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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 do some people at the state level want to see implemented?
(a) Mandatory attorney representation.
(b) A public defender's office.
(c) A lottery to decide who takes a case.
(d) Another appellate court.

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

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

4. Lawyers appearing before the Supreme Court should present facts as opposed to ________________.
(a) Opinions.
(b) Theories.
(c) Lofty ideas.
(d) Speculation.

5. Abe Fortas knows little of Gideon's first trial and little of _____________________.
(a) Florida prisons.
(b) Gideon himself.
(c) petty larceny.
(d) Florida rules.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the witness in Gideon's first trial who states that he saw Gideon at the poolroom on the morning of June 3?

2. Why did Gideon never move his family out of Panama City?

3. How many pages does Gideon's Supreme Court petition contain?

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

5. Who is the central person in GIDEON'S TRUMPET?

(see the answer key)

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