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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Douglas suffers a stroke, which hospital is he taken to?
(a) Baltimore Trauma Center.
(b) Bethesda Naval Hospital.
(c) John Hopkins.
(d) Walter Reed.

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

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

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

5. Who writes the majority opinion in San Antonio v. Rodriguez?
(a) Powell.
(b) Brennan.
(c) Burger.
(d) White.

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

7. After Burger returns from the Netherlands, he is hit by a car while doing what?
(a) Bicycling.
(b) Walking.
(c) Jogging.
(d) Riding in a golf cart.

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

9. In what month does the ACLU appeal the Court of Appeals decision to lift the injunction to the Supreme Court
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) July.
(d) August.

10. Who writes the dissent in San Antonio v. Rodriguez?
(a) Blackmun.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Burger.
(d) Rehnquist.

11. When is Nixon's successor sworn in?
(a) August 12.
(b) August 11.
(c) August 10.
(d) August 9.

12. 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.

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

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

15. Douglas and his wife spend the summer before the 1975 term where?
(a) Goose Prairie.
(b) Duck Hill.
(c) Gander Farm.
(d) Mallard Pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being told by the doctors that his condition was permanent, where does Douglas go for a consult?

2. 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?

3. What is the name of Powell's wife?

4. On what date are the oral arguments heard on the Watergate tapes?

5. A retired justice always has how many clerks available?

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