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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 date are the oral arguments heard on the Watergate tapes?
(a) July 10.
(b) July 29.
(c) July 8.
(d) July 15.

2. Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad deals with which musical?
(a) Westside Story.
(b) The Sound of Music.
(c) Hair.
(d) Grease.

3. Who do Powell's clerks recommend he select as a new clerk in 1974?
(a) Julian McRoe.
(b) Joel Klein.
(c) Jon Johnson.
(d) Jacob Farnsworth.

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 tipping point.
(b) The changing point.
(c) The flashpoint lunch.
(d) The conspiracy lunch.

5. During the 1974 term, who is the court's press officer?
(a) Barrett McGurn.
(b) Burt McFarland.
(c) Barkley McAdams.
(d) Barney McGuinnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state does San Antonio v. Rodriguez come from?

2. What is the name of the 1972 case in which the court has to decide if resident aliens can become members of the bar?

3. If there were to be an impeachment trial of President Nixon, who would preside?

4. On what day is the firing of Archibald Cox announced?

5. In Almeida-Sanchez v. US, what amendment is involved?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the Fourteenth Amendment say?

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

5. Why is White critical of Stevens?

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

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

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

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

10. What does the first reverse-discrimination case the court hears concern?

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