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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the Justices asks Jacob if he believes all the prisoners currently jailed without benefit of an attorney are __________________.
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Innocent.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Indigent.

2. Prior to Gideons' Supreme Court case, how many of the nine Justices does Fortas think will rule in his favor?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

3. Gideon is perceived to be intelligent but ______________.
(a) Immoral.
(b) Uneducated.
(c) Shifty.
(d) Lazy.

4. The jury is Gideon's first trial was not given _____________________.
(a) Meals during its service.
(b) Any instructions for determining guilt.
(c) Hotel accommodations during its service.
(d) Stipends for its service.

5. What is the formal name of Gideon's Supreme Court case?
(a) Gideon vs. The State of Florida.
(b) Gideon vs. The United States of America.
(c) Gideon vs. Wainwright.
(d) Gideon vs. Cochran.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a Justice seated during Gideon's Supreme Court case?

2. Who does Gideon marry ten months after his first marriage?

3. Under the Betts rule, who is required to have an attorney?

4. How old was Gideon when his father died?

5. Abe Fortas indicates that a lawyer would have known that ____________ could have been a defense for the crime.

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