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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1969 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are decisions of the Supreme Court announced?
(a) In writing.
(b) On the internet.
(c) In person.
(d) By television.

2. On May 19, President Nixon has what agency begin a background check on a future justice?
(a) NSA.
(b) FBI.
(c) CIA.
(d) Attorney General.

3. On what day is Warren's successor sworn in?
(a) June 20.
(b) June 23.
(c) July 23.
(d) July 20.

4. Black incorporates a list of permissible actions a judge can take to deal with unruly behavior in what decision?
(a) The Turmond case.
(b) The Allen case.
(c) The Marshall case.
(d) The Rutherford case.

5. Who did Chief Justice Earl Warren believe would be his replacement?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) Potter Stewart.
(c) John Mitchell.
(d) Warren R. Burger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Petitions from people who can't afford an attorney or the filing fees are called what?

2. In what year does Chief Justice Earl Warren retire from the Court?

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

4. Warren delegates the writing of his opinion to whom?

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

(see the answer key)

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