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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. What is the case in which the the opinion indicates that federal defendants should always have the right to an attorney?
(a) Johnson vs. Johnson.
(b) Jackson vs. Zolta.
(c) Johnson vs. Zerbst.
(d) Jackman vs. Zerbst.

2. Walter Mondale of Minnesota wrote to Jacob that all __________________ should have a lawyer.
(a) Felony defendants.
(b) People.
(c) Accused people.
(d) Indigents.

3. Why does the right to an attorney issue become even greater on the state level?
(a) There are judges who want to rule on a case-by-case basis.
(b) There are more indigent defendants.
(c) The states resist the change.
(d) There are more intellectually challenged defendants.

4. How many other states sign Berlin's legal brief?
(a) 17.
(b) 38.
(c) 22.
(d) 12.

5. In what part of the country does Gideon live?
(a) Northwest.
(b) New England.
(c) West Coast.
(d) South.

Short Answer Questions

1. Abe Fortas learns that the ______________________ of Gideon's first trial was/were not recorded.

2. Why was the Betts case able to prevail in 1942?

3. Abe Fortas had previously argued the case that expanded the Supreme Court's ruling on ____________.

4. Who is the new director of the Florida prison system during Gideon's Supreme Court trial?

5. How many Supreme Court decisions has Gideon read?

(see the answer key)

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