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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 justice withdraws from the Keyes case because of a possible conflict of interest?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Burger.
(c) White.
(d) Rehnquist.

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

3. Buckley v. Valeo deals with what issue?
(a) Campaign finance.
(b) Antitrust.
(c) Government oversight.
(d) National security.

4. Who's funeral happens while the Justices are in the middle of writing the Watergate opinion?
(a) Black.
(b) Warren.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Marbury.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Burger when he receives the call that tells him Nixon is going to resign?

2. Frontiero v. Richardson involves what issue?

3. Who does the president appoint to replace Douglas?

4. Which justice writes the opinion in the Keyes case?

5. Who disqualifies himself from the Watergate tapes case?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is White critical of Stevens?

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

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

5. What is expedited review?

6. What does Brennan see the decision in Warth v. Seldin as doing?

7. Why is Douglas' situation uneasy for all of the other justices?

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

9. What does the Saxbe decision allow?

10. How does Powell do his research on abortion?

(see the answer keys)

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