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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movie is the movie-house operater convicted for showing in Jenkins v. Georgia?
(a) Carnal Loves.
(b) Carnal Knowledge.
(c) Carnal Ages.
(d) Carnal Abilities.

2. A retired justice always has how many clerks available?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

3. On April 2, in the 1975 term, the justices vote seven to two on what issue?
(a) The death penalty.
(b) Abortion.
(c) Illegal search and siezure.
(d) The exculsionary rule.

4. Which amendment covers freedom of speech?
(a) Tenth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

5. In what month is Marshall hospitalized with pneumonia?
(a) December.
(b) November.
(c) January.
(d) February.

6. In the 1972 term, who writes the majority opinion on abortion?
(a) Blackmun.
(b) White.
(c) Stewart.
(d) Douglas.

7. Which justice writes the opinion in the Keyes case?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Blackmun.
(c) Brennan.
(d) Powell.

8. What is the name of Douglas' wife?
(a) Mildred.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Cathy.

9. In Almeida-Sanchez v. US, what amendment is involved?
(a) Seventh.
(b) Third.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Fifth.

10. On the last day of the 1975 term, five decisions on what amendment are handed down?
(a) Fourth.
(b) First.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Eighth.

11. What is the vote, for and against, in the Keyes case?
(a) Six-three.
(b) Five-three.
(c) Five-four.
(d) Six-two.

12. In what month do the doctors tell Douglas that his condition was permanent?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) November.

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

14. Which amendment requires a search warrant?
(a) Ninth.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Second.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Blackmun spend the summer of 1972?

2. The opinion on the obscenity cases comes from the court on what day in 1972?

3. Which justice writes the opinion in Jenkins v. Georgia?

4. What is the name of the 1972 case in which the court has to decide if resident aliens can become members of the bar?

5. In November of 1972, what is the name of the attorney who argues a pornography case in front of the court?

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