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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. What court decides the Mapp v. Ohio case?
(a) The Warren Court.
(b) The Maddison Court.
(c) The Harlan Court.
(d) The Burger Court.

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

3. When does the court's term begin?
(a) October.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) July.

4. Following the oral arguments in a case, the justices hold a conference called what?
(a) The conferring conference.
(b) Meet and confer.
(c) The case conference.
(d) The decision conference.

5. On what day does Burger hold a news conference in his chambers to explain why the court did not hold a special summer session to address the busing issue?
(a) August 31.
(b) September 30.
(c) June 30.
(d) July 31.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days are there between the first publication of the Pentagon Papers and the hearing in the court?

2. Burger tries to squeeze in a lunch with the clerks how often?

3. How many pages is Hugo Black's opinion that does not overturn the lower court's decision on racial segregation?

4. One of Warren's last acts is to overturn a decision in what case?

5. The chief justice gets to assign opinion-writing duties under what conditions?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gerald R. Ford try to impeach Douglas?

2. What is Burger's worry about his office when he becomes chief justice?

3. Where do Justices Black and Harlan spend their time during the break before the 1971 term?

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

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

6. What does Justice Harlan believe about precedent?

7. How does the court view the abortion cases?

8. What is one of the assignments that a Supreme Court justice has?

9. What are some of the things that occur under the Warren Court?

10. Burger feels that he can distinguish his court from Warren's court by doing what?

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