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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marshall views the dealth penalty as what?
(a) A form of racial discrimination.
(b) A form of class discrimination.
(c) A form of state-sanctioned killing.
(d) A form of cruel and unusual punishment.

2. The chief justice gets to assign opinion-writing duties under what conditions?
(a) When the oldest justice is in the minority.
(b) When the chief justice wants to assign them.
(c) When the chief justice is the senior justice.
(d) When the chief justice is in the majority.

3. What circuit court of appeals rules on the order in the Charlotte case?
(a) Sixth.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Third.

4. The Brennan order on desegregation, issued to guide the lower courts, was issued __________, meaning it had no designated author.
(a) Per curiam.
(b) Per solitarium.
(c) Per informa.
(d) Per justicium.

5. In Charlotte, North Carolina, what is the name of the judge who orders desegregation in Mecklenberg County?
(a) Jorge McDawling.
(b) Judas McAdams.
(c) James McMillan.
(d) Justin McLawson.

6. How many clerks does Chief Justice Earl Warren have?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

7. Who is appointed to Harlan's seat on the Court?
(a) Rehnquist.
(b) O'Conner.
(c) Gilcherst.
(d) Stevenson.

8. Written arguments from both sides of the case are also called what?
(a) Arguments.
(b) Papers.
(c) Briefs.
(d) Memoranda.

9. How many justices must agree to hear a case before the case can be heard?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

10. Following the oral arguments in a case, the justices hold a conference called what?
(a) Meet and confer.
(b) The conferring conference.
(c) The case conference.
(d) The decision conference.

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

12. Black joins the Court as an associate justice in what year?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1950.

13. Who is the attorney for Inc. Fund when they bring the school case before the Court?
(a) Clark Emch.
(b) Regan Lewis.
(c) Jordan Mitchell.
(d) Jack Greenbery.

14. The famous case on school segregation is called __________ vs. Board of Education.
(a) Turner.
(b) Bowing.
(c) Marks.
(d) Brown.

15. Under which law does Flood sue in Flood v. Kuhn?
(a) Antitrust law.
(b) Fairness Doctrine.
(c) Antiregulation law.
(d) Deregulation law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confirms the nominations of the president to the Supreme Court?

2. The tentative vote on the death penalty cases in the 1971 term is held on what day?

3. When Douglas goes out of town, Burger reassigns the Lloyd opinion to which Justice?

4. The United States Supreme Court belongs to which branch of government?

5. Burger believes that Warren was more interested in results than what?

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