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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. The arguments in the three busing cases are heard in what month?
(a) December.
(b) November.
(c) January.
(d) October.

2. One of Warren's last acts is to overturn a decision in what case?
(a) Adam Clayton Smith.
(b) Adam Clayton Wells.
(c) Adam Clayton Powell.
(d) Adam Clayton Drummond.

3. How long was Earl Warren chief justice?
(a) 11 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 13 years.

4. Haynsworth is nominated to fill the seat vacated by whom?
(a) Goodman.
(b) Fortas.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Williams.

5. Blackmun had been general counsel at what location when he was in private practice?
(a) John Hopkins.
(b) FBI.
(c) Mayo Clinic.
(d) Smithsonian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The decision on the death penalty cases in the 1971 term is announced on what day?

2. Burger keeps track of the justices workload on what?

3. Where do Warren and his clerks spend Saturdays?

4. Cohen v. California concerns what amendement?

5. How many clerks does Chief Justice Earl Warren have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Justice Harlan believe about precedent?

2. Why does Nixon package the nominations of Powell and Rehnquist together for passage through the Senate?

3. Why does Justice Stewart work with the chief justice on drafting the Charlotte busing opinion?

4. What was one of the things Stewart didn't like about the chief justice?

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

6. What is the issue in Griggs v. Duke Power Co.?

7. What are IFPs?

8. Why does Burger favor a rehearing in the case of Utah Public Service Commission v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.?

9. How does the court view the abortion cases?

10. Why is Burger looking for a landmark case?

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