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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. Who appoints justices to the Supreme Court?
(a) Congress.
(b) The attorney general.
(c) The president.
(d) The senate.

2. How many pages is Hugo Black's opinion that does not overturn the lower court's decision on racial segregation?
(a) Five pages.
(b) Ten pages.
(c) Nine pages.
(d) Seven pages.

3. As chief justice, Burger was in charge of what building?
(a) The Appellate Court building.
(b) The Courts building.
(c) The Supreme Court building.
(d) The judicial buildings in DC.

4. When Blackmun is appointed to the Court, he receives how many bags of cert petitions?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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) July 31.
(b) August 31.
(c) June 30.
(d) September 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confirms the nominations of the president to the Supreme Court?

2. The publication of the Pentagon Papers is enjoined by the federal courts on what grounds?

3. Marshall views the dealth penalty as what?

4. How long was Earl Warren chief justice?

5. Burger believes that Warren was more interested in results than what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is one of Warren's last acts as chief justice?

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

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

6. Which justices were in favor of ruling against the abortion laws?

7. What do law clerks generally talk about over lunch and why?

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

9. What does "granting cert" mean?

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

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