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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month during the 1975 term is there a special Saturday session to consider the death penalty cert petitions?
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) January.

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

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

4. Where is Burger when he receives the call that tells him Nixon is going to resign?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Netherlands.

5. How long after he leaves the hospital does Douglas return to the hospital?
(a) Seven days.
(b) One month.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Ten days.

6. The lunch that White, Stewart, and some clerks attend in the 1973 term, where they discuss the problems they are having with Burger, becomes known as what?
(a) The changing point.
(b) The conspiracy lunch.
(c) The tipping point.
(d) The flashpoint lunch.

7. Who wrote the 1973 majority opinion on the Detroit busing case?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Burger.
(c) Powell.
(d) Brennan.

8. Who swears in Nixon's sucessor?
(a) Powell.
(b) Burger.
(c) Brennan.
(d) Rehnquist.

9. Singleton v. Wulff concerns what issue?
(a) Homosexual rights.
(b) Abortion.
(c) Gun rights.
(d) Free speech.

10. With Douglas gone, who is the senior associate justice?
(a) Stewart.
(b) White.
(c) Powell.
(d) Brennan.

11. Who writes the opinion in Paul v. Davis?
(a) O'Conner.
(b) Blackmun.
(c) Rehnquist.
(d) Powell.

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

13. Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad deals with which musical?
(a) Westside Story.
(b) Hair.
(c) The Sound of Music.
(d) Grease.

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

15. Where does Burger hold his annual reunion with his former clerks?
(a) The East and West conference rooms.
(b) The Congressional conference rooms.
(c) The Congressional ballroom.
(d) The White House.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Almeida-Sanchez v. US, what amendment is involved?

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

3. Which justice writes the opinion in the Keyes case?

4. Where does Blackmun spend the summer of 1972?

5. On April 2, in the 1975 term, the justices vote seven to two on what issue?

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