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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 April 2, in the 1975 term, the justices vote seven to two on what issue?
(a) Abortion.
(b) The exculsionary rule.
(c) Illegal search and siezure.
(d) The death penalty.

2. When Douglas suffers a stroke, which hospital is he taken to?
(a) Bethesda Naval Hospital.
(b) Baltimore Trauma Center.
(c) Walter Reed.
(d) John Hopkins.

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

4. Douglas and his wife spend the summer before the 1975 term where?
(a) Gander Farm.
(b) Duck Hill.
(c) Mallard Pond.
(d) Goose Prairie.

5. What justice does the ACLU go to when they do not like the ruling of the first justice?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Brennan.
(c) Rehnquist.
(d) Powell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes the Saxbe opinion?

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

3. What is the name of Powell's wife?

4. Who writes the majority opinion in San Antonio v. Rodriguez?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Saxbe decision allow?

5. Why is White critical of Stevens?

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

7. Why does Stewart not agree with the concept of letting local jurisdictions decide what pornography was?

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

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

10. What is expedited review?

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