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

2. The Supreme Court Justices are aware that many of the cases they hear are the result of __________________.
(a) An overloaded local court system.
(b) A defendant's lack of a defense attorney.
(c) A poor State Court system.
(d) Unskilled judges in the local courts.

3. What did State Judge Walter V. Schaefer of the Illin.ois Court of Illinois assert as a citizen's greatest right?
(a) The right of free speech.
(b) The right to an attorney.
(c) The right to practice religion.
(d) The right to bear arms.

4. Who had complete control over deciding who would represent Gideon?
(a) The prison warden.
(b) The Justices.
(c) The Florida State Court.
(d) Gideon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Gideon send money to his parents when he is in jail in the mid-1930s?

3. Which of the following does Henry Cook state that Henry did on the morning of June 3?

4. Attorneys should view questions as _______________________.

5. How might Gideon have known about the Carnley vs. Cochran case?

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