injunction to halt the bombing of Cambodia by the US?
(a) Maryland District Court.
(b) New York District Court.
(c) California District Court.
(d) Washington DC District Court.

8. Who disqualifies himself from the Watergate tapes case?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Brennan.
(c) Powell.
(d) Rehnquist.

9. Which justice writes the opinion in Hamling v. US?
(a) Powell.
(b) Blackmun.
(c) White.
(d) Rehnquist.

10. If there were to be an impeachment trial of President Nixon, who would preside?
(a) The chief justice.
(b) The leader of the House of Representatives.
(c) The senior justice.
(d) The president of the Senate.

11. Frontiero v. Richardson involves what issue?
(a) Economic discrimination.
(b) Racial discrimination.
(c) Sexual discrimination.
(d) Marital discrimination.

12. Who writes the Saxbe opinion?
(a) Powell.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Brennan.
(d) Blackmun.

13. Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Ninth.
(c) Tenth.
(d) Eleventh.

14. What justice does the ACLU go to when they do not like the ruling of the first justice?
(a) Rehnquist.
(b) Brennan.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Powell.

15. After the firing of Archibald Cox, who does President Nixon turn the tapes over to?
(a) Judge Marshman.
(b) Judge Rantlet.
(c) Judge Sirica.
(d) Judge Viviani.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state does San Antonio v. Rodriguez come from?

2. When is the first day of the court's term each year?

3. Where are Marshall and his clerks when the firing of Archibald Cox is announced?

4. Douglas and his wife spend the summer before the 1975 term where?

5. During the 1974 term, who is the court's press officer?

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