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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who presents the case for the president in the Watergate argument before the Court?
(a) James St. Clair.
(b) John St. Hampton.
(c) Jason Aleggerton.
(d) Julius San Martin.

2. The opinion on the obscenity cases comes from the court on what day in 1972?
(a) June 21.
(b) June 29.
(c) June 5.
(d) June 14.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Which justice writes the opinion in Jenkins v. Georgia?
(a) Rehnquist.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Burger.
(d) Brennan.

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

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

12. Who does the president appoint to replace Douglas?
(a) Sandra Day O'Conner.
(b) Ruth Ginsberg.
(c) John Paul Stevens.
(d) Steven O'Dell.

13. In what year does Watergate take place?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1972.

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

15. In the Keyes case, what is the name of the local area where the case comes from?
(a) Dawning Creek.
(b) Aspen Pines.
(c) Park Hill.
(d) Shadow Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?

2. What is the name of the Denver judge who orders busing in the Keyes case?

3. Who writes the opinion in Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad?

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

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

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