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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many justices must agree to hear a case before the case can be heard?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

2. How many judges sign onto the eventual decision in the Charlotte case?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

3. Berger hires how many more clerks?
(a) Nine.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Twelve.

4. Warren delegates the writing of his opinion to whom?
(a) His interns.
(b) His secretary.
(c) His clerks.
(d) His subordinate judges.

5. Hartstein v. Missouri, Miller v. California, and Wiener v. California are all cases that consider what?
(a) Illegal searches.
(b) Child labor.
(c) Death penalty.
(d) Pornography.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the court agrees to hear a case it is known as granting what?

2. Written arguments from both sides of the case are also called what?

3. When does the court's term begin?

4. Who is the representative for the government in the school case before the court?

5. When Blackmun finally makes it through all the cert petitions that are waiting his arrival on the Court, how many does he agree to grant cert for?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Justices Black and Harlan leave the Court, what do the remaining Justices do?

2. Why is Burger looking for a landmark case?

3. What are the three level of federal courts?

4. What is Justice Black's opinion on school desegregation and busing?

5. What does Justice Stewart think of Chief Justice Burger's draft of the Charlotte busing opinion that is circulated on December 8th?

6. What does the book mean when it says that the Supreme Court performs its work in secret?

7. What is the role of the president and the Senate in appointing justices on the Supreme Court?

8. How many justices sit on the Supreme Court, and how do they arrange duties?

9. What does Justice Harlan believe about precedent?

10. What are IFPs?

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