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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. On what day is the firing of Archibald Cox announced?
(a) October 14.
(b) October 20.
(c) October 26.
(d) October 31.

2. What is the name of the Denver judge who orders busing in the Keyes case?
(a) William Doyle.
(b) James Patterson.
(c) Johnathan Regallias.
(d) Harry Thurmond.

3. What is the first reverse discrimination case the Court hears?
(a) DeFunis v. Odegaard.
(b) DeLumier v. Oslow.
(c) DeTurnerfurd v. Odewallan.
(d) DeRunner v. Osgood.

4. Where does Burger hold his annual reunion with his former clerks?
(a) The White House.
(b) The Congressional conference rooms.
(c) The East and West conference rooms.
(d) The Congressional ballroom.

5. In what month does the ACLU appeal the Court of Appeals decision to lift the injunction to the Supreme Court
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) October.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Marshall and his clerks when the firing of Archibald Cox is announced?

2. Which justice writes the opinion in Jenkins v. Georgia?

3. Who travels to Douglas before the start of the 1975 term to try and get him to resign?

4. In what year does Watergate take place?

5. Which justice withdraws from the Keyes case because of a possible conflict of interest?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the other justices comment on his draft decision in the Milliken case, what does Burger do?

2. How does Burger get from the Netherlands to the White House for Ford's swearing-in?

3. What is Blackmun's formula on abortion that wins the support of the chief justice?

4. What happens to Douglas when he arrives in Nassau with his wife, Cathy?

5. What does Chief Justice Burger do at his annual reunions with his law clerks?

6. Why does Burger go to New York to visit Douglas on July 24th, before the start of the 1975 term?

7. What state would not allow aliens to join the bar?

8. What does the Saxbe decision allow?

9. When Burger circulates his decision on the Milliken case in April, what does Powell find?

10. Who is John Doar and what is his job?

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