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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Marshall and his clerks when the firing of Archibald Cox is announced?
(a) The University Club.
(b) The White House.
(c) Marshall's Fall Church house.
(d) The Press Club.

2. Who travels to Douglas before the start of the 1975 term to try and get him to resign?
(a) Charles Reich.
(b) James Dickenson.
(c) Grant Howard.
(d) Frank Tollard.

3. Douglas and his wife spend the summer before the 1975 term where?
(a) Goose Prairie.
(b) Gander Farm.
(c) Duck Hill.
(d) Mallard Pond.

4. Which justice wants to write his own opinion in the Keyes case?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Burger.
(c) Powell.
(d) Marshall.

5. Which justice writes the opinion in the Keyes case?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Blackmun.
(c) Brennan.
(d) Powell.

6. What 1973 case involves busing in Detroit?
(a) Milliken v. Bradley.
(b) MacAdams v. Brenat.
(c) Madison v. Bowling.
(d) Marshall v. Bowing.

7. On April 2, in the 1975 term, the justices vote seven to two on what issue?
(a) The exculsionary rule.
(b) The death penalty.
(c) Illegal search and siezure.
(d) Abortion.

8. Who presents the case for the president in the Watergate argument before the Court?
(a) Jason Aleggerton.
(b) James St. Clair.
(c) John St. Hampton.
(d) Julius San Martin.

9. In Almeida-Sanchez v. US, what amendment is involved?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Third.
(c) Seventh.
(d) Fourth.

10. On what day is the firing of Archibald Cox announced?
(a) October 20.
(b) October 26.
(c) October 14.
(d) October 31.

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

12. In what month is Marshall hospitalized with pneumonia?
(a) February.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) January.

13. When is Nixon's successor sworn in?
(a) August 12.
(b) August 10.
(c) August 9.
(d) August 11.

14. On the last day of the 1975 term, five decisions on what amendment are handed down?
(a) First.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Fourth.

15. In what month do the doctors tell Douglas that his condition was permanent?
(a) November.
(b) January.
(c) October.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes the majority opinion in San Antonio v. Rodriguez?

2. Where does Burger hold his annual reunion with his former clerks?

3. After the firing of Archibald Cox, who does President Nixon turn the tapes over to?

4. Who disqualifies himself from the Watergate tapes case?

5. In September of 1975, Douglas appears in what city, to hear an emergency request?

(see the answer keys)

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