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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The arguments in the three busing cases are heard in what month?
(a) January.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) December.

2. Saxbe v. Bustos is what type of case?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Freedom of speech.

3. What room does Berger want to take as his office?
(a) The break room.
(b) The conference room.
(c) The decision room.
(d) The old chief justice's office.

4. The decision on the death penalty cases in the 1971 term is announced on what day?
(a) June 30.
(b) June 27.
(c) June 29.
(d) June 28.

5. On what day does Burger circulate his draft opinion in the Charlotte case?
(a) December 9.
(b) December 11.
(c) December 8.
(d) December 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who's funeral happens while the Justices are in the middle of writing the Watergate opinion?

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

3. Frontiero v. Richardson involves what issue?

4. The publication of the Pentagon Papers is enjoined by the federal courts on what grounds?

5. How many days does Burger spend in the hospital after he was hit by a car?

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