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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1970 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Warren and his clerks got together on Saturdays, what do they watch?
(a) The news.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Football.
(d) Classic movies.

2. The Utah Public Service Commission v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. is a case that has been bouncing around the courts for how many years?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Eleven years.
(c) Thirteen years.
(d) Twelve years.

3. Haynsworth is nominated to fill the seat vacated by whom?
(a) Goodman.
(b) Fortas.
(c) Williams.
(d) Marshall.

4. Who first publishs the Pentagon Papers?
(a) Washington Post.
(b) Associated Press.
(c) Chicago Sun Times.
(d) New York Times.

5. In Clay v. US, what is the faith of the petitioner?
(a) Amish.
(b) Christian.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Black Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What circuit court of appeals rules on the order in the Charlotte case?

2. Black joins the Court as an associate justice in what year?

3. The Brennan order on desegregation, issued to guide the lower courts, was issued __________, meaning it had no designated author.

4. Who appoints justices to the Supreme Court?

5. What change does Berger make to the actual bench the justices sat at?

(see the answer key)

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