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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is appointed to Black's seat on the Court?
(a) Powell.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Williams.
(d) Dertain.

5. When Douglas goes out of town, Burger reassigns the Lloyd opinion to which Justice?
(a) Stevenson.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Rehnquist.
(d) Powell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The famous case on school segregation is called __________ vs. Board of Education.

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

4. Flood v. Kuhn involves which baseball team?

5. How many days are there between the first publication of the Pentagon Papers and the hearing in the court?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do law clerks generally talk about over lunch and why?

2. What is the role of the president and the Senate in appointing justices on the Supreme Court?

3. What is Burger's worry about his office when he becomes chief justice?

4. What does Justice Stewart think of Chief Justice Burger's draft of the Charlotte busing opinion that is circulated on December 8th?

5. Why does Justice Stewart work with the chief justice on drafting the Charlotte busing opinion?

6. How does the court view the abortion cases?

7. When thinking about what opinion he should have on the Charlotte case, what does Justice Douglas have concerns with?

8. Before the court sets the written and oral briefing schedule for a case, what happens?

9. What is one of the assignments that a Supreme Court justice has?

10. When Justices Black and Harlan leave the Court, what do the remaining Justices do?

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