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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1974 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Frontiero v. Richardson involves what issue?
(a) Racial discrimination.
(b) Economic discrimination.
(c) Marital discrimination.
(d) Sexual discrimination.

2. Which justice writes the first order refusing to halt the bombings?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Burger.
(c) Blackmun.
(d) White.

3. Who wrote the 1973 majority opinion on the Detroit busing case?
(a) Burger.
(b) Brennan.
(c) Powell.
(d) Marshall.

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. How many days does Burger spend in the hospital after he was hit by a car?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Charlotte, North Carolina, what is the name of the judge who orders desegregation in Mecklenberg County?

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

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

4. In Clay v. US, what is the faith of the petitioner?

5. Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?

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