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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. Gerald R. Ford leads an impeachment attempt against whom?
(a) Rosenberg.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Bivens.
(d) Nixon.
2. Berger hires how many more clerks?
(a) Three.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.
3. Burger keeps track of the justices workload on what?
(a) A computer program.
(b) A large sheet of butcher paper.
(c) A chalkboard.
(d) A legal pad.
4. Cohen v. California concerns what amendement?
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Tenth.
5. When Blackmun is appointed to the Court, he receives how many bags of cert petitions?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does the court's term begin?
2. What room does Berger want to take as his office?
3. Flood v. Kuhn involves which baseball team?
4. Which rule requires that a rehearing can only be considered if it was brought up by one of the justices who had sat on the case?
5. The chief justice gets to assign opinion-writing duties under what conditions?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the issue in Griggs v. Duke Power Co.?
2. What is Burger's worry about his office when he becomes chief justice?
3. What is Justice Black's opinion on school desegregation and busing?
4. What does Justice Stewart think of Chief Justice Burger's draft of the Charlotte busing opinion that is circulated on December 8th?
5. When Justices Black and Harlan leave the Court, what do the remaining Justices do?
6. Burger feels that he can distinguish his court from Warren's court by doing what?
7. What do law clerks generally talk about over lunch and why?
8. Why does Burger favor a rehearing in the case of Utah Public Service Commission v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.?
9. What is one of the changes Burger makes to the court when he becomes chief justice?
10. How many justices sit on the Supreme Court, and how do they arrange duties?
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