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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. Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?
(a) Eleventh.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Tenth.
2. What is the last day of the 1975 term?
(a) July 7.
(b) July 8.
(c) July 6.
(d) July 9.
3. Who presents the case for the president in the Watergate argument before the Court?
(a) James St. Clair.
(b) John St. Hampton.
(c) Jason Aleggerton.
(d) Julius San Martin.
4. On April 2, in the 1975 term, the justices vote seven to two on what issue?
(a) The death penalty.
(b) The exculsionary rule.
(c) Illegal search and siezure.
(d) Abortion.
5. Which justice writes the opinion in Hamling v. US?
(a) Rehnquist.
(b) White.
(c) Blackmun.
(d) Powell.
Short Answer Questions
1. If there were to be an impeachment trial of President Nixon, who would preside?
2. In July 1973, which court issues an injunction to halt the bombing of Cambodia by the US?
3. Singleton v. Wulff concerns what issue?
4. Who dies on the day the abortion decision is formally announced?
5. During the 1974 term, who is the court's press officer?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Burger do when he finds out the abortion opinion has been leaked to the press before its release date?
2. What do the Justices have to do after the Douglas resignation?
3. What does Brennan see the decision in Warth v. Seldin as doing?
4. When Burger circulates his decision on the Milliken case in April, what does Powell find?
5. How does Powell do his research on abortion?
6. What happens to Douglas when he arrives in Nassau with his wife, Cathy?
7. What is one of the Justices considerations in the reverse discrimination case?
8. How does Burger get from the Netherlands to the White House for Ford's swearing-in?
9. Why does Burger go to New York to visit Douglas on July 24th, before the start of the 1975 term?
10. What does the first reverse-discrimination case the court hears concern?
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