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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 presents the case for the president in the Watergate argument before the Court?
(a) James St. Clair.
(b) Jason Aleggerton.
(c) John St. Hampton.
(d) Julius San Martin.

2. Who writes the majority opinion in San Antonio v. Rodriguez?
(a) White.
(b) Powell.
(c) Brennan.
(d) Burger.

3. On the last day of the 1975 term, five decisions on what amendment are handed down?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Eighth.
(d) First.

4. Keyes v. School District No. 1 is from what state?
(a) Washington.
(b) Montana.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Wyoming.

5. Who dies on the day the abortion decision is formally announced?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Ronald Regan.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which amendment says that no one should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process?

2. In the Keyes case, what is the name of the local area where the case comes from?

3. Who's funeral happens while the Justices are in the middle of writing the Watergate opinion?

4. What is the job of Powell's in-laws?

5. Douglas and his wife spend the summer before the 1975 term where?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Saxbe decision allow?

5. What does Brennan talk about at the opening cocktail party for the clerks before the 1974 term?

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

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

8. What is expedited review?

9. What do the Justices have to do after the Douglas resignation?

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

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