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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who's funeral happens while the Justices are in the middle of writing the Watergate opinion?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Black.
(c) Warren.
(d) Marbury.

3. When is the first day of the court's term each year?
(a) The second Monday in October.
(b) The first Monday in October.
(c) The third Monday in October.
(d) The first day in October.

4. Saxbe v. Bustos is what type of case?
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Immigration.
(d) Segregation.

5. What is the name of the Denver judge who orders busing in the Keyes case?
(a) Harry Thurmond.
(b) Johnathan Regallias.
(c) William Doyle.
(d) James Patterson.

6. What state does San Antonio v. Rodriguez come from?
(a) California.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Texas.

7. Burger circulates his latest version of the executive privilege section of the Watergate draft on what day?
(a) July 9.
(b) July 20.
(c) July 11.
(d) July 17.

8. What is the last day of the 1975 term?
(a) July 7.
(b) July 8.
(c) July 9.
(d) July 6.

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

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

11. Who do Powell's clerks recommend he select as a new clerk in 1974?
(a) Joel Klein.
(b) Jacob Farnsworth.
(c) Jon Johnson.
(d) Julian McRoe.

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

13. Who will succeed Nixon as President?
(a) Regan.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Ford.
(d) Carter.

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

15. Where does Blackmun spend the summer of 1972?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job of Powell's in-laws?

2. Where is Burger when he receives the call that tells him Nixon is going to resign?

3. How many days does Burger spend in the hospital after he was hit by a car?

4. 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?

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

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