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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an indigent person unable to afford that a rich defendant can?
(a) Other defense methods.
(b) All of these.
(c) Psychiatric evaluations.
(d) Bail.

2. What can be said about Gideon in that he stuck to the process of filing an appeal?
(a) Impudent.
(b) Affable.
(c) Tenacious.
(d) Evasive.

3. Because wages are so low when Gideon moves his family to Florida, what does he do to supplement the income?
(a) Cleans a school.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Tends bar.
(d) Works at a gas station.

4. In most cases the majority of the work falls on _________________.
(a) The defense attorney.
(b) The defendant.
(c) The prosecutor's office.
(d) The Attorney General.

5. When is Gideon's case forwarded to the Supreme Court Justices?
(a) February 8, 1962.
(b) February 14, 1969.
(c) December 24, 1961.
(d) March 24, 1960.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the law student who works on research for Fortas?

2. Most prisoners currently jailed without the benefit of an attorney do not have which of the following characteristics that Gideon possesses?

3. What is the case in which six black boys were accused of rape of two white girls in 1932?

4. How do some of the Supreme Court Justices consider their power?

5. How does Gideon describe Fortas' legal brief about the case?

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