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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. In Almeida-Sanchez v. US, what amendment is involved?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Third.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Seventh.

2. In July 1973, which court issues an injunction to halt the bombing of Cambodia by the US?
(a) Maryland District Court.
(b) Washington DC District Court.
(c) New York District Court.
(d) California District Court.

3. When is Nixon's successor sworn in?
(a) August 11.
(b) August 10.
(c) August 9.
(d) August 12.

4. The lunch that White, Stewart, and some clerks attend in the 1973 term, where they discuss the problems they are having with Burger, becomes known as what?
(a) The conspiracy lunch.
(b) The flashpoint lunch.
(c) The tipping point.
(d) The changing point.

5. Which justice writes the opinion in the Keyes case?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Powell.
(c) Blackmun.
(d) Brennan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who swears in Nixon's sucessor?

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

3. In the 1972 term, who writes the majority opinion on abortion?

4. Who writes the dissent in San Antonio v. Rodriguez?

5. Saxbe v. Bustos is what type of case?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brennan not like about Burger's tactics during the 1975 term?

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

3. What does Burger do when he finds out the abortion opinion has been leaked to the press before its release date?

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

5. What do the other Justices decide to do when news of Douglas' stroke comes to them?

6. What does the Saxbe decision allow?

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

8. What is one of the Justices considerations in the reverse discrimination case?

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

10. In the 1973 term, how does the court deal with obscenity?

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