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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. Under the Betts rule, who is required to have an attorney?
(a) A person of low intelligence.
(b) An innocent person.
(c) An indigent person.
(d) A guilty person.

2. For what reason has Gideon been summoned to court?
(a) Child custody case.
(b) Traffic violations.
(c) Divorce proceedings.
(d) Noise violations.

3. What is the main reason a defendant does not have an attorney?
(a) He thinks he can do fine on his own.
(b) He cannot afford one.
(c) He doesn't understand the gravity of his situation.
(d) He is tried before he knows what is going on.

4. What would a lawyer have followed up on regarding Henry Cook's testimony but Gideon didn't know to do?
(a) If Cook had an arrest record.
(b) If Cook had a grudge against Gideon.
(c) Why Cook was on the street at that time of the morning.
(d) If Cook had a job.

5. Which of the following is NOT a Justice seated during Gideon's Supreme Court case?
(a) Arthur J. Goldberg.
(b) Daniel Ellsberg.
(c) John Marshall Harlan.
(d) Earl Warren.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the formal name of Gideon's Supreme Court case?

2. What is the name of another case in Florida that is similar to Gideon's regarding right to an attorney?

3. What do some attorneys consider oral arguments to be?

4. Gideon is perceived to be intelligent but ______________.

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

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